A Brief Timeline of Online Education

  • The Western Behavioral Sciences Institute uses computer conferencing

    The Western Behavioral Sciences Institute uses computer conferencing
  • The Western Behavioral Sciences Institute uses computer conferencing 1983

    The Western Behavioral Sciences Institute uses computer conferencing
    1983
  • Ron Gordon, Atari's former president, launches the Electronic University Network 1985

    Ron Gordon, Atari's former president, launches the Electronic University Network
    1985
  • 1993 Jones International University Centennial, Colorado, becomes the first fully web-based, accredited university.

    1993
    Jones International University Centennial, Colorado, becomes the first fully web-based, accredited university.
  • 1994 CAL Campus introduces the first online-only curriculum with real-time instruction and participation.

    1994
    CAL Campus introduces the first online-only curriculum with real-time instruction and participation.
  • v2002 The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) launches the Open Course Ware Project

    2002
    The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) launches the Open Course Ware Project
  • 2012 Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs, becomes available through Udacity

    2012
    Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs, becomes available through Udacity
  • 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic forces nearly every college and university to switch to online learning rather than hold classes in person.

    2020
    The COVID-19 pandemic forces nearly every college and university to switch to online learning rather than hold classes in person. (Thompson,2023)
    The COVID-19 pandemic was the main turning point in online learning
  • A Brief Timeline of Online Education

    My research found online forum discussions have remained an essential component of online education (Harasim, 2000). The current proliferation of t e technological affordances and p e pedagogy c al developments influences the evolution of online learning allowing for broad adoptions of distance and online education and in the corporation of more interactive approaches to learning (Anderson, 2009)
    With all the new technologies nothing could work better to educate.