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40 BCE
Cave Walls Drawings
Education dates back to prehistory. 40,000 years ago, people in both Asia and Europe used to paint on cave walls. These paintings were for communication and religious purposes. The exact reason is unknown. -
30 BCE
Oral Communication
One of the earliest means of formal teaching was through oral communication. Adults train the young to aquire skills and knowledge through oral communication and imitation. Oral communication was used to convey and maintain stories, folklore, histories, and news in ancient times, making good memorization an essential ability, and this is still the case in many aboriginal societies. Oratory and speech were the primary means through which ancient Greeks learnt and passed on their knowledge. -
27 BCE
Written Communication
The first writing system is thought to have been devised in prehistoric Sumer and developed by the late 3000s BC. -
25 BCE
Sumerian Abacus
Sumerian abacus which is a calculating tool recorded to have first appeared. With this tool, calculations became even easier and one of the first steps for education was taken. -
105
Paper Made in China
Since the production of paper in China, important steps have been taken in the development of education -
382
Manuscript Transcription
With the invention of paper, the era of manuscript transcription began and written texts emerged. These texts have been very useful for education. Written writings existed in significant numbers in ancient Greece by the fifth century -
1450
Gutenberg's Printing Press
The printing press, invented in Europe in the 15th century, was a really revolutionary technology, allowing written knowledge to become much more widely available. Many more people in government and industry were forced to become literate and analytical as a result of the explosion of written records caused by the industrialization of printing, leading in a fast growth of formal education in Europe. -
Public Education
Collective education began in the 1600s, and the concept of class in education began to emerge at this time. -
Blackboard and Chalkboard
Slate boards were used in India as early as the 12th century AD, while chalkboards were introduced to schools at the turn of the 18th century. -
Public Education With Books.
Thanks to Gutenberg's printing press, written texts began to be reproduced more easily, and students began their education with books in the classroom environment. -
The First Mechanical Computer
The first mechanical computer was invented by Charles Babbage in 1822 -
The Invention of The Radio
The first edition of radio was patented in 1896 by Guglielmo Marconi -
Audiovisual Age With Radio
In the 1920s, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) began airing instructional radio programs for schools. -
Audiovisual Age With Film Strip Projector.
The filmstrip projector was invented in 1925. -
Audiovisual Age With Overhead Projector.
Roger Appeldorn invented a machine that projected the picture of writing on clear film in the early 1940s and this machine was called overhead projector. The United States Army began employing overhead projectors for training at the end of World War II, and they became widely used for lecturing. -
Information Age With Television
Television was first used in education in the 1960s, for schools and for general adult education. Also, the first workable prototype of the Internet came in the late 1960s -
Information Age With VCR and VHS Tape
Over time, as new technologies such as audio- and video-cassettes were introduced
VHS (video home system) tapes and VCRs replaced movie projectors in schools in the 70s. -
Information Age With Audio Tape
Audio conferencing has been used to supplement other media since the 1970s.
In the 1980s, video conferencing or private conference rooms were used for education. -
Computer Age
B.F. Skinner started experimenting with teaching machines that made use of programmed learning in 1954. Skinner’s teaching machines were one of the first forms of computer-based learning. The first truly portable computer or laptop is considered to be the Osborne I, which was released in April 1981 and developed by Adam Osborne. Also, January 1, 1983 is considered the official beginning of the internet. -
Computer Age With First Smart, Interactive Whiteboard.
David Martin and Nancy Knowlton came up with the idea for the interactive whiteboard in 1987. They co-founded SMART Technologies soon after, and in 1991, they introduced the world's first Smart Board.
The World Wide Web was formally launched in 1991. The World Wide Web is basically an application running on the Internet that enables to create link documents and videos. -
The Digital Age
The technology allows students to view lectures at any time and place with an Internet connection. Arpanet in the U.S.A was the first network to use the Internet protocol in 1982. Murray Turoff and Roxanne Hiltz combined classroom teaching with online discussion forums, and termed this ‘computer-mediated communication’ The Internet facilitated the creation of the first learning management systems (LMSs), such as WebCT, in 1995. LMSs provide an online teaching environment for students. -
Interactive Age and Social Media
Thanks to social media and social networks, students can access and share information much more easily than before. In this way, the flow of information is now unlimited and easily accessible. Thanks to social media, students can interact with information quite effectively. -
Reference List
Teaching in a Digital Age by Anthony William chapter (6.2).
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Coffey, Shannon “ Interactive Whiteboards March,2010.”
Hope, Computer “When Was The First Computer Invented? September,2017”
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