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1 wrz 2020 · What did distance learning accomplish? Millions of U.S. school children ended their academic year via remote learning. How did this unplanned experiment measure up?
17 paź 2023 · The history of online learning in higher education can sometimes seem too big to wrap your mind around, much like the internet itself, so we’ve put together a timeline to help you better understand the origins of today’s online colleges and degrees.
The concept of distance education evolving through generations provides a helpful structure when considering history and heritage. In 1989 Nipper, the first to use a generational framework, suggested three generations of distance education linked to production, distribution, and computer conferencing.
The first recorded example of distance learning was in Boston, USA in 1728 when shorthand teacher Caleb Philipps ran shorthand courses via post. The University of Wisconsin first used the term ‘distance education’ in 1892 .
Though it may seem that online education had its beginnings in the late 1900s, the concept of distance learning first came into practice in the mid 19th century when the U.S. Postal Service was developed.
Learn about the history of distance education from correspondence learning to today's online schools and watch its evolution over the last 200 years in our short video!
5 mar 2024 · Distance learning programs began to incorporate more media into their curriculum. Beginning in the late 1980s and ‘90s, schools often offered courses that involved instructional videos that students could watch at home.
