History of Instructional Design and Technology

By Taliashia L

  • 1912 Frederic Burk

    1912 Frederic Burk
    Mordern Individulize Instruction was developed

  • Mid 1950's

    Programmed instruction movement began

  • 1950's

    Instructional television usage grew and computers began to be used in education and training, though instructional television use faded by the mid-1960’s (Reiser, 1987).

  • 1950's

    The audiovisual instruction movement shifted focus from devices to the entire process (sender, receiver and medium) (Reiser, 1987).

  • Late 1960's- early 1970's

    Graduate programs in instructional design were initiated.

  • Late 1970's

    Increased interest in individualization through computer-assisted instruction (CAI). The University of Illinois PLATO system was an influential source of CAI (Reiser, 1987, U.S. Department of Education, 2001).

  • 1980's

    Use of microcomputers in schools grew tremendously.
    1983: Center for Social Organization of Schools reported that computers were used for instruction over 40% of elementary schools and over 75% of secondary schools (Reiser, 1987).

  • 1999 Computer Technology

    Advances in computer technology, especially multimedia, enabled constructivist educators to design more learner-centered educational experiences (Reiser, 2002).