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Bloom's taxonomy (first volume "Handbook I: Cognitive" was published)
Invention of Bloom's taxonomy brought the better understanding of educational process, building more qualitative instructions and opportunity to analyze this process more clearly. Using different activities through the process of study and combinog them we can understand the learning process better., and as a result to build better instructions. To watch video about Bloom's taxonomy -
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20th century is the boom of educational theores development
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Social Constructivism (Lev Vigotsky)
Vigotsky published the book "History of development higher psychic functions" in 1960, where he describes the relationship between 2 behaviors of an individual: natal and cultural. The invention of the social constructivism theory gave us an opportunity to look at educational process as a part of life process, but not separately. Video about Social Constractivism -
Theory of Behaviorism (by Skinner)
A lot of class as well as online instructions have their origins from the Behaviorism theory untill now. Skinner is talking about Behaviorism theory -
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Personal Computer era
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First mouse-driven computer with GUI
Apple Computer launched the Macintosh, the first successful mouse-driven computer with a graphic user interface. Applications that came as part of the package included MacPaint, which made use of the mouse, and MacWrite, which demonstrated WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) word processing. The opportunity which brought to educational life personal visual computer is hard to overestimate. Steve Jobs showcases Macintosh 24-JAN-1984 -
beginning of User Experience era
The book "The Design of Everyday Things" which was published in 1988 started an Era of User Experience design and swithed the focus users. User-focused approach in computer/enginering industry I would like to compare with learner-focused approach in classroom. This is the point, when we put to the center of the process the individual who is going to be the active user of the "product". Book is here -
World Wide Web (WWW) were built
A NeXT Computer was used by Berners-Lee as the world's first web server and also to write the first web browser, WorldWideWeb, in 1990. By Christmas 1990, Berners-Lee had built all the tools necessary for a working Web: the first web browser (which was a web editor as well); the first web server; and the first web pages. Internet brought us an opportunity to study online, use education resourses from the other part of the world staying at home. It changed a lot the whole education approach. -
Social Network era began
Newer generation of social networking sites began to flourish with the emergence of SixDegrees.com in 1997 I believe that beginning of the Social Networks era proves one more time the ideas, presented in Social Constructivism theory. People are social individual and need the comunity for studying. There are some positive cases of collaboration using social networks exist. Let us see, where it will lead us.
