Shorthand by Postal Mail − 20 March, 1728
" Although distance education can plausibly claim its roots in Plato's instruction to Dionysius and St. Paul's letters to early Christian churches, most historians trace the beginning of the modern idea of distance learning to Caleb Phillips of Boston and his "Shorthand by Mail" course first offered in 1728."
Citation: Distance Education and Training Council. (2001). The History of the Distance Education and Training Council. Harcourt Learning Direct. Washington, D.C. (pg. 2) - Retrieved January 12, 2007 from http://www.detc.org/downloads/DETC%20History%20Book.pdf
Submitted by: Dr. S (AKA Dr. Shauna Schullo)
Although this date is proved second hand and not from an original source, it seems to be corroborated by additional references.
Additional support for this historical date...
"Distance education has its roots in correspondence courses, which became popular in the late 19th century. By some accounts, correspondence education dates back to Biblical times (Bates, 1995; Holmberg, 1986), however, one of the first documented references to organized distance education was in the March 20, 1728 edition of The Boston Gazette. An instructor of the “New Method of Short Hand”, Caleb Phillips, advertised that “Persons in the Country desirous to Learn this Art, may by having the several Lessons sent Weekly to them, be as perfectly instructed as those that live in Boston” (Battenberg 1971, p. 44, cited in Holmberg, p. 6)."
Citation: Gabrielle, D. M. (2001). Distance Learning: An Examination of Perceived Effectiveness and Student Satisfaction in Higher Education. AACE SITE Proceedings 2001. Retrieved January 12, 2007 from http://www.aace.org/dl/files/SITE2001/site2001p183.pdf
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Students in my Distance Education course, this is an example of how your submissions should look. If you have specific dates, then make sure to add them. If your information is only cited as a year, look harder, or use the whole year as a range. If the information you use is not from the original source (which it most likely will be hard to do for early eras, please corroborate with additional citations. Choose reputable sources...
Remember that you must also enter a historical perspective on technology in the same time frame so we can compare Distance Education to advances in technology.
Citation: Distance Education and Training Council. (2001). The History of the Distance Education and Training Council. Harcourt Learning Direct. Washington, D.C. (pg. 2) - Retrieved January 12, 2007 from http://www.detc.org/downloads/DETC%20History%20Book.pdf
Submitted by: Dr. S (AKA Dr. Shauna Schullo)
Although this date is proved second hand and not from an original source, it seems to be corroborated by additional references.
Additional support for this historical date...
"Distance education has its roots in correspondence courses, which became popular in the late 19th century. By some accounts, correspondence education dates back to Biblical times (Bates, 1995; Holmberg, 1986), however, one of the first documented references to organized distance education was in the March 20, 1728 edition of The Boston Gazette. An instructor of the “New Method of Short Hand”, Caleb Phillips, advertised that “Persons in the Country desirous to Learn this Art, may by having the several Lessons sent Weekly to them, be as perfectly instructed as those that live in Boston” (Battenberg 1971, p. 44, cited in Holmberg, p. 6)."
Citation: Gabrielle, D. M. (2001). Distance Learning: An Examination of Perceived Effectiveness and Student Satisfaction in Higher Education. AACE SITE Proceedings 2001. Retrieved January 12, 2007 from http://www.aace.org/dl/files/SITE2001/site2001p183.pdf
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Students in my Distance Education course, this is an example of how your submissions should look. If you have specific dates, then make sure to add them. If your information is only cited as a year, look harder, or use the whole year as a range. If the information you use is not from the original source (which it most likely will be hard to do for early eras, please corroborate with additional citations. Choose reputable sources...
Remember that you must also enter a historical perspective on technology in the same time frame so we can compare Distance Education to advances in technology.
Comments:
kga245 (January 14, 2007. 08:51pm)
I'm not sure how you're using the site as a group, but if you want to group all of your distance education classes stories together into a single timeline you can have each person add a unique tag to each entry (or you can add them later on yourself). I've added two such tags myself just now - a longer one and an abbreviated one. <a href="http://dandelife.com/wander/tags/DE0607">Here's a link to the stories with an abbreviated tag: DE0607</a>. Feel free to delete them and this comment if that's not what will work best for you. I'd love some feedback on how you're using this site for your class. I've had a number of requests for additional functionality to help with group storytelling. I welcome your comments in <a href="http://help.dandelife.com">the forums</a>.
DistEd (January 20, 2007. 07:58pm)
Kelly, my plan right now is to just share this ID with my class and for us to all build as one. I have been looking for an approach to this assignment for sometime and have tried a wiki and other types of discussion area. I wanted it to be visual though and this looks like it might work. I also want it to be all one time line that is easily reviewable. I not sure I am capable of getting everyone on board and comfortable with linking the stories at this point. I will let you know how this goes. - Shauna
kga245 (January 20, 2007. 08:22pm)
Thanks, Shauna. Please share the feedback from you class at your leisure.I'm excited to see what you accomplish together!