Distance learning – a history of flexibility

Distance Learning: A HISTORY OF FLEXIBILTY 1840s Sir Isaac Pitman runs correspondence courses teaching his revolutionary short hand system. Pitman shorthand is still widely used today. 1728 1858 1892 The first recorded instance of distance learning occurs in Boston, USA, when a "Caleb Phillips" advertises private correspondence courses in short hand in the Boston Gazette. The term The University of London becomes the first university to offer distance learning degrees. in the USA. "distance education" is first used in a pamphlet by the University of Wisconsin-Madison 1906 1969 1918 Harold Wilson's Labour Government founds the Open University in 1969. It becomes the first institution to deliver ONLY distance learning. primarily using radio and television broadcasts to deliver content. The University of the Cape of Good Hope becomes The University of South Africa. Today, it is the largest university in Africa and is a dedicated distance learning institution. Having pioneered the use of the term, the University of Wisconsin begins recording lectures and sending them to students in phonograph form. 1970 Athabasca University (Canada's Open University) was founded. 1974 1989 1995 FernUniversität in Hagen (Germany's Open University) was founded. Tim Berners-Lee proposes the development of an online document sharing system which he described as a "web of notes with links". This became the World Wide Web. At Penn State University in the US, Jerrold Maddox teaches the first course delivered over distance via the web. It is called "Commentary on Art". 2013 2012 1999 UK Government makes student loans available to distance learning and part-time undergraduate students for the first time. Nearly 400,000 students study by distance learning W in the UK, while one third of all undergraduates study part-time. The term eLearning is coined. 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Pitman shorthand is still widely used today. 1728 1858 1892 The first recorded instance of distance learning occurs in Boston, USA, when a "Caleb Phillips" advertises private correspondence courses in short hand in the Boston Gazette. The term The University of London becomes the first university to offer distance learning degrees. in the USA. "distance education" is first used in a pamphlet by the University of Wisconsin-Madison 1906 1969 1918 Harold Wilson's Labour Government founds the Open University in 1969. It becomes the first institution to deliver ONLY distance learning. primarily using radio and television broadcasts to deliver content. The University of the Cape of Good Hope becomes The University of South Africa. Today, it is the largest university in Africa and is a dedicated distance learning institution. Having pioneered the use of the term, the University of Wisconsin begins recording lectures and sending them to students in phonograph form. 1970 Athabasca University (Canada's Open University) was founded. 1974 1989 1995 FernUniversität in Hagen (Germany's Open University) was founded. Tim Berners-Lee proposes the development of an online document sharing system which he described as a "web of notes with links". This became the World Wide Web. At Penn State University in the US, Jerrold Maddox teaches the first course delivered over distance via the web. It is called "Commentary on Art". 2013 2012 1999 UK Government makes student loans available to distance learning and part-time undergraduate students for the first time. Nearly 400,000 students study by distance learning W in the UK, while one third of all undergraduates study part-time. The term eLearning is coined. 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