The way we have learned has changed; rapidly in the last ten years. Education stayed relatively the same until fairly recently. The way I was taught at school was not that dissimilar to that of the Victorians. Unlike now, the idea of tablets, screens and constant outdoor education would be laughable to both 1885 and 1985.
Now we tend to learn by screen, by video, by online courses, and this of course makes everyone an expert. Google can answer any question instantly and intelligence for its own sake is seen as a negative thing. Books are forgotten, or worse, and research is another word for online searching. What a world. What a wonder.