Distance education

History of Distance Education

By bbaugh

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  • 1852 Pittman Shorthand Program

    1852 Pittman Shorthand Program
    1852-Pittman Shorthand Program.
    Brought cutting edge stenographic practices to the United States.
    Certificate could be received upon successful completion of program (Matthew, 1999).

  • 1882 Chautauqua Correspondence Program

    1882 Chautauqua Correspondence Program
    1882-William Rainey Harper developed a correspondence program at Chautauqua, N.Y.

    This led to the state of New York authorizing correspondence courses.

  • 1890 Colliery School of MInes

    1890 Colliery School of MInes
    1890-Colliery School of Mines was established.
    Mine Safety was taught.

  • 1892 University of Chicago

    1892 University of Chicago
    1892- University of Chicago created the first college-level distance learning program.
    Students far from the University of Chicago campus utilized the US Postal Service to exchange assignments and lessons (Hanson, 2001).

  • 1920 Radio Broadcasting

    1920 Radio Broadcasting
    1920- Radio broadcasting was created.
    Gave the ability to reach an audience far beyond any centralized classroom (Bridgeman, 2001).

  • 1921 First Educational Radio Licenses

    1921 First Educational Radio Licenses
    1921 - First educational radio licenses were granted.
    Leading toward growth in the distance education field.
    By 1923 over 10 percent of all broadcast radio stations were owned by educational institutions delivering educational programming.

  • 1934 University of Iowa Broadcasts Courses by Television.

    1934 University of Iowa Broadcasts Courses by Television.
    1934- University of Iowa broadcast courses by television.

    This led to the FCC creating the ITFS in 1963, a band of 20 television channels available to educational/institutions providing a low-cost, fixed-range, subscriber based system capable of being utilized for the distribution of broadcast courses.
    California State University was the first to apply (Public Broadcasting Service, 2003).

  • 1964 AIM

    1964 AIM
    1964-AIM project created.

    First attempt to identify, categorize, and systemize distance learning practices. Offered direction on how to create and incorporate multi-media instructional packages for the benefit of the independent learner (Gooch, 1998).

  • 1969 British Open University

    1969 British Open University
    1969-British Open University established by Royal Charter.
    Led to providing 21% of all higher education in England and is considered a model of distance learning in higher education (Open University Worldwide, 2005).

  • 1969 Establishment of Public Broadcasting Service

    1969 Establishment of Public Broadcasting Service
    1969-Establishment of Public Broadcasting Service (Public Broadcasting Service, 2003).
    Interconnected 140 stations, creating the first true national public television system.

  • 1970 First Fully Televised College Courses

    1970 First Fully Televised College Courses
    1970- First fully televised college courses were created, licensed, and implemented by Coastline Community College.
    Led to cost savings and the ability to study on-site or at home leading to the ability to not have to travel for training.

  • 1971 Creation of Microprocessor

    1971 Creation of Microprocessor
    1971-Creation of microprocessor.
    This made the teacher-student interaction less cumbersome.

  • 1978 First computer Bulletin Board System Established

    1978 First computer Bulletin Board System Established
    1978- First computer bulletin board system (BBS) was established
    (Moschovitis, Poole, Schuyler, Senft, 1999).

  • 1978 First email messages sent to Intel inter-office system

    1978 First email messages sent to Intel inter-office system
    1978 -First email messages sent to individuals on the Intel inter-office system.
    This made communication much smoother and faster.

  • 1980 Satellite transmission utilized

    1980 Satellite transmission utilized
    1980- Satellite transmission utilized by large corporations and the military.
    Reduced cost and travel time.

  • 1989 University of Phoenix established

    1989 University of Phoenix established
    1989 -University of Phoenix was established.
    Offered degree programs by utilizing the Internet.

  • 1991 World Wide Web was born

    1991 World Wide Web was born
    1991- The World Wide Web was born (Berner-Lee, n.d.).
    Increased possibilities for distance learning experiences.

  • 2005 WebCT and Blackboard Merger

    2005 WebCT and Blackboard Merger
    2005 -WebCT and Blackboard merged under the Blackboard brand.
    Led to becoming the leading provider of enterprise software applications and related services to the educational industry (Blackboard Inc., 2006).

  • 2005 Youtube Established

    2005 Youtube Established
    2005 -YouTube was established.
    With this creation videos were able to be shared electronically.

  • 2018 Reference

    2018 Reference
    See Canvas site for Reference list.