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30,000 BCE
Cave Drawings
In Asia and Europe, people used this technique to communicate. -
510 BCE
Pythagoras Academy
Pythagoras academy was the first formal education academy in the history. It was founded by the philosopher Pythagoras. Students were taught in an open classroom setting where they learned philosophy, science and mathematics. -
Period: 400 BCE to
Oral Communication Era
People communicate with verbal communication since the fifth century. -
105
Paper made in China
The invention of paper, which can be considered one of the biggest steps in education, has been one of the technological developments affecting education. -
382
Manuscript Transcription
Manuscript transcription was developed as a writing standard in Europe so that the Latin alphabet could be easily recognized by the literate class from different regions. -
1450
Gutenberg Printing Press
Gutenberg greatly improved the process by treating typesetting and printing as two separate work steps. The Latin alphabet proved to be an enormous advantage in the process because, in contrast to logographic writing systems, it allowed the type-setter to represent any text with a theoretical minimum of only around two dozen different letters. -
Period: 1450 to
Written Communication Era
The invention of the printing press in Europe in the 15th century was a truly disruptive technology, making written knowledge much more freely available, very much in the same way as the Internet has done today. -
Public Education
Public education and blackboard became part of our life. -
Period: to
Audiovisual Age
Some technological devices are used in education. -
Audiovisual Age (Radio)
Radio got involved in education. -
Period: to
Broadcasting and Video Era
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) began broadcasting educational radio programs for schools in the 1920s. In 1969, the British government established the Open University, which worked in partnership with the BBC to develop university programs open to all, using a combination originally of printed materials designed by OU staff, and television and radio programs but integrated with the courses. The use of television for education quickly spread around the world in the 1970s. -
Audiovisual Age (Film Strip Projector)
Film strip projector got involved in education. -
Audiovisual Age (Overhead Projector)
Overhead projector got involved in education. -
Period: to
Computer Based Learning Era
B.F. Skinner started experimenting with teaching machines that made use of programmed learning in 1954, based on the theory of behaviourism. Skinner’s teaching machines were one of the first forms of computer-based learning. -
Information Age (TV)
Television was used for education. -
Period: to
Information Age
Television, VCR, VHS tape and audio tape started to be used. -
Period: to
Computer Networking Era
Arpanet in the U.S.A was the first network to use the Internet protocol in 1982. The Word Wide Web was formally launched in 1991. The World Wide Web is basically an application running on the Internet that enables ‘end-users’ to create and link documents, videos or other digital media, without the need for the end-user to transcribe everything into some form of computer code. The first web browser, Mosaic, was made available in 1993. -
Computer Age
Computers and smart boards became a part of the public education -
The Digital Age
People started to share information from distance thanks to the technological devices. -
Online Learning Environment
In 1995, the Web enabled the development of the first learning management systems (LMSs), such as WebCT (which later became Blackboard). LMSs provide an online teaching environment, where content can be loaded and organized, as well as providing ‘spaces’ for learning objectives, student activities, assignment questions, and discussion forums. -
The Interactive Age
Smart Response PE, laptops, document camera, Smart Response XE were used. -
Period: to
Application Age
The 2010's include MOOCs(Massive open online courses), a consolidation of rapid elearning in business, a return of a type of simulations through serious gaming and a technical trend towards delivery with HTML5 (as opposed to proprietary solutions). Non-educational on-line applications are main-stream now, e.g. shared office applications, note pads, ang various instant messaging applications. -
References
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFwWWsz_X9s
https://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Educational_technology
https://www.sutori.com/en/item/untitled-3dae-aeb4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_press
https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/2850995/edit
https://www.tonybates.ca/2014/12/10/a-short-history-of-educational-technology/
https://pixabay.com/