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Distance Education
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1st Version of Distance Education
The earliest version of distance education was born in 1840 by European countries including Great Britian, France, and Germany and the United States. In 1840, an English educator Sir Isaac Pitman, taught shorthand by mail.
In the U.S, adult education was a priority. http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/spring01/declair/history.html -
Anna Ticknor encourages women
Printed materials were sent through mail to encourage over 10,000 women over a 24 year span to study at home. Later, women became a primary participant in correspondence education to help with the growth in this type of learning. http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/spring01/declair/history.html -
Correspondence Degrees
Although the first correspondence university was at Cornell University, the first official education by correspondence took place at Chautauqua College of Liberal Arts. This college was authorized by the state of New York to grant academic degrees to students who successfully completed work by correspondence during the academic year. http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/spring01/declair/history.html -
Credit Transferring
As correspondence study gained popularity, the National University Extension Association(NUEA) introduced new issues including university policies regarding acceptance of credit from correspondence courses, credit transferal, and standard quality for correspondence educators. http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/spring01/declair/history.html -
Improve teaching methodology
One very important study on the improvment of correspondence education was a study conducted by the University of Chicago in 1933. One promising technology they found was instructional radio. However, even with all the efforts, by 1940, only one class remained with no registrants. Still, the concept of education by radio was a major reason for development of educational television by the mid 20th century. http://www.seniornet.org/edu/art/history.html -
New Technologies: the TV
Until 1910, the main source of communication in correspondence education was the mail. However, in 1910-1920, new technologies appeared including latern slides and motion pictures. In 1934, the Educational Television was in development. http://www.seniornet.org/edu/art/history.html -
The Personal Computer
Intel invented the microprocessor in 1971. After the invention of the microprocessor, the first computer was released in 1975 called the Altair 8800. By 1989, over 50% of children had access to computers at school and 15% of families owned a personal computer according to the US Bureau of Cenus. http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=wXtsKAMiuAAC&oi=fnd&pg=PR4&dq=history+of+distance+education&ots=48ObIm1VXG&sig=-dWdKA4lhPHgl5vOeTckgG18upM#v=onepage&q=history%20of%20distance%20education&f= -
Cable and Satellite TV
The first cable television began operation in 1952. By 1972, the FCC required all cable operations to provide an educational channel. These were referred to as "telecourses". In the late 1970s and early 1980s, cable and satellite television came into use. By the mid 1980s, around 200 college level telecourses were produced by universities across the country.
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Internet hits Education
Internet hit the education system in 1980 when the Duke University began using a system called USENET. New York University and Yale University also began using BITNET. http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=wXtsKAMiuAAC&oi=fnd&pg=PR4&dq=history+of+distance+education&ots=48ObIm1VXG&sig=-dWdKA4lhPHgl5vOeTckgG18upM#v=onepage&q=history%20of%20distance%20education&f=false -
Birth of Internet
The beginning of the Internet began with the development of computers in the 1950s. In 1982, the Internet was standardized and the world wide network was introduced. -
The Internet takes off
In the 1990s, the digital age combined with the change in demographics, distance education was sent into a new dimension. These new technologies bring educational opportunity to the non-traditional student, and the lure of economic prosperity to higher educational institutions. http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/spring01/declair/history.html -
The first sight of Moodle
Moodle originated as preliminary work in 1998 by Martin Dougiams. It launched in August of 2002 as Moodle 1.0. Less than a year later, Moodle was upgrade to Moodle 1.1. http://www.schoolanywhere.co.uk/blog/the-history-of-moodle/
