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Correspondence Courses
Isacc Pitman teaches shorthand to United Kingdom (U.K.) students by correspondence using mail or postal service. -
Extension of University Teaching
A committee of New York Colleges and Universities urged the Board of Regents to establish university extension as part of the state system. Also, American Society for the extension of University Teaching was organized in Philadelphia in 1890. -
First University Distance Learning Program Offered
University of Chicago establishes a correspondence program along with Pennsylvania State College and the University of Wisconsin. -
The Birth of Formal Home Schooling
Corresponence courses offered to elementary students by the Calvert Home Instruction Department. -
The United States Federal Radio Act
It is the law that mandated that all radio states in the United States be licensed by the Federal Government. It set a precedent for all international and federal legislation of wireless communications. -
Live Radio Education
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) grants the first educational radio licenses to the University of Salt Lake City, University of Wisconsin and University of Minnesota. -
600 radio stations exist in the United States
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Television
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First Educational Television Programs
The world's first educational television programs were experimented the University of Iowa. -
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World War II
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B.F. Skinner and the Teaching Machine
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Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS)
ITFS is a low-cost, subscriber-based-system that makes it possible for educational institutions to broadcast courses over the television. -
Mixed Media Approach
The United Kingdom's Open University was established. It offered a mixed media approach to teaching distance learning courses. -
First fully televised college courses
Coastine Community College becomes the first college without a physical campus and broadcasts to other institutions. -
E-learning
The term e-learning is coined. Anytime, anywhere access to learning.
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Online Education
Online education is established, growing, and here to stay. Mayadas, A., Bourne, J., & Bacsich, P. (2009). Online Education Today. Journal Of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 13(2), 49-56.
