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Sir Isaac Pittman
English inventor of shorthand; credited with inventing correspondence courses by mail, which represented the first phase of distance education. -
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History of Distance Education
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In 1873, Anna Ticknor established the Society to Encourage Studies at Home
This program provided correspondence instruction in more than 20 subjects. -
University of Chicago
1892 - 1st University distance learning program offered through the University of Chicago. -
Radio's impact
Federal government issues the first educational radio licenses to deliver distance education courses. -
Enter TV
The world's first educational television programs were broadcast from the University of Iowa. -
Educational Television
Iowa State University became the first educational television broadcaster in the world. -
Department of Defense - ARPANET
ARPANET (1969), forerunner to the modern day Internet, grew out of scientific research from the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the Department of Defense; one of the most prominent leaders for modern day technology-based distance education was the Department of Defense -
PEACENET Founded
First to use satellites in distance education. A very small group of highly skilled computer experts who were dedicated to promoting networking by peace activists. -
1st Virtual College
Coastline Community College become the first “virtual college”, broadcasting telecourse with no physical campus Originally started as a distance learning college -
National University Teleconferencing Network
The National University Teleconferencing Network, a consortium of 66 universities and the Smithsonian Institution, was established. -
MSU
The Computer Assisted Personalized Approach (CAPA) system was developed at Michigan State Univ. and was first used in a small (92 students) physics class in the Fall of 1992 -
Blackboard
Blackboard Inc. is founded. The company would develop a LMS that provided a learning system for course delivery and management for institutions -
Khan Academy
Khan Acadeny, a non-profit education website offering a free online collection of micro lectures via video tutorial, is launched -
University of Florida
Florida announces UF Online, the first online-only public univ in the US. Launched in January 2014, UF Online will allow incoming college student to take all of their classes online, from orientation to grad.
