History of Media and Learning

  • Period: 100 to 100

    Antikythero mechanism

    Worlds first computer developed by the Greeks from 150-100 BC
  • Period: Jan 1, 1300 to

    Renaissance

    Art and learning exploded and flourished
  • Period: Jan 1, 1483 to Jan 1, 1546

    Protestant Reformation

    Martin Luther and the Reformation
  • Universities established

    Harvard and other Universities are established
  • Blackboard

    Creation of the schoolhouse blackboard
  • Noah Webster Publishes First Dictionary

    Wikipedia EntryA Compendious Dictionary of the English Language.
  • Library

    Boston Public Library open to the public
  • Pencil and Paper

    Creation of the pencil and paper
  • Radio Education

    First radio educational program is broadcast
  • Educational Television

    First educational television show is broadcast
  • Internet

    The Internet is born
  • Period: to

    Personal Computer

    Creation of the personal computer
  • Number Munchers

    Number Munchers video game was first published.
  • Web Browsing

    Creation of the first web browser
  • Google

    Google is born
  • Twitter is Created

  • iPhone

    Introduction of the first iPhone
  • iTunes U Launched

    iTunes Store launches iTunes U dedicated to educational audio and video.