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First School Museum
The first school museum was opened in St. Louis in 1905. Soon after others opened in Reading, PA, and Cleveland, OH. -
Visual Education Movement Begins
1908 marked the beginning of the Visual Education Movement. -
Instructional Films are Published
First catalog of instructional films are are published. -
Films are adopted for instructional use
Rochester, NY becomes first school system to use films for regular instructional use -
Edison declares "books will be obsolete"
Thomas Edison quoted as saying, "Books will soon be obsolete in the schools...It is possibly to teach every branch of human knowledge with the motion picture. Our school system will be completely changed in the next ten years." -
Visual Instruction Movement Begins
From 1914-1923 five national professional organizations for visual instruction were established, five journals focusing on visual instruction began publication, and more than twenty teacher training institutions began offering courses. -
AECT Is Formed
Department of Visual Instruction was a part of the National Education Association and eventually became the AECT. -
Investors Lose $50 million
Investors had invested and lost more than $50 million. The Great Depression, which started in 1929, played a role in the money loss. -
Federal Government Develops Division of Visual Aids
Developed for War Training and oversaw the production of 457 films. -
FCC Sets Aside Channels
FCC decided to set aside 242 channels for education use. -
B.F. Skinner publishes articles
"The Science of Learning and the Art of Teaching" started an educational shift in the field. -
Sputnik Launched
The launch of Sputnik caused the U.S. to sink millions of dollars into developing and improving math and science skills. -
Gagne makes discovery
Gagne discovered that "skills withoing the intellectual skills domain have hierarchial relationship to each other." -
Robert Gagne Publises Article
"The Conditions of Learning" discussed the five outcomes of learning. -
Carnegie Commission Says TV Use Isn't What It Should Be
The commission stated that TV was being extremely underutilized and if you were to remove that educational system would be left unchanged. -
Origins of Processing Theory
Atkinson and Shriffin proposed a memory theory that is regarded as the basis for information processing theory. -
Computers and Schools
1983 computers were used for educational purposes in 40% of educational schools and 74% of secondsary schools in US. -
Usefulness of Anchored Instruction
Team at Vernderbilt proposes that anchored instruction is a means for providing context in problem solving. -
Enterprise Schema is introduced
Gagne and Merrill propose the idea of enterprise schema, which defines the context and reason for learning. -
Classrooms and Internet
Only 64% of classrooms had computers with Internet access. -
Pebble in the Pond Model is developed
Pebble-in-the-Pond model is created by Merrill. -
Dick, Carey, and Carey Create Instructiona Design Model
The authors created one of the most popular and influential models. -
Constructivism Take a Hit
Kirschner, Sweller, and CLark find that constructivism is a poor learning theory choice when dealing with novice and intermediate learners. -
Computers and Training
30% of of training hours in over three hundred companies in the US are presented via technology. -
Online Students
4.6 million students were enrolled in online courses in Fall of 2008. -
21st Century and eLearning
Employees largley start using the internet to help job performance, for job support, and help from online communities. -
Classrooms and the Internet
93% of classrooms had internet access. -
College Faculty and Social Media
over 50% of college professros use social media for instruction