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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.
In 1989 Nipper, the first to use a generational framework, suggested three generations of distance education linked to production, distribution, and computer conferencing. Subsequently, these three generations were often labelled correspondence, broadcast, and computer mediated.
Did you know that the history of distance education and learning dates back to the 19th century when correspondence courses were offered through the mail? Since then, institutions have made industry-changing strides in the world of distance education.
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 .
This article traces distance education from its early beginnings to the present time with examples of past and current institutions that offer distance education. Growth in the types and scope of distance education has been more evolutionary than revolutionary. Effective distance education focuses on the needs of the learners, the
13 kwi 2020 · Sleator begins the history of distance learning in 1728. That’s when shorthand teacher Caleb Phillips bought an ad in the Boston Gazette promising that students “may by having the several lessons sent weekly to them, be as perfectly instructed as those that live in Boston.”
