Distance Education's Timeline of Life Stories

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Sep
 24
India joins DE
 
 15
1899 Valdemar Poulsen
 
 15
1883-1891 The Chautauqua School of Liberal Arts
 
 15
Testing Additions
 
 15
1897- Jewish Chautauqua Society
 
 15
1891 Colliery Engineer School of Mines
 
 15
1893 – Jewish Chautauqua Society
 
 15
1892 – University of Chicago
 
 15
1894 Wireless Telegraphy
Jun
 10
Distance Education from 1965-1970
Apr
 3
2007—USF goes Pod wild
Feb
 13
Was DE timeline experiment a success or not
Jan
 17
Building the Distance Education Timeline
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Jul
 19
2006—Boston area universities use video podcasts
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Jun
 5
The Story of Distance Education
 
 3
2005 -- Podcasting goes to college
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Oct
 1
FCC expands broadband
Feb
 1
The Sakai Project started
Jan
 1
2004—Howard Dean launches Presidential campaign using the internet
 
 1
2004—Webinars interacting with VOIP
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Mar
 1
Growth in access to the internet for children
Jan
 3
2003—Myspace revolution
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Mar
 1
The growth of blended learning
Jan
 1
2002—Sarbanes-Oxley Act
 
 1
2002—Blogger.com
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Dec
 1
NYUonline closes
Nov
 1
E-learning the "next killer app"
Apr
 1
M.I.T. announces OpenCourseWare
Jan
 1
Wikipedia launched
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Mar
 1
Billionaire pledges $100M for free, online university
Jan
 1
Development of Distance Education & Expansion of Internet Communication
 
 1
Learning Portals Arrive
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Jan
 1
1999 - WebCT Conference Becomes VLE Milestone
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Jun
 25
Windows 98 is officially released
Jan
 1
1998 - WebCT is Most Popular System
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Feb
 1
Epals.com arrives
Jan
 1
1997 - Cisco Networking Academy Program
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Sep
 19
1996-2000 - The Internet: A Turning Poing
Jan
 23
Online University ERA
 
 1
Google Theory Created
 
 1
1996 - Virtual Learning Environments
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Aug
 24
Microsoft Windows 95 Available
Jan
 1
The evolution of e-learning from 95-99
 
 1
distance timeline 1996-2000 online university
 
 1
1995 - Web Course in a Box
 
 1
1995-1999 Era of Virtual Learning
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Jan
 1
Distance Learning progress 1994- C. Littlewood
 
 1
Lotus LMS and Lotus Virtual Classroom evolve
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Jan
 1
Convene International contracted to work with University of Phoenix to develop the first large sc...
 
 1
Distance Learning Progress 1993- C. Littlewood
 
 1
Convene International contracted to work with University of Phoenix to develop the first large sc...
 
 1
Mosaic is released
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Jan
 1
1992 Distance Learning Progress-C. Littlewood
 
 1
Macromedia is created
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Jan
 1
The number of Internet hosts from 1991 to 1995!!
 
 1
The number of Internet hosts
 
 1
World Wide Web released
 
 1
1991 Distance Learning Progress- C. Littlewood
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Jun
 1
1990-1995 Distance Education progress: C. Littlewood
Jan
 1
National Distance Education Survey
 
 1
HyperCourseware created
 
 1
World Wide Web
 
 1
Distance Learning 1990 to 1995 - By Kimberly Sieg
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Jan
 1
Internet Worm Attacks
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Sep
 20
Connected Education
Jun
 1
Authorware, Inc. is formed in Minneapolis / St. Paul
Jan
 1
1987- Hypercard opens up a new level of learning techniques on the Macintosh.
 
 1
The International School of Information Management
 
 1
Mind Extension University
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Jun
 1
First version of LISTSERV is written by Eric Thomas
Jan
 1
In 1986, Apple Computer, Inc
 
 1
I Created the Internet! (The Supercomputer Network Study Act) - 1986
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Nov
 20
Microsoft finally shipped Windows 1.0
 
 20
Microsoft finally shipped Windows 1.0
Oct
 1
Paul Levinson and Tina Vozick create Connected Education
Sep
 20
Distance Degree
May
 
Quantum Computer Services
Mar
 1
First Registered Domain Name
Jan
 18
Windows Gets Life
 
 1
National Technological University (NTU) Opens
 
 1
Microsoft had sales of $140 million.
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Jun
 1
Domain Name System Introduced and top level domains established
Jan
 22
1984 – Apple Macintosh computer launched.
 
 18
First online classes
 
 1
Electronic University Network founded
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Nov
 10
Microsoft Corporation formally announced Microsoft Windows
Feb
 3
Interactive Satellite Education Network
Jan
 18
Computer is "Man of the Year"
 
 1
PC is Time's Man of the Year
 
 1
Microsoft introduces the mouse, which allows the user to navigate the screen without using the ke...
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Jan
 18
TCP/IP & Andrew Project
 
 1
The National University Teleconference Network Established
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Aug
 12
IBM released the first PC, which was running the operating system MS DOS 1.0 from Microsoft.
 
