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First Correspondence Course
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Distance learning came into practice
U.S. Postal Service developed -
University of London offered distance learning degrees
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First official correspondence education program
Called Society to Encourage Home Studies. Founded in Boston by Ana E. Ticknor -
Univ. of Chicago offered correspondence courses
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Univ. of Queensland founded correspondence studies
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State Univ. of Iowa offered radio courses for credit
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Univ. of South Africa champion/innovator of distance learning
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Univ. of Houston offered TV college classes
Many of these courses aired in the evening -
Univ. of Wisconsin provided phone-based courses
This was a statewide program for physicians. -
Univ. of Nebraska
It had an accredited high school diploma via distance learning. -
First 'virtual college"
Coastline Community College started this program. -
Western Behavioral Sciences Institute
They used a computer conferencing system. -
Electronic University Network
Launched by Ron Gordon. Online courses were available for access on personal computers. -
Nova Southeastern University
First electronic classroom for accredited online graduate program. -
National Science Foundation Network
This was the precursor to the internet. -
University of Phoenix
First college to launch a fully online school offering Bachelor's and Master's degrees. -
Michigan State University
School developed Computer Assisted Personalized Approach (CAPA) -
CALCampus
First to introduce an online-only curriculum with real-time instruction and participation. -
Arnold Pizer and Michael Gage
They developed WeBWork. It is a system for delivering homework over the web. -
Jones International University
This school opened in Colorado and was the first fully web-based accredited university. -
Interactive Learning Network
This was adopted by several institutions and used a relational database as its foundation. -
Blackboard Inc.
This company developed a standardized platform for course delivery and management. -
CourseNotes.com launched
This site has many of the same features as Blackboard. -
WebCT
Over 6 million students and 40,000 instructors teach 150,000 courses yearly at 1,350 institutions in 55 countries. -
YouTube launched
By 2009 YouTube EDU offered thousands of free lectures online. -
London, England
A school was the first to use virtual scenarios in an immersive environment as training for paramedic students. -
Over 4.5 million students
This is the number of students taking online classes. -
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
Free online course resources are available through Udacity. Enables learners to take classes at their own pace. -
COVID-19 Pandemic
This pandemic forced nearly every college and university to switch to online learning. -
93% brick and mortar colleges
These schools are offering online courses. An increasing number of universities are offering free online classes called open courseware.