Timeline: Evolution of On Line Learning

1840 - Sir Isaac Pitman's Correspondence College

1840

http://mysite.du.edu/~kkeairns/de/Text/Lessons/Lesson1.pdf

1873 - Society to Encourage Home Study

1873

https://archive.org/details/societytoencoura00soci1873

1900's - Development of the Postal System

1900

http://www.postalhistory.com/

1911 - Department of Correspondence Studies Queensland Australia

1911

http://www.australianuniversities.com.au/directory/history-of-Australian-universities/

1946 University of South Africa

1946

https://www.careersportal.co.za/universities/universities/1316-is-unisa-the-only-distance-learning-option-in-south-africa.html

1953 Houston PBS televised courses

1953

http://www.pbs.org/spacestation/production/kuht.htm

1989 - University of Phoenix

1989

http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/tomorrows-college/phoenix/story-of-university-of-phoenix.html

1996 Jones International University

1996

http://www.jiu.edu/

2009 Proliferation of On Line Master's Degree Programs

2009

http://www.chronicle.com/article/Number-of-Degrees-Conferred/133633/