Stephen Downes

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Alan Levine makes the point that "in this age of 2016, that it is shocking that someone would put three white men on screen with a label of 'founding fathers.'" and expands on a deeper history of distance education that explores the correspondance schools of the 1800s. In my post I put the cut-off at the use of wireless radio, which would rule out the post-based correspondance schools. Levine presents "as an addition to so called 'fathers' Anna Elliot Ticknor," writing "I only know of her through a fabulously written Hybrid Pedagogy article by Keith Brennan titled 'The Victorian MOOC'." I wouldn't call this a MOOC - not only was it not online, you had to apply to get in. Also, I don't think you can achieve massiveness when your organizzer and instructors are writing to each participant personally by letter. No matter; I think he's made his main point that there was much diversity in the founding of distance education that we are led to believe.

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