Timeline of Online and Blended Learning - From the 18th Century to Today - By Lanson W. Wells
By LanViola
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Boston, Massachusetts - Caleb Phillips places an advertisement for correspondence shorthand lessons. This event marks the first written first reference to distance education.
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Bath, England - Issac Pitman offers correspondence lessons in shorthand writing via postcards.
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Bloomington, Illinois - Illinois Wesleyan College become the first higher education institution to offer college degrees via correspondence. https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryancraig/2015/06/23/a-brief-history-and-future-of-online-degrees/#3ec6e7ee48d9
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Chautauqua, New York - Chautauqua University, a brick and mortar university that offered many correspondence courses, founded. It operated for a decade. https://www.britannica.com/topic/chautauqua-movement
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Italy - Guglielmo Marconi credited with the invention of the radio, leading to a new development in distance education. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_of_radio
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Washington, DC - National University Extension
Association formed to oversee and monitor the quality correspondence education in the United states. https://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/n/nuea.htm -
Madison, Wisconsin - The University of Wisconsin launches the first t federally licensed radio station that is dedicated to educational broadcasting.
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Across America - The nation experiences a boost in distance education via educational radio programming. http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/radio/ATZ_HelloAmerica_Fall1986.pdf
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Washington, D.C. - The first image and voice transmissions, which open the channel for commercial television and greater distance educational possibilities. https://bebusinessed.com/history/history-of-the-television/
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Iowa City, Iowa - The University of Iowa experiments with television as a medium for distance education.
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Washington, D.C. - A federal commission creates PBS, which becomes instrumental in bringing educational television to homes across North America.
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Lexington, KY - Lanson Wells, classical musician, Kent State SLIS/MLIS student, and the author of this timeline born. https://padlet.com/lansonwells/6c9en6i2611n
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The Internet - The University of Phoenix becomes the first higher education institution to offer college degrees and distance education via a fully-online interface.
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Lexington, Kentucky - I take my first for credit correspondence course, High School Level Health
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Across America - Via the World Wide Web, many Colleges and Universities start programs that employ online education.
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Across America - Online and Blended Education becomes a major force in both K-12 and higher education. https://www.easel.ly/infographic/n0w1rz
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Kent, Ohio - Kent State University becomes a pioneer by offering online/distance college degrees and certificates. https://onlinedegrees.kent.edu/
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World Wide - Via the Internet many higher education institutions offer online degrees and certificates to an international student base. https://www.guidetoonlineschools.com/degrees
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The philosophic educational ideas of Online and Blended Education continue to change and improve with the advent of future technology and the need s of students and teachers.
