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Charles Babbage's analytic engine was the very first modern style prototype automated computer. https://thebestschools.org/magazine/online-education-history/ -
Ana Eliot Tickner founded The Society Studies at Home which consisted of our country's first formal correspondence schools. https://thebestschools.org/magazine/online-education-history/ -
The term "distance education" was first used in 1892 in a pamphlet put out by the University of Wisconsin - Madison. https://thebestschools.org/magazine/online-education-history/ -
Course lectures and material were made available to distant learners on phonograph records. https://thebestschools.org/magazine/online-education-history/ -
Pennsylvania State University was the first college to offer courses on the radio. https://thebestschools.org/magazine/online-education-history/ -
Konrad Zuse created the first electro-mechanical programable digital computer that was fully automatic. https://thebestschools.org/magazine/online-education-history/ -
WOI-TV was the first educationally owned television station. It was owned by Iowa State University. https://thebestschools.org/magazine/online-education-history/ -
The University of Houston is the first to offer course credit for correspondence courses offered on television. https://thebestschools.org/magazine/online-education-history/ -
The modem is invented at Bell Laboratories. https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-the-modem-4077013 -
Advanced Research Projects Agency helped establish groundwork for the Internet.
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The intranet system was created at the University of Illinois. It allowed recorded lectures and course materials to be accessed by students. https://thebestschools.org/magazine/online-education-history/ -
The first wide area computer network was created by Lawrence Roberts, Thomas Merrill, and Leonard Kleinrock. It used telephone lines. https://thebestschools.org/magazine/online-education-history/ -
The first Internet signal was transmitted by Charley Kline on October 29, 1969. https://thebestschools.org/magazine/online-education-history/ -
The Microsoft Corporation is founded by Paul Allen and Bill Gates. https://thebestschools.org/magazine/online-education-history/ -
Coastline Community College is the first virtual campus. Their degree program was offered entirely through telecourses. https://thebestschools.org/magazine/online-education-history/ -
Establishment of Computer Science Network by Lawrence Landweber allows industrial computer research groups & U.S. universities to connect. https://www.computerhope.com/history/ -
National Foundation Science Network linked university networks so that they could share information and research with each other. https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/nsf-net/textonly/maps.jsp -
First commercial portable computer that was successful. https://thebestschools.org/magazine/online-education-history/ -
School of Mangement & Strategic Studies at Western Behavioral Sciences offers first online college program. https://thebestschools.org/magazine/online-education-history/ -
TCP/IP allowed computers from different networks to communicate. https://www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/unit07/internet07_02.phtml -
University of Toronto offers the very first completely online course. http://adamasuniversity.ac.in/a-brief-history-of-online-education/ -
Offered first course for Commodore 64 & Dos computers. https://thebestschools.org/magazine/online-education-history/ -
The World Wide Web was invented in 1989 by Sir Tim Berners-Lee. https://webfoundation.org/about/vision/history-of-the-web/ -
World Wide Web is made available to the public https://webfoundation.org/about/vision/history-of-the-web/ -
Atomatic computerized grading system. https://thebestschools.org/magazine/online-education-history/ -
First website was created by Sir Tim Berners-Lee. https://thebestschools.org/magazine/online-education-history/ -
ASN's allow for remote learning and teaching. Our discussion board is an example of an ASN. https://digitalcommons.du.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1026&context=law_facpub -
The first to offer online college level classes with participation and instruction that is real-time. https://thebestschools.org/magazine/online-education-history/ -
Jones International University was the first fully accredited web-based university.
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Blackboard Course Management software is a virtual hub that provides campus and academic services.
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Google is an online search engine.
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Educational YouTube videos are often link to online classes. https://thebestschools.org/magazine/online-education-history/ -
Kahn Academy offers online courses on almost any subject for free. https://thebestschools.org/magazine/online-education-history/ -
MOOCs are flexible online forms of learning that are self-directed courses which are designed for mass participation. https://thebestschools.org/magazine/online-education-history/ -
University of Florida-Online was the first public online-only university. https://thebestschools.org/magazine/online-education-history/