Learning mechanism for the wrong reason

Professor Stefan Sinclair once commented that first year Multimedia Students are more like consumers. eh?

Since the last time he shared with us the "Vision of Students Today", it's been bothering me quite a bit.

I wonder about class format;
lecture twice a week - 40 minutes session
1 Lab - 40 minutes session
web module
a book that will 80% chance not getting read at all
TAs barely helped you (not Calen!)


What do students of today learn if;
1. you are the consumers?
2. provided with a learning tool with the attention span of a 6 years old

I am worried - very worried...

I am going to read about Deschooling for now and explore what else is out there.