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Learning as a cognitive building process
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John Dewey states that learning is indicidual growth that comes about through social experiences
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Computer-driven flight simulator for MIT pilots.
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Learning is encoding information into human memory, similar to the way a computer stores information.
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Learning is fostered by using a system of instruction based on behaviorist information processing, and congnitive behaviorist theories
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IBM 650 computer teaches binary aritmetic in New York City
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Atkinson and Shiffrin say the brain contains three kinds of memory, and stores information like a computer
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Faculty/students in universities across the country use mainframe systems for programming and shared utilities
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B.F. Skinner publishes his thoughts on Behaviorism as a form of learning
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Robert Gagne publishes his idea of cognitive-behavioral theory as a form of learning
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Large-scale, federally funded university projects use mainfram/minicomputer systems with schools
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Jean Piaget stated that learning is cognitive growth through neurological and social maturation
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Jerome Bruner learning is cognitive growth through interaction with environment
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Schools begin using computers for instruction and administration
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Microcomputers enter school and teachers take back control of instruction and administration from districts
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Arthur Luehrmann coins term computer literacy for skills in programming and using software tools. Molnar warns that non-computer literate students will be educationally disadvantaged
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Field focuses on software publishing initiatives and teacher authoring software. The computer literacy computers-as-tools approach gives way to Logo's computer-based, problem-solving approach
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Howard Gardner states that learning is shaped by innate intelligences
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Teachers begin to use ILS for instruction to address required standards
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First browser transforms a formerly text-based Internet into a combination of text and graphics... the "Information Superhighway"
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Stein, Silbert, and Carnine determined that directed drill and practice can help teach basic reading and mathematic skills
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ISTE sponsors creation of National Educational Technology Standards to guide technology skills, first for students, tehn for teachers and administrators
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Online and distance learning increases in higher education, then in K-12 schools
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Issues new, updated standards for teachers, students, and administrators
