Historical Context of Distance Education

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Historical Context of Distance Education

• Dr. Mike Uttendorfer
• EDIT 652 Fall 2005

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Five Generations of Distance Education

• Correspondence Courses
• 1880s present
• Primarily through regular mail
• Large base of military users

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Five Generations of Distance Education

• Radio Broadcast
• 1920s
• Was not well received by faculty
• Students were not receptive to medium
• Educational Television
• 1930s present
• Many courses offered through Public TV

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Five Generations of Distance Education

• Open Universities
• Started in 1960s with AIM and OU
• AIM Univ. of Wisconsin Articulated
  Instructional Media Project
• OU Great Britain's Open University
• Nova University of Advanced Technology
• Empire State College (NY)

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Five Generations of Distance Education

• Correspondence Courses
• 1880s present
• Primarily through regular mail
• Large base of military users

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Five Generations of Distance Education

• Teleconferencing
• Late 1970s
• Satellites and interactive video conferencing
• Star Schools Project
• Desktop videoconferencing

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Five Generations of Distance Education

• Computer- and Internet-based Virtual Courses
• 1970s PLATO
• 1990s NYIT Online Campus
• Growing rapidly in most colleges and universities
  (see link below)
• http//nces.ed.gov/surveys/peqis/publications/2003
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References

• Moore, M., Kearsley, G. (2005). Distance
  Education A Systems View. Belmont, CA Thomson
  Wadsworth