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Evolution of Distance Learning/Online Learning
A historical timeline of the evolution of distance learning and online learning. Beginning in 1840 - 2011 -
Sir Issac Pitman correspondence course by mail 1840
Sir Issac Pitman was the first Professor to correspond with his students by mail -
University of Chicago 1892
First college-level correspondence course in the United States -
First Department of External Studies
University of Queensland establishes first department of External Studies -
Soviet Union Universities
61 Universities in the Soviet Union started offering distance learning courses -
Media is utilized for Distance Learning
Live Radio and Television broadcasting was utilized for distance learning (1921 Radio broadcasting began for distance learning) (1963 Television broadcasting was being utilized for distance learning) -
City College of Chicago
Fist college to give students credit for television courses in 1951 -
Open University
United Kingdom created Open University in 1969. First university dedicated to distance learning by mail. Constructed text videos material supplemented with broadcast radio and television for students. There were four in Europe and 20 other countries started Open Universities. -
PEACENET
PEACENET founded in 1971 made the first satellite in distance learning -
300,000 Students enrolled
In the mid 1980's there were more than 300,000 students enrolled in university taught education courses -
Open University
In 1993 Open universities were teaching over 200,000 students in distance learning courses. Jones University was the first fully online university accredited by Higher Education Commission -
MIT
MIT opens it's first Opens Course Ware course in 2002 -
Online Learning constantly growing
2010 65% of higher education institutions have online courses
2011 Introductions of massive Open Online courses with online technology constantly improving for the future and beyond -
References
Craig, R., (2015), A Brief History (And Future) of Online Degrees
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryancraig/2015/06/23/a-brief-history-and-future-of-online-degrees/#2c56b35248d9
Crotty, J. M., (2012). Distance Learning Has Been Around Since 1982 You Big MOOC
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesmarshallcrotty/2012/11/14/distance-learning-has-been-around-since-1892-you-big-mooc/#550eb6bb2318
