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is when individuals began to see the demand for visual media in the classroom setting. This demand later became known as the Visual Instruction Movement.
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Magic lantern slide projectors increased visual media use in classrooms
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The first school museum opens in St. Louis
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An educational guide to using stereographs and lantern slides in the classroom is published by The Keystone View Company
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The category of instructional films (first of it kind) was published
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It was also revealed by E.L. Thorndike that the psychological research regarding behavorism greatly influenced education theories and movements
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Thomas Edison made his famous proclamation on the oblestion of Books
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Democracy and Education by John Dewey is published
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Media and sound were able to merge with advancements in technology including sound motion pictures, radio broadcasting and sound recordings increasing the demand and interest in instructional media
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The visual instruction movement became the Audiovisual instruction movement
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The first educational radio license is issued by the federal government
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The merging and consolidation of three visual instruction professional organizations took place forming the department of visual instruction.
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FDR and the delivery of his "fireside chats" furth publicizes the use of public radio
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Visualizing the Curriculum was published
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B.F. Skinner publishes "The behavior of organisms: an experimental analysis"
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instructional media took a turn with the United States' participation in WW2 classrooms were no longer the only place for its facilitation. Now the use of simulators, projectors and more in addition to already existing technology and training films were used to prepare soldiers for war and civilians for industrial work.
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The establishment of The Division of Visual Aids for War Training took place and oversaw the production of over 450 training films
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"Cone of Experience: is developed by Edgar Dale
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Shannon and Weaver's model of communication is debuted
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Communications theory gains traction and notability
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242 TV channels were reserved for educational purposes by the government (FCC)
Empirical approaches to solving educational problems were introduced through B.F. Skinner's theories and models -
B.F. Skinner's ``The Science of Learning and the Art of Teaching" is published.
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Learning behaviors and objectives were divided into two different domains of learning by Benjamin Bloom & Bloom’s Taxonomy is published
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Learning behaviors and objectives were divided into two different domains of learning by Benjamin Bloom & Bloom’s Taxonomy is published
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launching of sputnik space satellite led to serious investments in underwhelming learning materials propelling the formation of summative and formative evaluation processes in the 1960s
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Lewis and Pask introduced the use of computers for instructional purposes
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Robert Gagne published Psychological principles in System development
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"preparing objectives for programmed instruction" a book that provided writing learning objective instruction was published by Robert Mager
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AECT publicized their new design oriented definition of the field
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the 1500 instructional system for implementing computer assisted instruction is introduced by IBM
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Gagne provided readers with a prescription for effective instruction when he published Conditions of Learning
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Electronic Keyboard machines for teaching
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Multi Store Theory of memory is proposed
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the birth of cognitive information processing theory that provided explanation for the internal process that is required for learning
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introduced a plethora of instructional design models. Literature began to see increased usage of terms like Instructional design and instructional system as well as the emergence of the ADDIE and Vygotsky's work was rediscovered outside of the soviet union and ideas surrounding the important role of ZPD, technology, culture and distributed intelligence emerged
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proposal of the Dick and Carey Model
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Motivation and Motivational design is covered in a publication by John Keller
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Theories of communication shift from behaviorism to humanism and from humanism to synergism
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John Keller developed the ARCS model encouraging instructional designers to implement and assess learner motivation when constructing complementary learning environments
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shows an increase in schools using computers for instructional purposes
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A model for problem based learning is developed by Howard Barrows
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Vanderbilt founds the Cognition and Technology Group and and other important theories continued to be redefined throughout the 90s
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Wagner and Lave speak on Situated Learning Theory
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Technology continued to advance with the creation and use of internet, cd-rom, microcomputers, and interactive video
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AETC introduces a newer definition emphasizing the theory and practice of design they include processes but fail to make them the focus
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AETC introduces a newer definition emphasizing the theory and practice of design they include processes but fail to make them the focus
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the establishment of the design based research collective took place
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"web 2.0" beginning
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Principle for Connectivism is published by George Siemens
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first instance of a flipped classroom
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releases their most recent definition of the field
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Year of the Massive Open Online Courses
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the serious elearning manifesto is published in response to quality concerns with the rapid increase distant learning production
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Covid COVID-19 pandemic, school and work were rapidly taken online. In this current moment we look to see whether the previous trends in IDT are continued or if the developments of the past few years are setting us on a new path