This document discusses the future of engineering education and the role of online learning. It notes that traditional engineering education is highly sequential and specialized, but trends point to a need for more flexible, lifelong learning models. Online learning through open educational resources, massive open online courses, and learning analytics will be important to develop skills like collaboration, problem solving, and self-directed learning needed for a changing job market. The author advocates for more informal and networked learning opportunities, and positioning universities as facilitators and accreditors of online communities in order to educate the next generation of learners.