Distance learning evolution from Mail to radio to TV to phone to Satellites to computers to all kinds of mobile devices

By bobkatieb

  • 1892 Correspondance

    First distance learning by mail (OSC, ND)

  • 1929 Ohio started radio

    Ohio State started broadcasting (Wolfe, 2014)

  • 1920/1930 Radio

    Radio started broadcasting distance learning. (Wolfe, 2014)

  • 1940 TV

    TV channels started offering distance learning (Wolfe, 2014)

  • 1950s More TV and 242 channels

    First College courses came from Texas (OSC, ND)

  • Phone used 1965

    The telephone was used for distance learning (OSC, ND)

  • 1970s Cable TV and Satellites

    During the 1970s/1980s Cable Tv and Satellites were used for distance learning. (Wolfe, 2014).

  • 1980s Computers

    During the 1980s Computers were used for distance learning. (Wolfe, 2014 and OSC, ND).

  • 1990/2000s

    The Explosive growth of the computers and the World Wide Web. (Wolfe, 2014) came in the 1990s and improved technology and digital devices being used in the 2000s.

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