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The Foundations of American Distance Education: A Century of Collegiate Correspondence Study. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt. Wedemeyer, C. A. (1981). Learning at the Back Door: Reflections on Non-Traditional Learning in the Lifespan. Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press.
Between 1977 and 1986, Moore was a faculty member at the Open University of the United Kingdom, and during that period was a visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin where he taught graduate seminars related to distance education and independent learners, seminars established by Wedemeyer, and the only graduate courses in the world on ...
Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at school, [1] [2] or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance. [3] Traditionally, this usually involved correspondence courses wherein the student corresponded with the school via mail.
1892: The term "distance education" was first used in America a University of Wisconsin–Madison catalog for the 1892 school year. [2] 1906–7: The University of Wisconsin–Extension [3] was founded, the first true distance learning institution in America. [4]
UW Colleges Online was fully accredited [3] by the Higher Learning Commission, a Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. UW Colleges Online adheres to the Guidelines for Distance Education espoused by the North Central Association (NCA) Commission on Institutions of Higher Education.
The Distance Education Accrediting Commission [1] is an accrediting agency recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and the U.S. Department of Education (USDE). [2] [3] The agency accredits institutions from the primary level through universities. [4]
The Wisconsin Collaboratory for Enhanced Learning, WisCEL, is a new program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, initiated by faculty from various departments. WisCEL's goal is use classroom innovation to lead all students to academic success.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison began its continuing education program in 1907. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The New School for Social Research, founded in 1919, was initially devoted to adult education. [ 12 ]