DIGITAL LEARNING P1

Distance education is much older than the

But when was online education first introduced as what we imagine when saying “Learning courses.” One example is ________________, created in the 1840s.

developed the first e-learning system—PLATO (Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations).

PLATO stands for

one of the oldest and most popular educational games of all time. 

Established with the mission of helping colleges and universities expand the availability of online courses

offered the first courses that we would recognize as 'online' with real-time instruction and interaction over the Internet.

was established in 1997 as a clearinghouse to provide information about all online courses available from accredited California colleges and universities.

Created by the prestigious Sloan Consortium, it is a peer-reviewed journal that provides a dedicated space for academic research focused solely on online education.

the goal is to offer these materials for all MIT courses.