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Media was first used for teaching reasons
School museums were first introduced. These mobile displays played as a visual way to learn for students -
Motion Picture Projector
This unique tool was brought into schools to teach students through motion picture via the projector itself. -
Audiovisual Instruction Movement
Radio broadcasting began to fill the media. Motion picture started to use sound -
DVI was created
Three visual instruction groups bonded together to create a large group called the DVI -
Visualizing the Curriculum was established
Arguably the most important visual instruction textbook that was written during this time period -
Behavioral Learning Theory
B.F. Skinner introduced this theory to the IDT field. Skinner claimed learning can be influenced by prior events. -
World War II
Many psychologists and other professionals try to create training tools to help better the army. -
Television for Learning
The idea of television being used to educate became very popular. -
Computer
The computer helped guide instruction in the 50's by people at IBM. They were the same developers who created some of the first software to be used in schools -
Sputnik
US government invested millions of dollars in programs to benefit math and science -
Gagne's Theory of Insturction
Proposed a theory based on two foundations, which were:
1. cognitive information processing theory.
2. Gagne's personal observations of effective teachers -
The Conditions of Learning
Gagne wrote a book where he was able to describe 5 different types of learning -
Cognitive Information Processing Theory
Beginning in the 1970's Cognitive Information Processing Theory began to gain attention of psychologists -
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Systems Approach
New models that allow for systematic design instruction begin to take place. -
ADDIE model
This model was originally made for the United States Army. Years later, the model was changed. -
Personal Computer
The use of personal computers became much more well known. Because of this, the impact on education grew drastically -
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Move to Cognitive Learning Theory
In the 1980's psychologists and other shifted to the Cognitive Learning Theory -
Problem Based Learning
Howard Barrows came up with a model that centered instruction around a key point within a problem. -
Anchored Instruction Model
Stems from the ideal that to retrieve knowledge, they must experience it to the point they know when to use it -
Constructivism
Constructvism is a collection of views that share a basic assumption about learning -
REAL's
Dunlap and Grabinger created a model for designing instruction named (Rich Environments for Authentic Learning) -
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Internet Overload
The internet begins to get used for all different type of work. (Business, education, fun) -
Pebble in the Pond
M. David Merril developed this model for instructional design usage. -
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Smart Phones
The use of smartphones sky rockets, and their use for educational purposes also increases -
Business Training
The Internet is used by over 30% for raining for the average business