History of Educational Technology

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  • First vacuum tube-based computers

    First vacuum tube-based computers
    First vacuum tube-based computers developed; universities help in computer development effort; technology used in war effort

  • PLATO

    PLATO
    PLATO (programmed logic for automatic teaching operations), the first computer – assisted – instruction (CAI) system, is initiated at the University of Illinois. It profundly influences computer – based education systems throughout the world

  • Mainframes and Minicomputers

    Mainframes and Minicomputers
    Elementary and Secondary Education Act brings new money into schools for technology. mainframes and minicomputers are put into place in some schools, but most are used for administration or for school counseling (databases for information a bout and for students)

  • Hand – Held Electronic Calculator

    Hand – Held Electronic Calculator
    Texas instruments develops the first hand – held electronic calculator. The working heart of the first miniature calculator is an integrated semiconductor circuit for performing addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

  • ARPANET

    ARPANET
    ARPANET, the forerunner of the Internet, goes online. Engelbart invents the mouse, hypertext and groupware. He also creates hypermedia, multiple – window screens, inline publishing and electronic mail systems, all of great importance in modern education

  • The First Microcomputers

    The First Microcomputers
    Intel's first microprocessor developed; the first microcomputers (PCs) are developed; mainframes and minicomputers are in wide use in business; a few software companies begin to develop mainframe and minicomputer- based instructional programs

  • The First Affordable Personal Computer

    The First Affordable Personal Computer
    The first affordable personal computer is featured on the cover of the magazine Popular Electronics. The Altais 8800 has 1KB of memory and an Intel 8080 processor

  • VHS Format Video Cassette recorder

    VHS Format Video Cassette recorder
    Japan Victor Company (JVC) introduces the VHS format video cassette recorder.

  • Compact Disc

    Compact Disc
    – Compact Disc (CD-ROM – invented by James T. Russell in the late 1960s -) technology is introduced in the United States

  • Multimedia PCs

    Multimedia PCs
    Multimedia PCs are developed; schools are using videodiscs; object-oriented multimedia authoring tools are in wide use; Simulations, educational databases and other types of CAI programs are being delivered on CD-ROM disks, many with animation and sound.

  • DVD

    DVD
    Dvds allow storage of larger amounts of digital data, which makes possible superior sound and visual performance.

  • The Internet

    The Internet
    The growth of the internet expands far faster than most predicted. It soon becomes the world's largest database of information, graphics, and streaming video making it an invaluable resource for educators. 

  • Google

    Google
    Search engines such as Google and Yahoo constantly develop new ways to find information within the ever-growing number of web pages. Web sites that offer individuals a place to put personal information become popular, as does internet-based publishing and discussion forums.

  • First Fully Automated Classroom

    First Fully Automated Classroom
    Introduction of the first fully automated classroom

  • The Internet

    The Internet
    The internet is accessed entirely through wireless, handheld, pocket computers.