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The University of Illinois effectively undertakes learning through the use of computer terminals that are linked together to create a network (Palvia et al., 2018). -
The University of Toronto announces the availability of its first online course (Palvia et al., 2018). -
Through The New School in New York City and computer conferencing, Connected Education provides the first online master's degree in media studies (Palvia et al., 2018). -
The University of Phoenix became the world's first academic institution to start a fully online postsecondary school offering both bachelor's and master's degrees (Palvia et al., 2018). -
The development of the World Wide Web was the dawn of a online innovation and learning (Mayer, 2019). -
With the introduction of the first Internet web browser, online learning took off (Mayer, 2019). -
A collection of web-based applications and HTML pages were constructed to promote online learning, allowing asynchronous discussion among students and instructors, the transmission of lectures, drop boxes for tasks, and other elements that are now the fundamental toolset for course management software (Mayer, 2019). -
Several universities implement the Interactive Learning Network- an online learning system that utilizes a relational database as its basis (Mayer, 2019). -
Blackboard Inc. creates a standardized network for course administration and execution, making it available to a more significant number of institutions (Mayer, 2019). -
UF Online, the country's first online-only public university, was set to open in 2014 (Mayer, 2019). -
Because of the global coronavirus outbreak, several colleges shifted to online learning rather than in-person lectures (Aristovnik et al., 2020). Because the transition to online education was sudden for many institutions, universities created various criteria for the online offering, leading to the further evolution of online learning.