Saturday, March 22, 2008

How old is eLearning?

How old is eLearning? Well I do not know but I thought I would try and find some information about it's age.

Distance learning seems to be very old, dating back to 1728 according to wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_virtual_learning_environments) 

Technology use is not mentioned until the 1950s and this was television.

Another site E-Learning Guru Only mentions the use of computers in it's historical anylasis but does place it at 1996.

No matter when eLearning did begin the points I took away from my search was that learning by this means has been around for some time and is desired by learners.

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