Instructional Design and Technology Timeline (Source: Reiser, Robert A. A history of instructional design and technology: Part I: A history of instructional media, Educational Technology, Research and Development 49.1 (2001): 53.)
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St. Louis, MO: first school museum opens, featuring charts, exhibits, slides and films.
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School museums plus use of magic lanterns, stereopticons and instructional films mark the beginning of the visual education movement.
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(Actual impact of instructional films on educational practice was minimal.)
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Availability of radio broadcasting and movies with sound launches audiovisual instruction movement. Radio hailed as great revolutionary educational development. In reality: impact was very little.
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Three professional organizations merged to create this organization which was part of the National Education Association, now called AECT.
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1943-1945: Estimated more than four million showings of training films to US Military personnel. Also: overhead projectors, slide projectors, flight simulators.
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Educational practices were not greatly affected by the research findings - focus was on application of Communications model.
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FCC sets aside 242 channels for educational purposes. Ford Foundation funds major educational projects for TV. Actual impact on educational practice is minimal.
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National profession organization renamed: previously Department of Audiovisual Instruction, now: Association for Educational Communications and Technology.
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By 1983, more than 75% of secondary schools and 45% of elementary schools used computers. Impact still minimal and computers used for activities like practice drills and word-processing.
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Increase in Distance Learning and internet access. 50% of schools had internet access in 1995, increasing to 90% in 1998. 78% of public four-year colleges offering distance learning.
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Increased interactivity and accessibility (mobile devices, chat, social media, email) resulting in greater impact of technology and media on eductional practice.