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Sir Isaac Pitman taught shorthand via mail
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Anna Ticknow created society for women to study at home.
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Chautauqua Correspondence College in New York
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Cornell University attempts Correspondence U.
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U of Chicago establishes first formal program of distance Education
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Lantern Slides and Motion Picture is beginning to emerge.
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NUEA is formed to study the effectiveness of Correspondence Education vs. Traditional Education.
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Correspondence Ed vs Traditional Ed
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With instructional Radio and motion picture, we have recorded courses.
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Established to monitor sales practices and maitain quality.
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= 39 Universities offer corr. courses.
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Offered by U of Iowa
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Only one course remains for credit, yet it spurs the advent of Television!
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US Armed Forces Institute establishes one of first "system" of correspondence education.
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UW Correspondence Study Unit states 450 courses, 12,000 students and works with Immigration and US Armed Forces (to name a few).
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First Successful and sustainable model formed by the UK.
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Charles Wedemeyer creates Articulated Instructional Media by combining a manufacturing model with education. He deconstructed teaching process and rearticulated them. Invented Instructional Design Designers and Course Design Teams.
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Established non-profits aimed an maintaining access to general public.
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UK "OU" grows in popularity and success, becomes largest and most successful model, adopted by other countries.
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Cable and Sattelite TV pave the way for two-way course delivery and the advent of TELECONFERENCING!
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Internet Delivery increases the expansion of DL courses.