 3
IBM PC for Sale!
Jan
 18
BITNET & ALS
 
 1
Adult Learning Service (ALS)
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Sep
 18
Educational Television
Jan
 1
Althea Cameron-Mason's History of Education-1980-1989
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Jun
 6
Online Services Grow
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Jun
 6
BBS, Printers & Sattellite TV
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Jun
 6
XModem & VHS
Jan
 1
Personal Computers grow in popularity
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Jun
 6
The University of Phoenix opens
Apr
 1
Apple Computer Company founded
 
 1
Apple Computer Company founded
Jan
 1
1st Virtual College in the U.S.
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Jun
 6
Telecourses, Telnet & Apple
Jan
 1
TICCIT Project
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Jan
 1
“The Learning Channel” was founded in 1972.
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Jan
 1
Data Storage and Email 1971-1976
 
 1
1971-1976
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Jan
 1
1970-1975 The Story of Distance Education
 
 1
The Creation of the Telecourse: 1970-1972
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May
 1
TV in Dist Ed: Sesame Street
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Jan
 1
Public Broadcasting Act-1967
 
 1
Educational Media Courses for Teachers-1967
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Jan
 1
New Standards for Audio-Visual Materials-1966
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Sep
 1
Debut of Mr
May
 1
Flying Classroom
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Jan
 1
TV for education 1963
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Jan
 1
1961-1971 I Can SEE and HEAR YOU!
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Jan
 1
Industrial Revolotion 1960-1970
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Feb
 
MPATI started
Jan
 
Continental Classrooms
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Jan
 
National Defense Education Act
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Oct
 
Sputnik launched
Jan
 
Sunrise Semester
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Oct
 29
First hard drive disk
 
 16
Fortran
Jan
 
A study of distance education
 
 
Information Processing Theory
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Feb
 4
City of St. Louis, MO teaches 9th grade english exclusively using TV
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Jun
 4
First Televised College Courses
 
 4
FCC sets aside stations for education.
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Aug
 4
Illiac 1 The first computer built and owned by an education institution.
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Jun
 4
The Ford Foundation establishes the Fund for Adult Education
Feb
 1
Ferranti Mark 1
Jan
 25
BF SKinner and the Teaching Machine
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Feb
 4
WOI-TV is nations first Educational Television Station
Jan
 25
B.F. Skinner and his teaching machine (1950-1956)
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Jan
 1
Fledgling Crusade for ETV
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Sep
 18
DE Goes to War [edit]
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Jan
 1
"Audio Visual Aids" Become Norm
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Mar
 1
1939: Scheduled television broadcasts begin
Jan
 1
First TV Unveiled in USA!
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Mar
 1
1938: Television broadcasts able to be taped and edited - rather than only live
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Dec
 1
Summary of 1925-1935
Feb
 1
1935: The Office of Education undertakes the Radio Education Project, using unemployed talent to ...
Jan
 1
US Office of Education conducts the "Radio Education Project"
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Jan
 1
In 1934, State University of Iowa became the first educational institution to use televsion as a ...
 
 1
University of Iowa first to broadcast courses via television
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Jan
 1
Publication of study showing film used with textbooks is more effective than books alone
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Jan
 1
W9XK at the University of Iowa begins experiments in visual broadcasting
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Jan
 1
CBS begins American School of the Air
 
 1
Joseph Weber describes 6 step method for teaching with film
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Jan
 1
Ohio School of the Air begins broadcasting
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Jan
 1
Sound film hits the commercial market
 
 1
Dynamic America, the first educational sound film, is released
 
 1
Koday releases silent educational films that are extensively studied for educational potential
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Jan
 1
Formation of the National Home Study Council
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Jan
 1
The State University of Iowa offers five radio courses for credit
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Jan
 1
Vladimir-the "Father of Television"
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May
 1
1922-Penn State and the radio
Jan
 1
1922-Thomas Edison
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Jun
 1
1920-Correspondence courses and the Marines
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Jan
 1
1919 - RCA is formed
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Jan
 1
1918 - Superheterodyne radio circuit is invented
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Jan
 1
1917 - US Government controls all radio developments
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Mar
 1
1915 - National University Continuing Education Association formed
Jan
 25
1915, Jan. 25 - First transcontinental call
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Dec
 1
1910s and the 1920's by Rodrick Colbert
Sep
 1
History of the Development of film
Jan
 1
Development of Film in Classroom by Rodrick Colbert
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Jan
 1
1906 - 1909, Colleen Solomon
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Jan
 1
1899 Valdemar Poulsen
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Jan
 1
1897- Jewish Chautauqua Society
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Jan
 1
1894 Wireless Telegraphy
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Jan
 1
1893 – Jewish Chautauqua Society
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Jan
 1
1892 – University of Chicago
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Jan
 1
1891 Colliery Engineer School of Mines
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Jan
 1
1883-1891 The Chautauqua School of Liberal Arts
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Jan
 1
1800-1900
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Mar
 20
Shorthand by Postal Mail
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Jan
 1
History of the Newspaper
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Jan
 1
The Printing Press
 
 
The Movable Type Printing Press Dooms the Middle Ages