No, its not surprising or new, but until the conventions of education begin to respond to the global digital environment change that’s rapidly overtaking them, posts such as Brian Lamb’s reflections on a talk by Richard Baraniuk merit links, applause, showers of flower petals, and sundry other modes of encouragement.
My best wishes to Lamb and his efforts to “scrape ten decent open online courses together” in the near term. And more power to anyone who brings that kind of commitment to theological education.