Late 1770s - Early 1800s
University of Glasgow, UK
George Jardine created
first collaborative learning
curriculum to include free
writing and peer review.
Source #1
1968 Fall Joint
Computer Conference
San Francisco
Graphic User Interface (GUI)
Douglas Englebart delivered "A
Research Center for Augmenting
Human Intellect." Mother of all
demos. Included
video-conferencing and linked
networking/learning/training.
Source #2
1971 Stanford Research Center
Stanford, CA
Distributed Network
Email Ray Tomlinson
implemented the first
email program to send
messages across a
distributed network.
Source #3
1975 USC Information
Sciences Institute CA
John Vittal
developed
software to
respond to email.
Source #4
2001 Capgemini
Center of Business
Innovation UK
Capgemini CBI's
published research
connecting
increased
productivity and
advancement to
collaborative
learning activities
in a corporate
setting. Source #6
1989
University of
Minnesota
Johnson & Johnson
published Cooperation and
Collaboration: Theory and
Research, meta-analysis of
research supporting
collaborative learning;
taking it into corporate
level. Source #5