Distancer education

HISTORY OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

By MMCSSCARP
  • 1728 Caleb Philips advertises correspondence courses for shorthand

    1728 Caleb Philips advertises correspondence courses for shorthand

    The earliest known example of distance learning.
  • Swedish Composition

    Swedish Composition

    Swedish newspapers across the nation offer correspondence composition courses
  • Charles Touissant and Gustav Langerscheidt

    Charles Touissant and Gustav Langerscheidt

    Touissant and Langerscheidt offer language courses by mail.

  • University of London

    First university to offer distance learning degrees
  • The Silent University

    The Silent University

    The Society to Encourage Home Studies started by Anna Eliot Ticknor
  • Distance Education

    Distance Education

    First time the term "distance education" is used in a pamphlet by University of Wisconsin - Madison.
  • Phonograph

    Phonograph

    University of Wisconsin records lectures on phonograph and send to students

  • University of The Cape of Good Hope

    First university in South Africa. Largest university in Africa and is a dedicated distance learning institution.

  • Radio courses

    Pennsylvania state college broadcasts courses over radio

  • The birth of Wi-Fi

    Hedy Lamarr and George Anthiel invent frequency hopping which is the basis for WiFi, GPS, and bluetooth.
  • Televised college credit

    Televised college credit

    University of Houston offers first televised college credit classes on public TV.
  • Open University

    Open University

    First university to deliver only distance learning - initially through radio and TV broadcast
  • Virtual College

    Virtual College

    University of Phoenix established as first ever virtual college.
  • College without a campus

    College without a campus

    Coastline Community College becomes first non campus college. Banks, elementary schools and community centers used to bring college to the student.
  • Name Change

    Name Change

    International Council for Correspondence Education changes name to International Council for Distance Education
  • The World Wide Web

    The World Wide Web

    Tim Berners-Lee proposes development of what is now known as "world wide web".
  • University of Phoenix

    University of Phoenix

    First fully online collegiate institution that offers both bachelor and master degrees.
  • "Commentary on Art"

    "Commentary on Art"

    Jerrold Maddox, Penn State professor, teaches first course delivered over distance through the web.
  • Jones International University

    Jones International University

    First accredited and fully web based university
  • eLearning

    eLearning

    The term "e-Learning" is coined
  • 4.5 million

    4.5 million

    Number of students taking online classes in 2009 - MBA being the top degree offered in US.
  • H1N1 (Swine Flu)

    H1N1 (Swine Flu)

    Swine Flu outbreak leads some schools to include online courses for the first time in their history
  • Online courses increase

    Online courses increase

    32% of students in US higher education take at least one online course compared to 10% in 2002.
  • 400,000

    400,000

    Number of students using distance learning in United Kingdom
  • Student Loans

    Student Loans

    British Parliament makes student loans available for distance learning for the first time