The Evolution of Online Learning

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  • Successful distance learning in University of Illinois

    Successful distance learning in University of Illinois
    The University of Illinois effectively undertakes learning through the use of computer terminals that are linked together to create a network (Palvia et al., 2018).

  • First online course offering

    First online course offering
    The University of Toronto announces the availability of its first online course (Palvia et al., 2018).

  • First online degree

    First online degree
    Through The New School in New York City and computer conferencing, Connected Education provides the first online master's degree in media studies (Palvia et al., 2018).

  • First online collegiate institution

    First online collegiate institution
    The University of Phoenix became the world's first academic institution to start a fully online postsecondary school offering both bachelor's and master's degrees (Palvia et al., 2018).

  • Development of the World Wide Web

    Development of the World Wide Web
    The development of the World Wide Web was the dawn of a online innovation and learning (Mayer, 2019).

  • Debut of the first internet browser

    Debut of the first internet browser
    With the introduction of the first Internet web browser, online learning took off (Mayer, 2019).

  • Assembly of tools and pages to facilitate online learning

    Assembly of tools and pages to facilitate online learning
    A collection of web-based applications and HTML pages were constructed to promote online learning, allowing asynchronous discussion among students and instructors, the transmission of lectures, drop boxes for tasks, and other elements that are now the fundamental toolset for course management software (Mayer, 2019).

  • Adoption of Interactive Learning Network in institutions

    Adoption of Interactive Learning Network in institutions
    Several universities implement the Interactive Learning Network- an online learning system that utilizes a relational database as its basis (Mayer, 2019).

  • Creation Blackboard platform

    Creation Blackboard platform
    Blackboard Inc. creates a standardized network for course administration and execution, making it available to a more significant number of institutions (Mayer, 2019).

  • First fully online public university in United States

    First fully online public university in United States
    UF Online, the country's first online-only public university, was set to open in 2014 (Mayer, 2019).

  • Coronavirus hits the world forcing schools to transition to online learning

    Coronavirus hits the world forcing schools to transition to online learning
    Because of the global coronavirus outbreak, several colleges shifted to online learning rather than in-person lectures (Aristovnik et al., 2020). Because the transition to online education was sudden for many institutions, universities created various criteria for the online offering, leading to the further evolution of online learning.