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Agricultural age was the first wave. People were involved in farming and crop planting. They had bountiful harvest, which led to wealth increase. As a result of this, extended family started to grow and had settlements in one locale.
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The agricultural age dated back to 8000BC. However, Alvin Toffler’s first wave record started from 17th century to mid-18th century. The feature of this era was animal rearing and farming. The tilling of the land before planting is an arduous task, as such extended families are actively involved and the entire process was seen as a family business. The harvest from each farmland determines the wealth of families.
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Industrial age is the era of the second wave. Many factories were established, and crops planting were no longer the only source of wealth. The machineries and factories involve land, labor and capital. Job creation emerged as people now work in an assembly line. The settlements began to grow into larger towns and cities.
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Industrial age was from the 18th century to middle of 20th century (1750 – 1955). The industrial revolution, also called second wave civilization led to the advent of engines, tractors, trunks and typewriters among others. The invention of machines made job available outside the farmland. There was mass production of many products, access to education at a broader level and rapid development of cities.
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Charles Seeberger redesigned Jesse Reno's escalator and invented the modern escalator.
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Firestone tire and Rubber company
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Italy's King Assassinated: On the evening of July 30, anarchist Angelo Bresci shot the king of Italy, King Umberto I, three times. The assassination was in retaliation for a violently crushed 1898 labor revolt. His son, Victor Emmanuel III, succeeded him.
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The first radio receiver, successfully received a radio transmission.
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Progressivism: Roosevelt and Taft
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Connectionism - the idea that bonds between stimulus and response take the form of neural connections. Learning involves the "stamping in" of connections, forgetting involves "stamping out" connections.
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Willis Carrier invents the air conditioner.
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The Wright brothers invent the first gas motored and manned airplane.
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The very first piloted helicopter was invented by Paul Cornu.
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AT & T Corp., formerly known as the American Telephone and Telegraph Corporation, is as old as the telephone itself.
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The Model T Ford was introduced in 1908 and revolutionized the fledgling auto industry.
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A video coverage of how Hollywood was created.
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Georges Claude displayed the first neon lamp to the public on December 11, 1910, in Paris.
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One-trial learning: the stimulus or combination of stimuli that led to a response will lead to that response again when repeated.
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At first, income taxes were considered a temporary tax to help raise money for war. The first time an income tax was enacted was in 1799 in Great Britain to help the British pay for troops and supplies to defeat the French forces led by Napoleon.
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Politics in Nigeria
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Women Suffrage timeline
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The superheterodyne radio circuit invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong. Today, every radio or television set uses this invention.
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Many laws restricting child labor were passed as part of the progressive reform movement of this period. But the gaps that remained, particularly in the southern states, led to a decision to work for a federal child labor law. Congress passed such laws in 1916 and 1918, but the Supreme Court declared them unconstitutional.
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The pop-up toaster invented by Charles Strite.
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Business in 1920
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Amendment to Constitution and women right to vote.
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Artificial life begins -- the first robot built.
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Herbert Macaulay establishes the Nigerian National Democratic Party, the first Nigerian Political party.
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Garrett A. Morgan invents a traffic signal.
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The mechanical television a precursor to the modern television, invented by John Logie Baird.
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Robert H. Goddard invents liquid-fueled rockets.
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Classical conditioning is a reflexive or automatic type of learning in which a stimulus acquires the capacity to evoke a response that was originally evoked by another stimulus.
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Valentine's Day Massacre
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Stock Market Crashed in 1920s.
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On March 3, 1931, U.S. President Herbert Hoover signed an act that officially made "The Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem for the United States. Before this time, the United States had been without any national anthem.
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THE NEW DEAL: 1930s Party Platforms: America is in peril. The welfare of American men and women and the future of our youth are at stake.
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Joseph Begun invents the first tape recorder for broadcasting - first magnetic recording.
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The stock market crash was the begining of great depression
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Attribution Theory attempts to explain the world and to determine the cause of an event or behavior (e.g. why people do what they do).
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Chester F. Carlson invents the photocopier.
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Operant Conditioning: A behaviorist theory based on the fundamental idea that behaviors that are reinforced will tend to continue, while behaviors that are punished will eventually end.
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The beginning of World War II and civil unrest.
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The World War II affected the economy and the efefcts were enormous.
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The Battle of Britain was the intense air battle between the Germans and the British over Great Britain's airspace from July 1940 to May 1941, with the heaviest fighting from July to October 1940.
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Konrad Zuse's Z3, the first computer controlled by software.
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John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry built the first electronic digital computer.
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Humanism is a paradigm/philosophy/pedagogical approach that believes learning is viewed as a personal act to fulfil one’s potential.
