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The Pitman Shorthand System
● Distance learning was called
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courses more than 150 years ago.
● Pitman began teaching the courses of
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by mail with the development of a reliable postal system in 1840.
● This idea was introduced to the U. S. and adapted to
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languages.
The Open University
● It was established in
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and offered courses through mail.
● Each student had a
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to help them with the course work.
● It develops fast and offers the courses using the Internet,
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, satellite broadcast and email.
● It is now Britain"s largest
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, with more than 200,000 people studying its courses every year.
John Hendricks and the Discovery Channel
● Discovery Channel is the first cable TV channel exclusively devoted to
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and nature programmers in June 1985.
● The company"s programmes now reach over 150 million subscribers in more than
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countries. And the Discovery Channel"s
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, educational approach proves that TV is not just about mindless entertainment.