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Caleb Phillips offered distance learning by advertising his expertise in the Boston Gazette.
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Ana Elinor Ticknor started a correspondence program knows as the “Society to Encourage Home Studies” in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Farmers used the postal service to participate in a class at the University of Wisconsin. (Silverman, 2001)
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Birth of Idek Trzmiel, Polish man and Auschwitz survivor, founded Commodore International.
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David Farber, the grandfather of the Internet was born.
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The University of Houston creates the first televised distance learning program. Courses mainly ran in the evenings so the working class could be home to watch.
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The company that created the first personal computer was founded
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David Farber helps establish the Computer Science Network (CSNET) to raise awareness for computer networking technology.
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Commodore International created the first personal computer for public use
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The University of Phoenix launches, becoming the first college of higher education to promote online only education.
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Al Gore, claiming he invented the internet, allocates $600 million towards the advancement of the internet.
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Internet is open to the public for use with the World Wide Web.
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Blackboard Course Management software launches making it easier to navigate for students and instructors alike.
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Interactive learning is created, being used as an early LMS.
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The Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks is established, promoting academic research of online education.
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More than a third of college and university students are taking some if not all of their classes online.
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The Corona virus has pushed instruction to the computer at home.