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1890: International Correspondence Schools (ICS) is launched by newspaperman Thomas J. Foster in Scranton, Pennsylvania and becomes the world's largest study-at-home school. 1883: The Correspondence University of Ithaca, New York (a correspondence school) was founded in 1883.
An online school (virtual school, e-school, or cyber-school) teaches students entirely or primarily online or through the Internet. Online education exists all around the world and is used for all levels of education (K-12 High school/secondary school, college, or graduate school). Virtual education is becoming increasingly used worldwide.
Starting in 1985, Connected Education offered the first totally online master's degree in media studies, through The New School in New York City, also via computer conferencing. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Several years later, in 1989, the University of Phoenix began offering education programs through the internet.
The experiences are described in the article NKI Fjernundervisning: Two Decades of Online Sustainability in Morten Flate Paulsen's book Online Education and Learning Management Systems. CALCampus launches online-based school through which administration, real-time classroom instruction, and materials are provided. [37]
1999: America Online has over 18 million subscribers and is now the biggest internet provider in the country, with higher-than-expected earnings. It acquires MapQuest for $1.1 billion in December.
Betts, Kristen, et al. (2021) "Historical review of distance and online education from 1700s to 2021 in the United States: Instructional design and pivotal pedagogy in higher education." Journal of Online Learning Research and Practice 8.1 (2021) pp 3–55 online. Caruth, Gail D., and Donald L. Caruth. "The impact of distance education on ...
After serving as Judge-Executive of Jefferson County, Kentucky, for 7 years, Mitch McConnell began his first term in the U.S. Senate representing the state of Kentucky in 1985. McConnell is now ...
A History of Western Education: Vol 3: The Modern West, Europe and the New World. (2003). vol 2 online; also vol 3 online; Boyd, William, and Edmund J. King. The History of Western Education. (11th ed, 1975) online; Butts, R. Freeman. A Cultural History of Western Education: Its Social and Intellectual Foundations (2nd ed. 1955) Cook, T. G.