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Many Americans feared that the end of World War II and the subsequent drop in military spending might bring back the hard times of the Great Depression. But instead, pent-up consumer demand fueled exceptionally strong economic growth in the post war period.
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The microwave oven invented by Percy Spencer.
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Early in 1947 a Bedouin shepherd boy of the Ta'amireh tribe left his flock of sheep and goats to search for a stray amid the crumbling limestone cliffs that line the northwestern rim of the Dead Sea, in the area of Qumran.
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Mobile phones first invented. Although cell phones were not sold commercially until 1983.
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Alvin Toffler referred to the information age as the post-industrial period which started in 1950s. With the advent of computer technology called mainframes, and as newer technologies emerge, the size of the computers was reducing with the capability increasing. Within few decades, technology was used for effective communication through the internet. The information age is still in existence to-date as it keeps improving.
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In 1949, Frank X. McNamara thought of a way for customers to have just one credit card that they could use at multiple stores. McNamara discussed the idea with two colleagues and the three pooled some money and started a new company in 1950 which they called the Diners Club.
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The Cognitive Learning Theory explains why the brain is the most incredible network of information processing and interpretation in the body as we learn things. This theory can be divided into two specific theories: the Social Cognitive Theory (SCT), and the Cognitive Behavioral Theory (CBT)
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When Schulz sold his first strip to the United Feature Syndicate in 1950, it was the Syndicate that changed the name from Li'l Folks to Peanuts - a name that Schulz himself never liked.
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The first generation of computers (1951-1958) began with the introduction of UNIVAC in 1951. The computers in this generation used vacuum tubes to control operations.
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The Great Smog of 1952: From December 5 to December 9, 1952, a thick fog settled on London. This fog mixed with trapped black smoke to create a deadly layer of smog.
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McDonald's is the leading global foodservice retailer with more than 33,500 local restaurants serving nearly 68 million people in 119 countries each day.
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Disneyland opens
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Information age is the digital age that emerged in late 20th century and referred to as the third wave. Key advances in computer technology and advent of the internet has transformed the world. Access to information and ease of communication has made the world a global village.
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The second generation of computers (1958-1964) was a direct result of the invention of the transistor by Bell Labs. Transistors were faster more reliable, and much smaller than vacuum tubes.
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Nigeria gains Independence from Great Britain under a Constitution that provides for a Parliamentary system of Government.
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Just past midnight during the night of August 12-13, 1961, East German soldiers and construction workers headed to the border of West and East Berlin.
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Nigeria became a republic in 1963.
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Nnamdi Azikiwe was the preseident of Nigeria from Oct 1, 163 to January 15, 1966
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The third generation of computers (1964-1974) was characterized by a continuing trend in the diminishing size of components. The integrated circuit containing numerous components fused on a single silicon chip was the major technological achievement of this era.
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In 1964 Congress passed Public Law 88-352 (78 Stat. 241). The provisions of this civil rights act forbade discrimination on the basis of sex as well as race in hiring, promoting, and firing.
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Discovery learning is an inquiry-based, constructivist learning theory that takes place in problem solving situations where the learner draws on his or her own past experience and existing knowledge to discover facts and relationships and new truths to be learned.
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In response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident of August 2 and 4, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson, per the authority given to him by Congress in the subsequent Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, decided to escalate the Vietnam Conflict by sending U.S. ground troops to Vietnam.
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On April 6, 1965 COMSAT's first satellite, EARLY BIRD, was launched from Cape Canaveral. Global satellite communications had begun
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The main idea is that one’s sense of identity is determined largely by the choices and commitments made regarding certain personal and social traits.
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First Political coup is carried out by Major Chukwuemeka Kaduna Nzeogwu. The Federal Military Government that assumes power is led by General Aguiyi-Ironsi. Another coup is carried out in the same year; it establishes the leadership of Major General Yakubu Gowon.
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Yakubu Gowon was the 3rd Head of state in Nigeria. He was preceded by Anguiyi Ironsi and Murtala Mohammed
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NY Stock Exchanges Completes Automation of Trading
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On May 4, 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen were on the Kent State college campus to maintain order during a student protest against the Vietnam War.
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Elaboration theory is an instructional design theory that argues that content to be learned should be organized from simple to complex order, while providing a meaningful context in which subsequent ideas can be integrated.
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The Internet is essentially a network connecting thousands of smaller networks into a single global network
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The fourth generation of computers was a direct result of microprocessor or a chip. Microcomputers have brought about further miniaturization of components, increased speed, greater reliability and have vastly increased storage capacities.
