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Out of curiosity, I'd like to know if anyone on this list
knows of an early usage of the Internet for distance
education.

I developed and implemented an informal on-line course
called "Navigating the Internet: An Interactive Workshop"
in the Summer of 1992. It had 864 participants from an
international clientele, and I used a listserv for
"interactive" participation. A subsequent workshop had
over 15,000 participants from 50 countries -- no listserv
or interactive participation. (1)

Does anyone on this list know of earlier usage of the
Internet for distance education? In my research, the
earliest class I came across was a modem class out of the
Houston. I don't think used the Internet. (2)

I tell students my class was the first "Mega Course" over
the Internet. It was probably not the first full e-mail
Internet course. Any Comments?


1. Smith, Richard J., "Design and Implementation of a
Distance Education Course over the Internet" Ph.D. diss.,
University of Pittsburgh. 1995.

2. Gill Rogers. "Teaching a Psychology Course by
Electronic Mail." Social Science Computer Review. 7
(1989): 63.


Richard J. Smith, Ph.D.
rjs@intersurf.com
(504) 926-7069
http://www.intersurf.com/~rjs/



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