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University of Chicago is the first "traditional" school to offer correspondence classes. https://www.worldwidelearn.com/articles/history-of-distance-learning/ -
UNIX forms under joint venture by Bell Labs and MIT. This is the first open source network for computer coding. UNIX is eventually known as LINUX.
https://er.educause.edu/articles/2008/5/open-source-software-in-education#:~:text=History%20of%20Open%20Source&text=UNIX%20had%20its%20roots%20in,provide%20more%20flexibility%20to%20users. -
Internet Talk Radio-interviews with a computer expert that can be paused and restarted at will. "Computer Chronicles - The Internet". The Internet Archive. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2018. -
MIT Open Course Ware developed. Anyone can access these courses, over 2,400 of them. https://news.mit.edu/2001/ocw -
MIT, Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and Beijing Jiaotong University organize the first OpenCourseWare conference in Beijing. China institutes CORE (China Open Resources for Education) to spread MOOCs to East Asia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Open_Resources_for_Education -
Non profit education software to easily create new curriculum and share information. https://www.curriki.org/about/ -
Audioblog.com launched, first commercial podcasting hosting service. "AudioBlog.com". Audioblog.com. VocalSpace, LLC. Archived from the original on 2004-05-26. -
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Harvard and MIT join forces to transform online education creating a new online learning system that includes lessons, quizzes, and grading. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/05/mit-and-harvard-announce-edx/ -
