Well my mom was right, you do learn something everyday. On a lark, because I have so much free time these days between working, doing work for this class, video taping varsity football games, practicing music, and an after school broadcasting club, I thought I would look at the history of what we all currently have in common these days. I of course am talking about our common entry into distance learning. I have participated in one other "hybrid" class before and have helped many students at school with their Blackboard problems etc. but how new is this phenomena of distance learning?
I have learned that distance learning can be traced back to mail correspondence courses dating back to the 1840's. In fact a woman named Anna Ticknow established courses that woman could study at home in 1873. I find that the underpinnings of what we think is a modern concept reaching so far back in our history really interesting.
If you would like to read this article you can find it at;
http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring01/deClair/history.html
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Thank you Brad for sharing that historical article. It is interesting to learn about how distance education as evolved to be. But what I found even more interesting was the new technologies that emerged in the early 1900s-- Lantern slide motions and radio. Without these innovations, technology would not be where it is today. It is interesting to think, that the radio was used as one of those up and coming forms of learning---distance education. Thank you... I am not usually a big history buff, but I too, did learn something new today!
It makes you wonder where we are going with distance learning at the k-12 setting. Our Super talked about how online classes are becoming more and more popular and how we need to decide if we are going to be district who offers or subscribes to online classes. Sounds like a great opportunity or maybe a way to cut staff members.
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