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The world was introduced to Blackboard and ecollege!
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Billionaire Michael Saylor announces that he has donated $100 million toward the creation of an online university that will offer an Ivy League level of education for free. Saylor University!
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MIT begins offering lectures and course materials online through its OpenCourseWare project in 2002, most of which is provided free of charge to anyone in the world.
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Adam Curry and Dave Winer are said to have invented podcasting!
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A new web video sharing site emerges! Youtube! Youtube revolutionized the way videos were being shared. People actually earn an income from Youtube! Some of the most successful Youtubers earn millions!
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Apple launches Itunes University Offering Online lectures!
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Khan Academy is founded and this was the beginning of providing and connecting students with transferable college courses that were both high-quality and affordable!
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The number of students taking online courses jumped a whopping 187%, and there were about 5.5 million students worldwide who were taking at least one class online
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The number of students taking online courses jumped a whopping 187%, and there were about 5.5 million students worldwide who were taking at least one class online (source:https://www.straighterline.com/blog/brief-history-online-learning-infographic/)
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The Department of Education issues new regulations which require online colleges to satisfy all state-level educational requirements. This mandate places a huge regulatory burden on online colleges. Additionally, the same regulatory measures mandate a strict rubric using credit hours to measure learning, instead of competencies or other measures.
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Udacity launches Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) on behalf of Harvard and MIT.
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University of Florida–Online launches, becoming the first online-only public university.
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A digital textbook library was launched in California, giving undergraduates in the states free access to college textbooks for 50 of the most popular courses in the state.
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Online learning isn't going anywhere! Did you know that 98% of public colleges and universities now offer online learning?
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Flipped Learning
is an approach that allows teachers to implement a methodology, or various methodologies, in their
classrooms.
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On June 27, 2016, Jonathan Bergmann, one of the originators of flipped learning, launched the Flipped Learning Global Initiative, led by Errol St.Clair Smith. (https://flglobal.org/)
