So you thought distance education is new? Or at any rate not old? Here’s a reality check: Distance education goes back all the way to 1728. A shorthand teacher of the time released an advertisement in a US newspaper seeking students for imparting weekly lessons.
In the 1840s, Isaac Pitman taught shorthand in Great Britain through correspondence course.
The postal service in the 19th century lent momentum to this “new wave” education model with the opening of commercial correspondence colleges across Great Britain.
Technology further amplified the reach and popularity of distance education. The dam burst with the entry of radio and TV paving the way for distance education to the mainstream.
The PC era wrought a revolution transforming distance education into a dynamic, interactive tool which went on to rival traditional educational systems. The final frontier was breached with the coming into play of Learning Management Systems (LMS), wikis, blogs, RSS, etc. Interactivity redefined distance education to a point where one-to-one teaching became available at the click of a mouse in the student’s study room (or for that matter, wherever one chose to study).
Today, wherever, whoever, whatever you are, anywhere, anytime, anyplace, distance education at West Wood University enables a student to interact with any student, any counselor, hear or view lectures, access study materials, via online notice boards, wikis and blogs.
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