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Earling learning
A peice of greek art found in Athens Greece showing a school where a teacher is teaching students -
Long distance courses established
Isaac Pitman taught shorthand writing in Great Britain via long distance correspondence. He started a long distance course and was sending assignments to his students by mail and they completed the 'homework' and sent it back to him -
First Testing Mahine Created
Sidney Pressley developed a testing machine. The machine ressembled a typewriter with a window that showed a question with four answers. The user chose an answer and the machine reorded it one a counter on the back of rhe machine and recorded the answer. After the test was finished the person flipped the sheet back and noted the score. This machine was a prelude to testing applications like Questionmark Perception assments, -
World War 2
World War 2 brought upon the need to educate sokdiers faster -
Skinners Programmed Instruction
Burrhus Frederic Skinner , head psychology department at Indiana University, developed a form of teaching. He presented content in small, related chunks of information. Students didn't have multiple choice questions but they had to write down the answers on a role of paper. Skinners Programmed Instruction was very popular. At this very moment, programmed instruction is popular when it comes to (digital) self study courses. -
Introduction of the personal computer
The introduction of the first personal computer (the Altair 880 in 1975) was quickly followed by the Apple II and the IBM PC. With the Apple and the IBM the computer was reliable enough and was used for didactical purposes. The usability was improving and it made it easier to connect larger distance -
Creation of Learning Managment Systems
At the end of the 90s the learning management systems (LMS) were used. Some universities started to design and develop their own systems but most of the educational institutions started with systems off the market. Black Board is the most used application -
Online Learning
The term "online learning" is used for the first time during a CBT systems seminar in Los Angeles
