Timeline of Instructional Design and Technologies

  • Department of Visual instruction was formed

    Department of Visual instruction was formed
  • First Talkie Film

    First Talkie Film
  • ENIAC computing system was built by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering of the University of Pennsylvania.

    ENIAC computing system was built by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering of the University of Pennsylvania.
  • World War II made 400 training films

    World War II made 400 training films
  • School of the Air uses radio software for distance learning

    School of the Air uses radio software for distance learning
  • B.F. Skinner introduced Program Instruction

    B.F. Skinner introduced Program Instruction
  • Benjamin Bloom creates Bloom Taxonomy

    Benjamin Bloom creates Bloom Taxonomy
  • Robert F. Mager Popularized Learning Objectives

    Robert F. Mager Popularized Learning Objectives
  • Robert Gange 9 Events of Instructions

    Robert Gange 9 Events of Instructions
  • Rise of Systems Approach to Instructions

    Rise of Systems Approach to Instructions
  • Plato: Launch of the First Computer Training

    Plato: Launch of the First Computer Training
  • Invention of the Internet

    Invention of the Internet
  • David Merrill Developed Component Display Theory

    David Merrill Developed Component Display Theory
  • First Ever Completely Online Class at the University of Toronto

    First Ever Completely Online Class at the University of Toronto
  • Rise of Constructivism and Authentic Learning

    Rise of Constructivism and Authentic Learning
  • Jeff Hawkins, Donna Dubinsky, and Ed Colligan, who founded Palm Computing

    Jeff Hawkins, Donna Dubinsky, and Ed Colligan, who founded Palm Computing
  • Rise of Human Performance Improvement

    Rise of Human Performance Improvement
  • The Word E Learning was born.

    The Word E Learning was born.
  • Rise of Mobile, Social, and Blended Learning

    Rise of Mobile, Social, and Blended Learning
  • Rise of Big Data and Learning Experience

    Rise of Big Data and Learning Experience