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An Emerging Trend in Education: the Online Classroom
An Emerging Trend in Education: The online classroom
Phillip Stuart
Lincoln Memorial University
Trends and Issues within Educational Technologies
EDL - 872
Dr. Chris Henderson
July 06, 2012

An Emerging Trend in Education: The online classroom
The National Science Foundation, which managed the Internet in the early years, prohibited using it for commercial purposes until 1993, when it lifted the ban. This led to the growth of the World Wide Web, with its user friendly features and colorful graphics. Over time, the Internet became a huge electronic library of information. This enormous amount of information made accessible through the Internet made the medium even more attractive as an educational tool for elementary, secondary, and college classrooms. Is the future of education in the hands of the virtual classroom? How did we get this far? Are there implications for future use, or are we on a dead-end course? This research paper will trace the development of the online classroom and implications for future use along with some pros and cons.
The Development of the Online Classroom
According to Alan Cardy, (Cardy, June, 2009):
In spite of its apparent recent popularity, distance education methods can be traced back more than a hundred years to the 19th century when improvements in postal services paved the way for correspondence courses. Since these early days, distance educational programming can be tracked through five different stages or generations. Keep in mind that each generation was not eliminated by the next but rather accumulated and persisted with the newly emerging versions.
Correspondence Education
This type of education was based on print and the postal delivery system. Students would complete a paper version of a lesson, send it back, and receive the graded paper along with the next lesson. This process continued until the course was completed.
Multi-media model
This model combined print, audiotape, videotape, and



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