How it started
History
Learn.com was founded by Jim Riley and Patrick Toomey in January 1999 as a website that allowed anyone to create and publish e-learning courses or e-learning sites called LearnCenters. Learn.com became an early example of a website containing open content.
In September 2000, Learn.com introduced the first commercial version of its LearnCenter LMS, with the assistance of co-founder JW Ray.
In June 2001, Learn.com client ECOT became the first electronic charter school in the nation to graduate students.
In September 2002, Learn.com acquired Learn2 Corporation, a provider of e-learning content.
In June 2004, Learn.com acquired Mentor Communications, Inc.
From Wikipedia’s article on Learn.com, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2