SOLART STUDIOS ENT Painting and Printing on Arts Works Article: Online Learning Click here: Home Author : Olusola David, Ayibiowu Edition : 11 Year : 21 August, 2017 Published: Online by Creative Arts Solution Foundation How did this all get started? 1960 – The University of Illinois While the Internet would not be created by the Department of Defense for another nine years, the University of Illinois created an Intranet for its students in 1960. It was a system of linked computer terminals where students could access course materials as well as listen to recorded lectures. This would evolve into PLATO (Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations). At its height, PLATO operated on thousands of terminals across the globe. More interestingly, PLATO would be used to create many of the concepts of social networking that we know today: message boards, chat rooms, screen sharing, and even MMORPGs (source). 1979 – Lemonad...