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Pitman Shorthand
Created by Sir Issav Pitman - Training program that brought cutting edge stenographic practices to the United States in 1852. Correspondence courses by mail represented the first phase of distance education. -
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Correspondence Education began
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Study at Home
Anna Elito Ticknor founded Boston based Society to encourage study at home. -
First University distance learning program
The first University learning program was offered through the University of Chicago. -
University of Queensland, Australia
University of Queensland in Australia established a Department of External Studies, which supported distance learning programs. -
Radio Licenses
Federal government issues the first educational radio licenses to deliver distance education courses. Distance teaching is introduced in universities in the Soviet Union. -
Television programs broadcast
The world's first educational television programs were broadcast from the University of Iowa. -
Development of Electronic Computers
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UK Open University
United Kingdom's Open University was founded. The OU introduced a mixed-media approach to teaching distance learning courses. -
Internet commercialized
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MOOCs
Emerged from the open educational resources movement in 2008. Became known and is building in populatiry since 2012.