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College... on TV?
The University of House made history by introducing college courses via evening television. KUHT, the first public TV station in the US, aired 13 hours of college instruction a week. -
The Advent of Online College
In 1989, the University of Phoenix launched a the first fully online college program, offering bachelors and masters degrees. University of Phoenix was the first in a long line of institutions offering online learning options. Today, 1 in 4 college students is enrolled in online classes. -
Harvard Students Found Sparknotes
Sam Yagan, Max Krohn, Chris Coyne, and Eli Bolotin founded Sparknotes in 1999 to provide students with study guides for a variety of topics. Originally, the service was part of the website "The Spark" and acted as an online competitor to CliffNotes. -
MIT Launches OpenCourseWare
Originally a envisioned as a project in 1999, MIT OpenCourseWare provides MIT lecture and course material for free online. The program doesn't offer accredited courses but allows anybody to access the OpenCourseWare lectures. -
Iowa State Students Found Chegg
Aayush Phumbhra and Osman Rashid started Chegg as a textbook exchange service, but the sites' scope has expanded to allow students and paid "experts" to exchange notes and homework answers. The website has come under fire, especially during the pandemic, for creating an easy way for students to cheat. -
Madgrades Launched
A UW student made Madgrades so students could see grade distributions for courses, even for different individual instructors. -
COVID-19 changes education forever
The coronavirus pandemic started the largest online movement of students in history. 1.38 billion people worldwide were directly affected by online school closures, as shown by this graph from the World Economic Forum. The ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will persist far into the future. -
Classified: Brought to you by J202 Lab 303!
UW-Madison students have designed Classified, an all new app to allow other students to exchange information about courses and chat on forums. Students can also exchange and purchase textbooks.