Educational technology

Multimedia Timeline of Educational Technology

  • Jan 1, 1000

    Sophist Theory (390 B.C. --- 490 B.C.)

    Sophist Theory (390 B.C. --- 490 B.C.)
    During the last half of the fifth century B.C., the Elder Sophists, a small group of paripatetic teachers drawn to the Athens, were the first technologists.
  • Sep 23, 1100

    Scholastic Method (1100-1700)

    Scholastic Method (1100-1700)
    During the twelfth and thirteenth century, Scholasticism was effective and productive method of instruction, whose basic characteristics were established by Peter Abelard.
  • Comenius’s The Great Didactic (1633---1638)

    Comenius’s The Great Didactic  (1633---1638)
    Comenius suggests that the goal of education is to prepare men to live as human beings rather than as a means of fitting into a predetermined occupation or station.
  • Froebel's instructional method(1782---1852)

    Froebel's instructional method(1782---1852)
    Friedrich Wilhelm Froebel made big influence in kindergarten education.
  • School museums

    School museums
    The first school museum was opened in St. Louis in 1905.
  • first instructional film (1910)

    first instructional film (1910)
    In the United States, the public school system of Rochester, NY, became the first to adopt films for regular instructional use in 1910.
  • Audiovisual Instruction movement(1920-1930s)

    Audiovisual Instruction movement(1920-1930s)
    During the remainder of the 1920s and through much of the 1930s, technological advances in such areas as radio broadcasting, sound recordings, and sound motion pictures led to the audiovisual instruction movement.
  • Instructional radio (1930s)

    Instructional radio (1930s)
    Radio used to gain a great deal of attention during the period of 1930s.
  • Instructional TV (1950s)

    Instructional TV (1950s)
    Prior to 1950s, there had been a number of instances in which television had been used for instructional purposes. During the 1950s, however, there was a tremendous growth in the use of instructional television.
  • Computer-assisted instruction (CAI) (1950s --- 1995)

    Computer-assisted instruction (CAI) (1950s --- 1995)
    IBM developed the first CAI author language and designed one of the first CAI programs to be used in the public schools. However, wide-spread interest in the computer as an instructional tool did not occur until the 1980s.
  • The Cone of Experience (1967)

    The Cone of Experience (1967)
    The "Cone of Learning" informs viewers of how much people remember based on how they encounter information.