Distance Education Blog

Remote education has given to generations of students the chance to  achieve  their educational  objectives  out of the traditional  educational system. It has allowed   lots of students the apportunity to continue their education, while letting them also to do what they should do to their families and those who work for them. While remote education is not for all, it has obviously undergone the test of time. The following data is a short timeline of events happened to distance education.

• 1840 – Isaac Pitman starts instructing  shorthand by correspondence in the United Kingdom.
• 1858 – The University of London founds out its External Program.
• 1883 – New York State empowers the Chautauqua Institute to give degrees achieved via correspondence.
• 1891 – The Colliery Engineer School of Mines takes the name of International Correspondence Schools.
• 1892 – The University of Chicago begins running the first university lessons by mail.
• 1906 – The Calvert School of Baltimore  is the first  primary school in the United States to  that introduces  correspondence  lessons.
• 1916 – The National University Continuing Education Association is founded  in the USA.
• 1921 – Pennsylvania State College starts broadcasting  university lectures on the radio.
• 1933 – The University of Iowa starts broadcasting courses on TV.
• 1950 – The Ford Foundation introduces offering grants for further  developing of  educational programs for  TV broadcasting.
• 1967 – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is founded.
• 1970 – Walden University is set up.  
• 1974 – California State University suggests a possibility to earn a   Masters degree through correspondence.
• 1982 – The National University Teleconferencing Network is set up.
• 1984 – The PC   won in nomination “man of the year” by Time Magazine.

With the coming of the personal computer era and the evolution of the internet, remote education has become a very important element of today’s education. Almost all the universities in North America also suggest courses online. There are a lot of online courses accessible to those who study in general public school. The best thing about online study is that there are no boundaries, and all the possible future students all over the world now have the same opportunities. Online learning can make our world a much better place. And in some ways, it has already done.

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