Is the bloom of online universities today indicative that the humanities can be taught online but not the sciences?

The issue is not with the subject area or discipline, but how much hands-on and/or laboratory time is required to meet the learning objective.

Even so, there is a surprising amount of background and practice that can be done online. A lot of times there is theory to master before the skill can be performed correctly. For example, I designed some eLearning on human respiration that recruit firefighters had to learn before they learned how to don and doff their self-contained breathing apparatus. I have also created eLearning for first aid where learners did all the learning online but were tested in person before an expert instructor on the actual hands-on skills involved such as resuscitation, bandaging, and wound care.

As virtual reality and immersive environments become cheaper but even more sophisticated, I expect this kind of hybrid learning to increase.