Timeline: History Of Educational Technology

30 BCE

Paintings on Cave Walls

It could be said that first foot steps of Educational Technology (ET) can be seen at old paintings made on cave walls. Even though it is not proven whether these paintings are made for the sake of education or something else, we still put them to the very beginning of ET' history list (EduTech Wiki).

105

Invention of Paper

Being able to save current knowledge and transferring it to next generations became possible with the invention of paper, which had essential effect on the rate of development of information. Years later it will come to us as schoolbooks.

1000

Writing Became Often

"Even though Socrates is reported to have railed against the use of writing, written forms of communication make analytic, lengthy chains of reasoning and argument much more accessible, reproducible without distortion, and thus more open to analysis and critique than the transient nature of speech" (Bates, 2019, p.?). As the writing become more and more popular, rate of development for ET has gradually increased.

1450

Gutenberg Printing Press

Even though it is called printing, it is just pioneer of today's printing machine to reproduce papers very slowly compared to our current printers.

1500

Printing Press Became Popular

" In the 16th century, with presses spreading further afield, their output rose tenfold to an estimated 150 to 200 million copies. The operation of a press became synonymous with the enterprise of printing, and lent its name to a new medium of expression and communication, "the press"" (Wikipedia) With the development of printing press, public education became more productive.

1700

Public Education

Education system is much more better than before thanks to the reproducibility of available resources. After that film strip projector will find a place to itself among black board and books.

1930

Audiovisual Age

Students and teachers are benefited from radios and projectors in order to provide a education full of "technology" for its time.

1980

Information Age

Televisions and tapes made it possible to keep our knowledge and information saved and ready to be used any time.

1990

Computer Age

The foundation of the whiteboard was laid, computers became part of daily needs.

1996

Digital-Internet Age

People are able to transfer information at internet and able to store it. The education became practical even more thanks to internet.

2021

Current Education

Students are able to work after school by themselves thanks to the information sources near their hand. Cons and pros of this power is depending of usage of student either to waste time or to develop himself...