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Earliest Reference to Correspondence Education
Caleb Phillips placed an advertisement in the "Boston Gazette" to send out shorthand lessons. -
Isaac Pitman Begins Teaching
Isaac Pitman, who is known as the "pioneer of distance education", first started teaching shorthand to people through correspondence in Bath, England. -
Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle is Established
John Heyl Vincent established the Chautauqua Liberty and Scientific Circle in Chautauqua, New York. Please watch the attached video for more! [https://youtu.be/WUrG1MdI_Q8] -
Spark Transmitter Created
Guglielmo Marconi invented the spark transmitter and was able to gain a patent for the first radio device. This changed the way distance education could be done to reach more learners through the radio! -
The First Educational Broadcast is Started
University of Wisconsin professors started the first federally licensed radio station that is solely committed to educational broadcasting. The station became known as WHA. The following video gives more history of the WHA, and educational broadcasting in the state of Wisconsin. [https://youtu.be/UotpWQKRmuU] -
Great Depression Causes Problems for Educational Radio Broadcasting
Regulation of radio, in combination with the Great Depression caused a massive amount radio stations at educational institutions to close down. Out of the 176 radio stations at educational institutions that were running at the beginning of the Great Depression, only 35 survived. -
Institute for Education by Radio is Founded
In Columbus, Ohio the Institute of Education by Radio (IER) is created where radio is used largely in the classroom. -
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Television Broadcast First Used for Education
The first using of television broadcasting for education did not start until sometime between 1932 and 1937 at the University of Iowa. The technology for education on television was available much earlier than this time. -
FCC Reserves Television Channels for Education
Educators had been requesting television channels to be reserved solely for educational purposes. The FCC finally grants this request by reserving 242 channels (this grows into 632 by 1966). -
Corporation for Public Broadcasting is Established
The Corporation of Public Broadcasting (CPB) was established by the Public Broadcasting Act of 1976. The mission of the CPB was to encourage development of public radio and television broadcasting including the media being used for educational reasons. -
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Computers Educating in the Workplace
The idea of using computers to educate started with companies using computer-based programs to teach and train new employees. -
Online Education Programs Emerge
The University of Phoenix begins using CompuServe (one of the first consumer online services) to educate students with educational programs on computers. -
World Wide Web is Created
The World Wide Web is rolled out to the world, and anyone and everyone has unlimited access to knowledge now at their fingertips. The following video gives some more background information of how the World Wide Web was created! [https://youtu.be/_mNOXDbXr9c] -
University of Phoenix uses the Web
The same year the World Wide Web is created, the University of Phoenix is one of the first educational institutions to to offer online educational programs through the internet. -
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation develops ALNs
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation develops Asynchronous Learning Networks to look for ways to help educate people who are unable to attend a traditional classroom. They also would help fund schools that offered online earning to improve online education. -
Online Courses Grow
Over 1.6 million postsecondary students are taking online classes. Six years later the number almost triples. -
Online Learning Continuing to Grow
65% of institutions reported having strategic plans to incorporate online learning for the foreseeable future. This proves that Online Learning simply isn't a fad, but a way to further the education of all students.
