Online Education

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  • 1892

    1892

    THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IS THE FIRST COLLAGE TO OFFER CORRESPONDENCE COURSES AT THE COLLAGE LEVEL FOR FULL CREDIT
  • 1922

    1922

    PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY RECEIVES A COMMERCIAL LICENSE WITH WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC TO OFFER EDUCATIONAL CONTENT OVER RADIO WAVES
  • 1960

    1960

    THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS DEVELOPS THE PLATO COMPUTER-BASED LEARNING SYSTEM. MANY MODERN E-TOOLS SUCH AS MESSAGE BOARDS, CHATS, EMAIL AND MULTIPLAYER GAMES WERE DEVELOPED WITH PLATO
  • 1984

    1984

    THE ELECTRONIC UNIVERSITY NETWORK (EUN) OFFERS THE FIRST ONLINE COURSE THAT WAS USED WITH DOS AND A COMMODORE 64. THIS PREDATED THE WORLD WIDE WEB.
  • 1994

    1994

    CALCAMPUS OFFERS THE FIRST ONLINE COURSE WITH REAL-TIME INSTRUCTION AND INTERACTION OVER THE INTERNET
  • 2001

    2001

    WIKIPEDIA, A FREE OPEN CONTENT ENCYCLOPEDIA, IS STARTED BY JUMMY WALES AND LARRY SANGER
  • 2007

    2007

    TWITTER STARTS AND WITH IT THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORK THAT IS GLOBAL
  • 2018

    2018

    OVER 98% OF PUBLIC COLLAGES AND UNIVERSITIES OFFER ONLINE COURSES FOR CREDIT.