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English inventor of shorthand; credited with inventing correspondence courses by mail, which represented the first phase of distance education.
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This program provided correspondence instruction in more than 20 subjects.
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1892 - 1st University distance learning program offered through the University of Chicago.
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Federal government issues the first educational radio licenses to deliver distance education courses.
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The world's first educational television programs were broadcast from the University of Iowa.
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Iowa State University became the first educational television broadcaster in the world.
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ARPANET (1969), forerunner to the modern day Internet, grew out of scientific research from the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the Department of Defense; one of the most prominent leaders for modern day technology-based distance education was the Department of Defense
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First to use satellites in distance education. A very small group of highly skilled computer experts who were dedicated to promoting networking by peace activists.
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Coastline Community College become the first “virtual college”, broadcasting telecourse with no physical campus Originally started as a distance learning college
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The National University Teleconferencing Network, a consortium of 66 universities and the Smithsonian Institution, was established.
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The Computer Assisted Personalized Approach (CAPA) system was developed at Michigan State Univ. and was first used in a small (92 students) physics class in the Fall of 1992
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Blackboard Inc. is founded. The company would develop a LMS that provided a learning system for course delivery and management for institutions
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Khan Acadeny, a non-profit education website offering a free online collection of micro lectures via video tutorial, is launched
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Florida announces UF Online, the first online-only public univ in the US. Launched in January 2014, UF Online will allow incoming college student to take all of their classes online, from orientation to grad.
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