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• PLATO (Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations), one of the world’s first computers for teaching and learning was created in 1960 and subsequently Many modern concepts in multi-user educational computing were created at Illinois, such as: discussion forums, message boards, online testing, e-mail, chat rooms, instant messaging, remote screen sharing, and multiplayer games.
  
• 1995 was the first year Illinois offered a fully online course
• 72,385 enrollments in Illinois online courses AY18, up 25% from AY17 and 71% from AY16
• 94 online degree and certificate program options from 10 different academic colleges.
• 3,200,000 learners in Illinois Massive, Open, Online Courses (MOOCs) from over 100 different countries
• 4.5 / 5.0 average MOOC course rating
• First university in the world to offer a MOOC-based degree with Coursera
• 84% of Illinois winter online students felt the quality of interaction they had with their instructors was the same as or better than that in most face-to-face courses they have taken.
• Launched in 1996, the School of Information Sciences’ online LEEP program, which offers a Master’s of Library and Information Science and is ranked #1 in the United States, was the university’s first fully online program
• 11,874 enrollments in Illinois online Summer courses, up 19% from AY17
• 617 online courses offered in AY17
• Number of online degrees
  • 40 (39 Graduate, 1 Undergraduate)
    • Business - 2 (Both Coursera)
    • Engineering - 9 (1 Coursera)
    • ACES - 4
    • Education - 15
    • LAS - 4
    • LER - 1
    • iSchool - 2
    • AHS - 1
    • Social Work - 1
    • Media - 1
• Number of online certificates
  • 48 (43 Graduate, 5 Undergraduate)
    • Business - 1 (Coursera)
    • Engineering - 15
    • ACES - 4
    • Education - 15 (1 Coursera)
    • LAS - 3
    • LER - 1
    • iSchool - 1
    • AHS - 3
    • Social Work - 0
    • Media - 5