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This is the earliest known reference to correspondence education (Kentnor, 2015, p. 23). -
Chautauqua University "...introduced extension and correspondence courses, as well as summer terms, until it closed its doors in 1892 due to lack of resources" (Kentnor, 2015, p. 23-24). -
William Harper Rainey offers college-level correspondence courses at the University of Chicago (Kentnor, 2015, p. 24). -
Guglielmo Marconi "...invented the spark transmitter and obtained the first patent for a radio device" (Kentnor, 2015, p. 24). -
University of Wisconsin professors begin an amateur wireless radio station. Later known as WHA, it is the "first federally licensed radio station dedicated to educational broadcasting (Kentnor, 2015, p. 24). -
Secretary of commerce Herbert Hoover and Bell Laboratories hold the first long-distance live video and voice transmission (Kentnor, 2015, p. 26). -
"School of the Air" programs begin "...offering daily science, literature, history, and music programming." In 1928, the Ohio State Department of Education offers the first program (Kentnor, 2015, p. 25). -
The first use of television broadcasting for education begins at the University of Iowa between 1932 and 1937 (Kentnor, 2015, p. 27). -
Mid to late 1970s, the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) begins "...to set a standard for American television course developers to follow" (Kent, 2015, p. 28). -
During the 1980s corporations use "computer-based programs" to train new employees (Kentnor, 2015, p. 28). -
The World Wide Web is "...unveiled, and the University of Phoenix [becomes] one of the first to offer online education programs through the Internet" (Kentnor, 2015, p. 28). -
"In October 1998, New York University (NYU) ...was the first large nonprofit University to create a for-profit online education subsidiary, NYU Online" (Kentnor, 2015, p. 28). -
Outside of the University of Phoenix, many online educational programs do not survive. A large number of these are "traditional brick-and-mortar institutions." One of the major reasons for this is "faculty buy-in" (Kentnor, 2015, p. 29). -
Kentnor (2015) states, "Online education is the fastest growing form of distance education and is valued at both traditional and non-traditional colleges and universities" (p. 30). -
Kentnor, H.E. (2015). Distance education and the evolution of online learning in the United States. Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue. 17 (1 & 2). Information Age Publishing, pp. 21-34.