Windows Gets Life − 18 January, 1985
1985 - The operating system known as Windows is released by Microsoft. Windows 1.0 provides a graphical operating environment for IBM compatible computers (Shedden).
Paul Levinson and Tina Vozick an online graduate program called Connected Education. The classes are facilitated by instructors at the New School for Social Research (Baker's Guide).
Baker's Guide: Christian Distance Learning. Distance Education Timeline. Retrieved from http://www.bakersguide.com/Distance_Education_Timeline/ on 9-16-07.
Shedden, David. New Media Timeline. Retrieved from http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=75950 on 9-16-07.
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DistEd (September 19, 2007. 11:59pm)
The early to mid 1980’s saw the emergence of the computer and the soon to be very popular Internet. The computer would go on to be the next big thing in distance education, but it would be some time before it became the king of distance learning media. The videocassette and educational television were breathing life into more and more educational programs. Their success can be attributed to the reduction in price and the functionality of television, video recorders, and players becomes easier. The 1980’s brought about great ideas to bring education to those at a distance and utilized the technology available. By 1985 schools were diverting funds originally used for television purchases and repair to computers. Most instruction on the computer was “drill-and-practice and learning and teaching on computers” (Saettler). The rapid development in computers initiated the decline in the traditional delivery methods (televisions) of the early 1980’s.
Saettler, Paul. The Evolution of American Educational Technology. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1990. Retrieved from http://mlmiller.myweb.uga.edu/timeline/ on 9-18-07.
Submitted by Dave Johnson