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An interconnected network of (expensive, giant) computer terminals allowed students to learn at a distance; these were intentionally interlinked for this purpose, and students still had to travel to specific locations to participate.
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(Technically, this is when ARPANET adopted the TCP/IP, which is a protocol empowering computers to communicate across networks) -
A system now exists for information to be more easily shared by individuals -
This is the first institution to launch a fully online series of degree plans
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In 2009 alone!
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In the spring of 2020, virtually all institutes of learning (from kindergartens to large-scale universities) across the world had to rapidly shift to a fully-remote education structure