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PLATO
PLATO or Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations was developed in 1960 and is credited as being the first virtual online learning system created at the University of Illinois. -
Web Launch
The World Wide Web went live in 1990 proving the information can be shared with anyone, anywhere, at any time. Giving more life and direction to the journey of online learning. -
CAPA
CAPA or Computer Assisted Personalized Approach was first used at Michigan State University as a way for instructors to create personalized assessments and provide feedback electronically to students. -
Florida Virtual School
In 1997 Florida was the first state to create online education state wide for K-12 -
New Web 2.0
The transformation from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 meant that users could now interact with each other in a different way and much deeper than reading information available, but creating and having conversations. -
Blackboard
Blackboard became a public company in 2004 and currently serves more than 75% of all U.S. Colleges and Universities as well as more than half of all K-12 Programs -
Khan Academy
Khan Academy provides free online lectures for anyone to download. -
Beginning of MOOCs
Stanford University created the first MOOC science course with Harvard (2012) and San Jose University (2013) right behind them.
