History of ICT and E-Learning

Printing press

1450

With this machine, you could print images or text on a base (fabric or paper).

Beginnings

1800

It was not a comfortable time or with the right materials to make the move to self study.

Telegraph invention

1820

Essential disruptive tool for remote communication

Creation of the Morse code

1830

It was a system in which letters and numbers were represented, by means of intermittent signals. It was created by Alfred Vail and Samuel Morse.

Emergence of distance education

1840

A shorthand system programmed by Isaac Pitman was very welcome. This was for exchanging postcards with students.

Founded institution by correspondence

1856

This institute for the teaching of foreign languages was created by Gustav Langenscheidt and Charles Toussaint.

Telephone creation

1876

Instrument created by Graham Bell which allows verbal communication at a distance

Radio creation

1894

Instrument created by Guillermo Marconi that allowed the transmission of radio waves over long distances

Achievement that marked the history

1901

A transatlantic communication was achieved through the radio, at a distance of approximately 3,200 kms

Norsk Correspondanse skole

1917

It was a Norwegian institution in charge of providing distance education services

TV creation

1923

Instrument created by John Logie which would be considered a relevant communication tool

Use of radio to teach

1927

Initiative led by the British BBC.

Electromagnetic computer creation

1944

Instrument created in the United States, financed by IBM and carried out at Harvard University.

New stage

1960

Thanks to the advent of informatics, advances in productivity of thousands of daily activities are achieved.

Arrival of the Internet

1962

At first it was used for exclusive activities; but as time went by, it was opened to other types of activities.

ICTs

1970

The organizations began to give them the role and importance that these had and realized that the productivity and progress was better.

Commercial computer appearance

1977

Made for all those people who need one in their homes. Over time, they were creating tools for education and as a means out the computer.

Establishment of the internet

1990

It becomes the mother network. It already works to find information of all kinds of of interest.

E-Learning / B-Learning / E-Training

1996

Tools in support of education, taking as a basis all the advances mentioned above. ICTs and the internet were fundamental pillars in these advances.

Web 2.0

2004

Creation of web sites, where interaction and collaborative work was sought. At this stage, users become content creators with dynamic pages.

Smartphones / M-Learning

2006

Thanks to the appearance of smartphones, M-Learning was implemented. Given this advance, mobile devices were taken into account as a good tool to access educational content in an optimal way.

Smartphone APPs trend

2013

These applications vary in use and have become indispensable in the daily lives of users since their arrival.

Nowadays

2020

All the advances shown above are used, and work is done on future trends such as AI, big data, data mining, among others.