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Caleb Phillips placed an advertisement in the Boston Gazette on March 20, 1728 offering shorthand lessons sent weekly to them (Kentnor, 2015). -
The first federally licensed radio station
dedicated to educational broadcasting was created by the University of Wisconsin in 1919 called the WHA. -
FCC approval of reserving television channels for the exclusive use of education. -
PLATO was the first computer technology enhanced adaptive e-learning system. -
The National Science Foundation created a national academic infrastructure in the United States connecting university computers in a network called the NSFNET. -
The University of Phoenix was the first to offer online educational programs by using CompuServe. -
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation created the Asynchronous Learning Networks (ALN) as an alternative to in-person education, and the foundation later began funding institutions providing online programs to improve education quality -
Blackboard learning system is a course management system used in higher education to manage courses, organize and distribute course content, and track and assess student progress -
New York University online, Western Governors University, and the California Virtual University were the first for-profit online education programs to make education more accessible. However, none of these institutions were able to compete with the University of Phoenix and eventually shutting down. -
SCORM 1.0 was created in 2000 by the Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative established in a 1999 executive order signed by President Bill Clinton to address e-learning interoperability, reusability, and durability challenges across the federal government and the private sector. -
MOOCs are large-scale online courses created by George Siemens and Stephen Downe with the option of free and open registration, a publicly shared curriculum, and open-ended outcomes. -
DEAC has been around since 1926 accrediting distance learning education. Known as the National Home Study Council in 1959, it was listed by the U.S. Commission of Education as a recognized accreditor. It changed its name to the Distance Education Accrediting Commission in 2015. -
ChatGPT is an AI-powered language model. Although in its infancy, has remarkable potential to challenge or revolutionize the future of online education and advance teaching and learning.