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Caleb Phillips placed an ad in the Boston Gazette in 1782 advertising lessons through the mail. -
Sir Issac Pitman's shorthand became famous on his postcards that were mailed to students. This society was the precursor for Pitman's Correspondence Colleges. -
Anna Ticknor establishes this society in 1873. The goal of starting this society was to give women an opportunity to be educated through correspondence. -
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In 1922, Penn State University starts offering courses that are taught over the radio. -
John Wilkinson Taylor led groups of students to create the National Broadcasting Corporation. This corporation was the first to offer college by radio.
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Stanford University broadcast engineering courses through the Stanford Instructional Television Network. -
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ARPAnet was created. This will later soon be known as the internet. -
Open University, located in the United Kingdom, is established. -
The University of Phoenix starts a range of courses sponsored by distance education. -
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The first PC was made and is sold and bought by the public. -
The first satellite education system is started. Courses can be taken through different computer applications.
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The World Wide Web is created. -
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The internet was opened to the general public through different services like America Online and CompuServe. -
Electronic University Network has the very first completely online PhD program available to the public. -
MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are starting to be provided.