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First recored correspondence study of shorthand advertised in Boston Gazette
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Training program in shorthand, students mailed their exercises to the Photographic Institute in Cincinnati
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Ticknor Society ot Encourage Studies at Home
Provided correspondence courses for 10,000 members over 24-year period -
Led to State of New York authorization of correspondence courses
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Established in Ithaca, New York
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Colliery School of Mines in PA, evolved in International Correspondence Schools that trained mine and railroad workers
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First academic recognition
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University of Salt Lake City, University of Wisconsin, University of Minnesota!
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University of Iowa first broadcast courses by TV
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Instructional Television Fixed Service, a band of 20 TV channels for educational institutions
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Articulated Instructional Media Project, first attempt to categorize distance learning practices. University of Wisconsin
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Used AIM as a model for distance learning in Britain, presently supplies 21% of distance learning in England
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Establish by Congress, created PBS
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Coastline Community College, first college without campus, fully televised courses
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Intel created microprocessor, start of computers
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Fern University, presently has 59,000 students, offers 1,700 courses. Also has institute to study distance education
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Satellites first used to transmit programs. National Technological University had 40 institutional members
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Launched fully on-line curriculum
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Start of the information superhighway
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Jones International University was first fully online university to be accredited by the Higher Learning Commission
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Microtutorials started, presently there are almost 3,000 available free
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First MOOC in 2008 started by Utah State and University of Regina
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Most notable MOOC started at Stanford, "Introduction to Artificial Intelligence"
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Two large MOOC companies started
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MOOC of Harvard and MIT
