History of Instructional Design

School Museums

1905

The first school museum opened in St. Louis in 1905, and they served as the central unit for visual instruction.

Instructional Film

1910

The first catalog of instructional films was published in 1910. Films were used in school systems for instructional use.

Instructional Radio

1920

Technological advances led to increased interest in instructional media and the audiovisual instruction movement was invented.

Early Computers

1930

First used for educational and training purposes until 1955.

Behavioral Objectives

1934

The idea of behavioral objectives was first discovered by Ralph Tyler in which it specifies outcomes to the instructional design.

World War II

1943

The use of audiovisual devices were used extensively for military purposes especially for training films to United States military personnel.

Media Research

1943

The post-World War II audiovisual research programs identified ways of learning that could be used int he design of audiovisual material.

Television

1951

Used to display media.

Instructional Television

1951

There was an increased interest in television for instructional purposes, leading to the development of channels for educational purposes.

Programmed Instruction

1951

Research based instruction helping people learn work and was important in the development of the systems approach.

Internet

1955

Since 1955, interest in the internet has grown for instructional purposes and had been growing in higher education and military.

Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

1956

Distinguished fundamental questions in the education system.

Sputnik

1957

First artificial earth satellite launched by the Soviet Union.

Criterion-Referenced Testing

1960

Measured how well an individual can perform a given behavior.

Instructional Design Model

1962

Provides guidelines or frameworks to organize the process for creating an instructional activity.

Conditions of Learning

1965

Book written by Robert Gagne which described different theories of learning and instruction.

Events of Instruction

1965

In Gagne's book, he describes nine events that he believes occurs during instruction.

Formative Evaluation

1966

Detailed procedures for evaluating student learning both during and after the design.

Summative Evaluation

1966

Evaluates the finished product.

Cognitive Psychology

1980

Study of mental processes that grew quickly in the 1980's.

Constructivism

1990

Theory based on observation and scientific study on how people learn, this began to influence instructional design during the 1990's.

My Birth

1997

Alyssa Lubischer was born.