History of Distance Education

Native American Distance Education in the form of storytelling

Jan 1, 1000

Storytellers traveled from village to village to tell traditional stories in which many values and morals were indirectly taught. Origin stories were told as well as the regular teaching stories. This was pre-1492.

Isaac Pitman teaches short hand by correspondence.

Sep 22, 1840

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Chautauqua Correspondence College founded (New York)

Sep 22, 1881

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Home Economics courses for women offered in New York

Sep 22, 1903

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Pennsylvania State College broadcast courses over the radio.

Sep 22, 1922

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NHSC Established - two million students enrolled every year equalling 4 times the number of all the students enrolled in colleges

Sep 22, 1926

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State University of Iowa - first university to broadcast educational television

Sep 22, 1934

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Control Data opens Plato Homelink, an online educational service

Sep 22, 1983

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IBM creats the interactive Satellite Education Network

Sep 22, 1983

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Time Magazine names the computer as the "Man of the Year"

Sep 22, 1983

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The U.S. Department of Education establishes the Distance Learning Education Demonstration Program which will serve as a pilot program of 15 post-secondary schools, systems and consortia permitted to offer federal financial aid for distance learning progr

Sep 22, 1999

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Moodle

Aug 22, 2002

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Blackboard announces patent

Jul 22, 2006

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MOOCS (Massive Open Online Courses) was coined by Dave Cornier

Sep 22, 2008

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