The state of online learning?

From The Chronicle of Higher Education: The Wired Campus:

U of Illinois President Wants to Make Online Campus Independent
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=3346

AP also has a story about the Global Campus program
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hEGprGRlX4JKED-wB8PMD6ZdrUEAD93DKVQ09

I'm shocked. President White expected existing faculty to add more to their plate by developing online courses and programs. This in addition to their current workload that includes teaching f2f courses, conducting research, writing grants and publications, performing service obligations, creating high-profile start-up companies, etc... Hard to believe the faculty wouldn't immediately jump on board with the online course idea, especially when it probably doesn't count much in the P & T process.