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Olusegun Obasanjo as a military ruler. General Murtala Muhammed was assassinated in an abortive coup, and his Chief of Staff, Lt. General Olusegun Obasanjo became Head of State.
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Early in the morning of July 28, 1976, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit the Chinese city of Tangshan. At 3:42 a.m., most people in the city were asleep, shocked into wakefulness by the shifting earth and falling debris.
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Affordance theory states that the world is perceived not only in terms of object shapes and spatial relationships but also in terms of object possibilities for action (affordances) — perception drives action.
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The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, et seq. ("FCPA"), was enacted for the purpose of making it unlawful for certain classes of persons and entities to make payments to foreign government officials to assist in obtaining or retaining business.
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History of Laptop computers
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Five political parties compete in a series of elections in which Alhaji Shehu Shagari of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) is elected President.
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On July 7, 1981, President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Connor to be the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Howard Gardner theorized that there are multiple intelligences, and that we all use one or two for the most effective learning
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Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), U.S. government program responsible for research and development of a space-based system to defend the nation from attack by strategic ballistic missiles
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Microsoft Windows was announced November 10, 1983.
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President Shagari and the NPN retain power in an election victory. However, on December 31, 1983 the military overthrows the government and Major General Muhammadu Buhari emerges as the leader of the Supreme Military Council (SMC), the country's new ruling body.
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Learning is the process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experience. Knowledge results from the combination of grasping experience and transforming it. - Kolb (1984, 41)
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The Buhari government was peacefully overthrown by the SMC's third-ranking member, Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida. He ruled from 1985 to 1993.
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A theory that focuses the load on working memory during instruction.
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Twenty-five years ago today, a company named Quantum Computer Services rose from the ashes of a failed startup called Control Video Corporation, and renamed American Online
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In the evening of November 9, 1989, East German government official Günter Schabowski stated during a press conference that travel through the border to the West was open.
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The First HDTV broadcast airs in 1990.
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Nelson Mandela, leader of the movement to end South African apartheid, is released from prison after 27 years on February 11, 1990.
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Situated Learning Theory posits that learning is unintentional and situated within authentic activity, context, and culture.
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On June12 1993, General Babangida annuls the results of the Presidential election contested between Chief MKO Abiola and Bashir Tofa, and installs an Interim National Government (ING) led by Chief Ernest Shonekan.
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The first touchscreen smartphone is released in 1993, with a monochrome screen.
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General Sani Abacha overthrew the Interim National Government and took the reins of power.
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Beginning on April 6, 1994, Hutus began slaughtering the Tutsis in the African country of Rwanda. As the brutal killings continued, the world stood idly by and just watched the slaughter.
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French-born Iranian-American computer programmer Pierre M. Omidyar founded eBay in San Jose, California, as a sole proprietorship. Initially he conducted auctions under the name AuctionWeb, and advertised items for auction on USENET.
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Ethics Resource Center (ERC) is a non-profit educational organization that focuses on inspiring individuals and institutions to act ethically.
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General Abacha died of heart failure while in power, and was replaced by General Abdulsalami Abubakar.
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A cognitive theory of multimedia learning based on three main assumptions: there are two separate channels (auditory and visual) for processing information; there is limited channel capacity; and that learning is an active process of filtering, selecting, organizing, and integrating information.
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Marc Levoy and team began The Digital Michelangelo Project at Stanford University using laser scanners to digitize the statues of Michelangelo, and 1,163 fragments of the Forma Urbis Romae, a giant marble map of ancient Rome.
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Elections were held, and General Abdulsalami Abubakar handed over to the elected President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
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President Laurent Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was shot dead Tuesday afternoon, according to reports from Belgium, Britain and the United States.
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Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur. He is best known for co-creating the social networking site Facebook, of which he is chief executive and president.
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is the 24th President of Liberia and the first elected female Head of State in Africa.
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President Umaru Yar’Adua and Vice President Goodluck Jonathan elected to lead Nigeria, marking the first ever successful civilian to civilian administration hand over in Nigerian political history.
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Netbooks are a category of small, lightweight, legacy-free, and inexpensive laptop computers
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The iPad will run the applications you already have for the iPhone. It can appear on the screen one of two ways: pixel for pixel accuracy in a black box or pixel double it and run the application in full screen
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London-based Remi Paringaux and his company, Meri Media, published the first issue of Post, the first independent magazine published exclusively for the iPad. It was offered for sale as an iPad app for $2.99.
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Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, agreed to buy Kosmix.com, a social media start-up focused on ecommerce, creating @WalmartLabs.
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Goodluck Ebele Jonathan was elected as the president of Nigeria in 2011.
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A mobile phone (also known as a cellular phone, cell phone and a hand phone) is a device that can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area.
