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Women were found to be most nurturing. By the turn of the 20th century, a great portion of teachers were women. Teaches began to rebel, unions were created and protest began. Public Broadcasting Service. (n.d.). PBS online: Only a teacher: Teaching timeline. PBS. https://www.pbs.org/onlyateacher/timeline.html
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During this period many changes were made in public schooling in nearly every state of the union. Showalter, A. (2021, July 21). 2.2: What are the educational milestones of the 19th century?. Social Sci LibreTexts. https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Fresno_City_College/Education_30%3A_Introduction_to_Education_(Perez)/02%3A_History_of_Education/2.02%3A_What_are_the_educational_milestones_of_the_19th_century#:~:text=The%20years%201830%20until%201872,every%20state%20of%20the%20union.
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Anna Eliot Ticknor had an idea to use correspondence to educate women. Her society was premised on access, using the postal service to bridge geographical, racial, and socioeconomic differences and distances. Coriale, D., & Edelstein, S. (2021, December 1). The Society to Encourage Studies at home (in a pandemic). ESQ: A Journal of Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/839217/summary -
S. Leroy Brown taught the first radio course. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/radio#:~:text=Leroy%20Brown%20built%20radio%20equipment,radio%20course%20in%20late%201917. -
Sidney Pressey invented the first "teaching machine". Bellamy, T. (2022, January 20). History of learning management systems evolution. My Learning Hub. https://mylearninghub.com/blog/post/history-of-lms -
The University of Houston offers the first televised college credit class on KUHT, the first public television station in the United States. Writers, S. (2023, March 31). The history of online schooling. OnlineSchools.org. https://www.onlineschools.org/visual-academy/the-history-of-online-schooling/ -
A case in which the Supreme Court decided that the "separate but equal" standards of racial segregation were unconstitutional. History.com Editors. (2009, October 27). Brown v. Board of Education: Summary, ruling & impact. History.com. https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka -
"Roberts connected the TX-2 computer in Mass. to the Q-32 in California with a low speed dial-up telephone line creating the first (however small) wide-area computer network ever built". Barry M. Leiner, Vinton G. Cerf, David D. Clark, Robert E. Kahn, Leonard Kleinrock,. (2022, September 22). A brief history of the internet. Internet Society. https://www.internetsociety.org/internet/history-internet/brief-history-internet/ -
Ray Tomlinson sent the first email. Swatman, R. (2015, August 19). 1971: First ever email. Guinness World Records. https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/60at60/2015/8/1971-first-ever-email-392973 -
"The University of Phoenix was established as the first-ever 'virtual college'. Universities including CALcampus, the first online-only curriculum, and Regent University, which offered the first online Ph.D. in communications, paved the way for the revolution of online and remote educations". The evolution of Distance Learning. Tulane School of Professional Advancement. (2019, January 17). https://sopa.tulane.edu/blog/evolution-distance-learning -
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Under the direction of Dr.Edward Simco, Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida releases first electronic classroom. Nsu. (n.d.). In brief: College of Computing and Engineering. NSU. https://computing.nova.edu/about/brief.html -
Computer mediated communication (CMC) is a term that groups forms of communication through networked computers. Example: zoom, emails, instant message. As of today, CMC has expanded with platforms like social media. Cleveland, C. (2020, July 30). Computer-Mediated Communication: What It Is & How to Use It Successfully. Auburn University Harbert College of Business. https://harbert.auburn.edu/blogs/school-of-accountancy/computer-mediated-communication.html -
Tim Berners-Lee developed an outline for a system that carried out the information sharing processes. Brahambhatt, R. (2021, June 16). Origin of the internet: Who invented the world wide web?. Interesting Engineering. https://interestingengineering.com/culture/origin-of-the-internet-who-invented-the-world-wide-web -
CALCampus originated from Computer Assisted Learning Center (CALC). Platform that offered online courses with real time instruction and interaction. Morabito, M. (n.d.). Origins of CALCampus. Origins of calcampus. http://www.calcampus.com/calc.htm -
Entrepreneurs Glen Jones and Bernand Luskin launched Jones International University, which became the first accredited and fully web-based university. Writers, S. (2023, March 31). The history of online schooling. OnlineSchools.org. https://www.onlineschools.org/visual-academy/the-history-of-online-schooling/
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President Bush signs act which has increased accountability by requiring all schools to help all of their students meet State-set standards. Lee, A. M. I. (2021, May 4). What is no child left behind (NCLB)?. Understood. https://www.understood.org/en/articles/no-child-left-behind-nclb-what-you-need-to-know -
MTI launches OpenCourseWare, a website offering course materials. Ng, Y. (2016, April 4). MIT OpenCourseWare celebrates 15 years of Open sharing. MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. https://news.mit.edu/2016/mit-opencourseware-celebrates-15-years-open-sharing-0404 -
YouTube was launched, providing a platform for video-based content that would be heavily used in online learning. Keeley, J. (2023, April 23). When did YouTube start and what was the first YouTube video?. MUO. https://www.makeuseof.com/what-was-the-first-youtube-video/ -
The first online learning platform, Udacity, was launched by Sebastian Thrun. Bennett, W. J. (2012, July 5). Is Sebastian Thrun’s udacity the future of higher education? CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2012/07/05/opinion/bennett-udacity-education/index.html -
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a massive shift towards online learning, with universities and schools around the world adopting virtual teaching methods to ensure continuity of education. Spiteri, G., (2020, March 5). First cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) in the WHO European region, 24 January to 21 February 2020. Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7068164/