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Emergence of Online Learning

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When most people hear the word “learning” or “education,” their minds immediately imagine a school where students are sitting at desks listening intently to a teacher. Most people experienced this model throughout their lifetime. Public education in the United States, Canada, and Australia has been defined as “federally funded school, administered to some extent by the government, and charged with educating all citizens.” The public education definition included the following schools:

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    www.educationbug.org/a/history-of-public-schools.html

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    www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/apr23/first-public-school-america/

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    www.educationbug.org/a/history-of-public-schools.html

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    https://educationdata.org/online-education-statistics/

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    www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/mobile/

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Sims, L. (2021). Emergence of Online Learning. In: Effective Digital Learning. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6864-3_1

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