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Anadolu University meets milestone!
Anadolu University’s distance learning enrollment reaches 500,000, which becomes the largest university on Earth. -
Wikipedia is established
The online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, was first started by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. The two used the wiki technology from created by Ward Cunningham. -
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Distance Education increases
According to a government study, 127,400 distance education courses were offered in 2001-2002. Distance Learning becomes education for the 21st Century. -
Visions are 2020
The Visions 2020 report about "Transforming Education and Training Through Advanced Technologies" was published by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Technology Administration
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Web 2.0 Applications
The phrase "web 2.0" was birthed by O'Reilly Media, who described it as a new generation of web applications Simonson, M., Smaldino, S., Albright, M., & Zvacek, S. (2012). Teaching and Learning at a Distance:Foundations of Distance Education, 5th Ed. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc. -
Social Bookmarking
The first social bookmarking site, Delicious, was founded by Joshua Schachter. Delicious -
Podcast is created!
The term podcast is officially referenced by Ben Hammersley of The Guardian newspaper. He combined "pod"— from iPod —and "cast" to represent broadcasting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWtlP6tKIaU -
Public Colleges and Private Universities
By this time, “89% of 4-year public colleges in the U.S. offer classes online, along with 60% of private institutions”. https://www.fnu.edu/evolution-distance-learning/ -
The first MOOC begins
The first massive open online course, Advance Learning Interactive Systems Online is created for learners online. -
Online Learning Reaps Benefits
According to a study on Distance Learning, students who took partial or all of their classes online, performed better, on average, than those taking the same course through traditional face-to-face interactions. -
Workforce Supervisors Speak Out
Eighty-three percent of CEOs and small business owners weigh online degrees as equally credible compared to traditional ones. -
Online Courses Become Critical
A study shows that about 70% of institutions believe that online courses are critical to their online plan, which increased from 49% in 2003. -
Forbes Notes Changes
A Forbes article says that “online learning is moving beyond this primitive, one-to-many broadcast model to become a social, collaborative, personalized and interactive experience." it's no longer just one-sided communication.
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MOOC Moves to Numerical Methods
The first MOOC course in numerical methods for advanced students in engineering and applied science is developed and later launched in 2017 at the George Washington University. The initial MOOC training stayed online until August 2017. Ultimately, there were 8,280 registered users. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICmXvT69fjQ
