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The Phonographic Institute in Cincinnati, OH offers stenographic training through correspondence courses.
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The Society to Encourage Studies at Home is established by Anna Ticknor to provide education for women through use of correspondence studies.
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William Rainey Harper develops correspondence program at Chautauqua Hill, NY which led to authorization of correspondence courses in the state of New York.
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The Colliery School of Mines offers correspondence instructional system to teach mine safety to workers in Pennsylvania; would become International Correspondence School (ICS) and offer training and education for railroad and iron workers.
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The first formal program of university Distance Education is developed through the creation of Extension Department of the school.
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Martha Van Rensselaer develops instructional system to provide home economics training to women through rural areas of the state.
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The first radio licenses are issued to University of Wisconsin, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Salt Lake City.
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The National Home Study Council is created to monitor practices of correspondence schools; would become Distance Education and Training Council.
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The University of Iowa introduces distance learning courses through broadcast television.
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he Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS) is created to support the expansion of distance learning.
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Charles Wedemeyer obtains a grant funded by Carnegie Corporation to study best use of technology to benefit independent learners at the University of Wisconsin.
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Nova University of Advanced Technology established in state of Florida, offering degrees through distance education; in 2003 would become Nova Southeastern University.
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The federal government acts to creat the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to promote non commercial use of television and radio.
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Through combined efforts of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and AT&T the first national public television system is created.
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The British Open University established by Royal Charter in England; followed the design provided through the AIMS project of 1964 at Univesity of Wisconsin.
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Coastline Community College in California becomes the first fully televised program in distance education.
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The development of the microprocessor led to creation of online learning communications systems which would provide immediacy in exchange of information between educational providers and students.
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The armed forces creates DANTES program to outsource training and education through public universities and private schools.
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The use of satellite television to broadcast educational programming becomes cost effective in the 1980's.
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Alaska becomes the first state to provide educational televison through satellite broadcast system.
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The University of Phoenix is established as the first for profit institution to offer distance education in degree and non degree studies.
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The World Wide Web is created by Tim Berners-Lee which allows information to be transmitted to all computers throughout the world.
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The Jones International University in Colorado becomes the first online program accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
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A private company based in San Diego,CA jones with China to create system to utilize webcam in distance education.
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The use of podcasts in distance education is instituted in Dysart, AZ.
