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The correspondence education was advertised by Caleb Phillips in 1728 in the Boston Gazette, a form of education where the teacher and the students were separated. The students received weekly lessons and exercises through mail.
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Issac Pitman was recognized as the pioneer of distance education. He began teaching shorthand by correspondence in Bath, England
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Phonographic Correspondence Society was founded, a precursor to Sir Isaac Pitman's Correspondence College
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Anna Eliot Ticknor founded the Society to Encourage Studies at Home in Boston, Massachusetts. More info
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Illinois Wesleyan College became the first academic institution to offer degree programs.
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Lewis Miller and John Heyl Vincent heralded the movement in New York State as a training program for Sunday school teachers during the summer.
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John Heyl Vincent founded the Chautauqua Literacy and Scientific Circle in Chautauqua, New York, the first adult education program and correspondence school in the country.
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Chautauqua University was established in 1883, introduced extension and correspondence courses, as well as summer terms, until it closed its doors in 1892 due to lack of resources
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Guglielmo Marconi invented the spark transmitter and obtained the first patent for a radio device.
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The Radio Act of 1912 required all amateur radio broadcasters to be licensed.
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National University Extension Association formed in an effort to "develop and advance ideals, methods, and standards in continuing education and university extensions"
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the University of Wisconsin professors began an amateur wireless station later known as WHA, the first federally licensed radio station dedicated to educational broadcasting.
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The Institute for Education by Radio (IER) in Columbus, Ohio, where radio was used extensively in the classroom. The IER concentrated on techniques used in educational broadcasting.
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The Rockefeller Foundation and the Carnegie Foundation organized and funded the council to promote radio broadcasting as a teaching medium.
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This National Committee on Education by Radio was formed to secure the use of radio for educational purposes.
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First use of Television broadcasting for education did not originate until between 1932 and 1937 at the University of Iowa
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Federal Communications Commission answered educators' requests to reserve television channels for the exclusive use of education in the Sixth Report and Order
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The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 established the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), The mission was "to encourage the growth and development of public radio and television broadcasting, including the use of such media for instructional, educational, and cultural purposes"
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The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) started The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) Educational Hour, also called "The Music Appreciation Hour," to introduce symphony orchestra and music to children
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Online Educational Programs emerged in 1989, when the University of Phoenix began using CompuServe
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The university became one of the first to offer online education programs through the internet.
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The World Wide Web was unveiled.
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The Asynchronous Learning Networks was developed by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to explore education alternatives for those unable to attend traditional classes.
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"Starting in 1992 and ending in 2009, the Foundation made grants totaling nearly $75 million in support of the development of Asynchronous Learning Networks (ALNs). These networks provided remote access to high-quality higher education and training—anytime and anyplace—by providing access to instructors, classmates, syllabi, readings, and other educational resources via the Internet." Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
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New York University was the first large non profit university to create a for-profit online education subsidiary, NYC online.
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the California Virtual University with nearly 1,600 online courses opened.
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NYU Online and other institutions that offer online programs closed their doors as University of Phoenix enrollments continue to grow.
