Online Education

By karmen_2023

  • 1892

    1892
    THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IS THE FIRST COLLAGE TO OFFER CORRESPONDENCE COURSES AT THE COLLAGE LEVEL FOR FULL CREDIT

  • 1922

    1922
    PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY RECEIVES A COMMERCIAL LICENSE WITH WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC TO OFFER EDUCATIONAL CONTENT OVER RADIO WAVES

  • 1960

    1960
    THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS DEVELOPS THE PLATO COMPUTER-BASED LEARNING SYSTEM. MANY MODERN E-TOOLS SUCH AS MESSAGE BOARDS, CHATS, EMAIL AND MULTIPLAYER GAMES WERE DEVELOPED WITH PLATO

  • 1984

    1984
    THE ELECTRONIC UNIVERSITY NETWORK (EUN) OFFERS THE FIRST ONLINE COURSE THAT WAS USED WITH DOS AND A COMMODORE 64. THIS PREDATED THE WORLD WIDE WEB.

  • 1994

    1994
    CALCAMPUS OFFERS THE FIRST ONLINE COURSE WITH REAL-TIME INSTRUCTION AND INTERACTION OVER THE INTERNET

  • 2001

    2001
    WIKIPEDIA, A FREE OPEN CONTENT ENCYCLOPEDIA, IS STARTED BY JUMMY WALES AND LARRY SANGER

  • 2007

    2007
    TWITTER STARTS AND WITH IT THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORK THAT IS GLOBAL

  • 2018

    2018
    OVER 98% OF PUBLIC COLLAGES AND UNIVERSITIES OFFER ONLINE COURSES FOR CREDIT.