Electronic University History: TeleLearning at 300 Baud

Fortunately, I knew where to look: The Vintage Computer Foundation’s VCF East, where, hiding inside a pile of old software boxes, I spotted it: “The World’s First Electronic University,” a piece of software for the Commodore 64 that pledged to offer me a world of education on a computer. (via the Atari Magazine Archive) Where the Electronic University sits in the grand scheme of digital learning Now, to be clear, educational efforts long predated the work of TeleLearning. Certainly, other offerings existed at the time, such as what could be found on Compuserve and similar services also did this, but the Electronic University stood out because it was very much a consumer product targeted at a non-technical audience.

Source: tedium.co