I have just gotten to this thread! What a cool idea, I like it!

I think that with prestigous learning institutions like Stanford, Johns Hopkins and Northwestern offering distance learning courses via the internet, Autodidacticism can be achieved on some level.

At least you don't have to sit in a classroom. You pick your knoweledge ala carte, yet you get the big gold seal of approval from the big name institutions to back you.

Yes, technology is good! Nothing to fear my good Luddites!