The Evolution and Timeline of Online Learning

By SGM@post2

  • The Evolution of Online Learning

    Radio Education Began. During this time period, distance education was offered in a wide variety of formats for a wide variety of educational purposes.
    By 1922, the technology of radio broadcasting had become a viable means of transmitting information. Pennsylvania State College took advantage of this by broadcasting courses over the radio.

  • The Start and Use of Television

    The Military became the first to use television for training and education purposes. Aspiring soldiers need more than courage to join the United States military.documents soldiers as they attempt to earn spots as divers, snipers, bomb specialists and other roles in the military.

  • The Development of PLATO

    University of Illinois developed PLATO. The PLATO Learning Environment (PLE) is a breakthrough learning management system for managing the teaching and learning environment and is licensed on a subscription basis via the Internet.

  • The First Online Course

    Stanford University Created the First Online Course, Georgia Tech and MIT in certain courses were given a choice: enroll in the traditional on-campus course, or sign up for a parallel version of the class that would be completely online.

  • The Education Networks

    First Ideas of the Education Networks Creation is a national, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that is committed to empower people to realize their fundamental commitment to education – to make a real and lasting difference with students on a day-to-day basis and impact the future of education in their communities.

  • The Creation of the Computer Assisted Learning Center

    Computer Assisted Learning Center (CALC,) which was founded in 1982 in Rindge, New Hampshire, as a small, offline computer-based, adult learning center. The center was based on the same premise as today: to provide affordable, quality instruction to individual learners through the use of computers.

  • The Introduction of the Internet

    Internet becomes an establish household name. Online learning is education that takes place over the Internet. It is often referred to as “e-learning” among other terms. However, online learning is just one type of “distance learning” - the umbrella term for any learning that takes place across distance and not in a traditional classroom.

  • The Formation of CAPA

    The formation of educational studies abroad (CAPA.) The Quality-One Corrective Action Preventive Action Online Overview allows the student to review the content at their own pace. The online overview includes video, audio, illustrations, downloadable templates and valuable reference materials.

  • The Online Learning

    The beginning of the Online Learning Modules on Internet based schools. The future of higher education lies with online learning. Increasingly, colleges and university students now find themselves with other obligations beyond that of getting a degree.

  • The 2000.s Explosion in Online Technologies

    In 2000's the explosion in the online technologies offerings in online education. The creation of the Blackboard. In the 2000's, businesses began using e-learning to train their employees.

  • The Creation of WebCT

    The development of the Web Course Tool. WebCT (Course Tools) or Blackboard Learning System, now owned by Blackboard, is an online proprietary virtual learning environment system that is licensed to colleges and other institutions and used in many campuses for e-learning.

  • YouTube Launched.

    YouTube launched the YouTube EDU. Many educators have created educational Youtube Channels with videos which can be used for educational purposes. Both teachers and students have found great use of these educational Youtube channels.

  • The Online Lecture

    The concept of MOOCs was developed and created by MIT and Harvard offering massive online courses. A massive open online course (MOOC) is a model for delivering learning content online to any person who wants to take a course, with no limit on attendance.

  • The First Online-Public University

    The First Online-Public University, UF Online was announced and was the first public online university. The University of Florida will, now be home to the first fully accredited, online public research university institute in the nation.