The History of Online Learning (Distance Learning at it's best!)

Society to Encourage Studies at Home

Jan 1, 1873

Anna Eliot Ticknor founded the Society
to Encourage Studies at Home. America's first correspondence school. Work was mailed between students and teachers (Caruth & Caruth, 2013).

University of Phoenix

Jan 1, 1989

University of Phoenix offers the first fully online college for both undergrad and graduate studies ('Visiual Academy").

WeBWork

Jan 1, 1995

Arnold Pizer & Michael Gage developed WeBWork. WeBwork is a system used to deliver homework through the web ("Visual Academy").

Web Based University

Jan 1, 1996

Jones International University, the first accredited, entirely web-based university, was launched by Jones and Luskin("Visual Academy".

Florida Virtual School

Jan 1, 1997

Florida Virtual School, the "nation's first and largest
online public school," was created ("Visual Academy").

OER Movement

Jan 1, 2002

The OER (open education resources) movement emerges in 2002. This is the encouragment of open access to resources.

Stanford University

Jan 1, 2011

Stanford University offered free online computer science courses. Several students were in attendence. MOOCs were started in 2008, but begin to take of in 2012 ("Visual Academy).

edX

Jan 1, 2012

Harvard and MIT joing together and create their own MOOC called edX.

Udacity

Jan 1, 2013

San Jose State University (SJSU) partners with Udacity. Udacity is created to create affordable online education for the 'masses" (Pearcy).