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The Evolution of Online Education

  • Society to Encourage Studies at home

    Society to Encourage Studies at home

    Anna Taylor, from Boston Massachusetts, was the founder of this form of correspondence education model
  • University of Chicago creates first distance learning program at the collegiate level

    University of Chicago creates first distance learning program at the collegiate level

    The University of Chicago with partnership from the U.S Postal Service, developed a program that was learning from a distance.
  • First Radio Station dedicated to educational broadcasting

    First Radio Station dedicated to educational broadcasting

    At the University of Wisconsin, the WHA was the first federally licensed wireless radio station that broadcasted education information to the viewers.
  • Creation of the first personal Computer

    Creation of the first personal Computer

    The creation of this device provided a higher level learning. This is a device that we still use to this day on a much more refined and complex scale.
  • Two Way Video Systems

    Two Way Video Systems

    The "development of two-way interactive video systems" helped to sculpt the possibilities of online education in the 1980's. (Wolfe, 2014).
  • WorldWideWeb Invention

    WorldWideWeb Invention

    The invention of the first web browser allowed its users to navigate, browse, and seek information from a variety of sources.
  • SMS Text Messaging

    SMS Text Messaging

    This time frame documented the invention of the first messaging system allowing for communication and discussion to take place from a distance!
  • Google Founded

    Google Founded

    This is the founding of the most utilized search engine in the world, helping it's users to discover, learn and find information they seek.
  • MOOC's

    MOOC's

    Massive Open Online Courses allow for free available resources. Students can now learn at their own pace.
  • COVID 19 Pandemic

    COVID 19 Pandemic

    The Covid 19 pandemic puts a pause on the world's in person educational systems. Ultimately providing importance, value, and credence in online education as a means of learning.