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Placed advertisement in the Boston Gazette for postal correspondence shorthand lessons. Never confirmed if any correspondence was sent in response to this advertisement. (Kentnor, 2015)
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Confirmed teaching shorthand by postal mail. Progressive educator who is credited with first conceiving and implementing distance learning. (Dewey, 2017)
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Phonographic Correspondence Society Founded (Kentnor, 2015)
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Society to Encourage Studies at Home founded in Boston by Anna Eliot Ticknor (Kentnor, 2015)
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Illinois Wesleyan College offered first degree 'in abstentia" (Kentnor, 2015)
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-Chautauqua Movement of 1870's
-Lewis Miller and John Heyl Vincent herald the movement in NYS with a training program for Sunday school teachers during the summer.
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John Heyl Vincent established the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle in Chautauqua, New York.
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-Chautauqua University formed offering extensive summer and correspondence courses.
-University of Chicago used Chautauqua University model and opened correspondence model.
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University of Wisconsin extension program was founded as a distance teaching unit.
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National University Extension Association 'formed in an effort to develop and advance ideals, methods, and standards in continuing education and university extensions" (Kentnor, 2015).
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WHA radio station formed. First federally licensed radio station dedicated to educational broadcasting. (Kentnor, 2015).
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73 other educational radio broadcasting stations created.
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Television broadcasting for educational purposed utilized. (Kentnor, 2015)
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Over 600 FCC approved television stations were created for educational purposes. (Kentnor, 2015).
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British Broadcasting Company began to set the template standard for American Broadcasting in education. (Kentnor, 2015)
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Personal computers were integrated into corporations for training and program support. (Kentnor, 2015)
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United States Distance Learning Association was formed as "an international platform for both distance learning programs and distance learners themselves" (Dewey, 2017).
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University of Phoenix began using CompuServe; and electronic mail and correspondence system. (Kentnor, 2015)
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The World Wide Web was created by Sir Tim Berner-Lee. Allowing a new process of accessibility.
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University of Phoenix created the first online educational program through the world wide web. (Kentnor, 2015)
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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation developed the ALN, the Asynchronous Learning Network to explore education alternatives for those unable to attend traditional classroom education programs. (Kentnor, 2015)
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Online programs rapidly increase in enrollment. Programs such as NYU created for profit programs in online education that were not as successful. The University of Phoenix enrollment increased dramatically during this year. (Kentnor, 2015)
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"65% of institutions reported that online learning was critical to the long-term strategic plan" (Kentnor, 2015, p 30). This statistic is critical as online programs are now a core part of education.