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History of Educational Technology

  • Period: 4000 BCE to 1000 BCE

    Pre-History

    Education exits even in pre-history period. In that time, education was totally acquiring skills through oral communication and imitation.
  • 3000 BCE

    Cave Wall

    Cave Wall
    Paintings on cave wall might be the first board that humans use in education. The reason why early humans did these paintings still debated.
  • 2300 BCE

    Sumerian Abacus

    Sumerian Abacus
    It is an ancient calculating tool which we still use in today. It is designed with numerical system.
  • 500 BCE

    Ancient Times

    Ancient Times
    At that time education was mainly oral. Information were conveyed orally with stories, folklore, histories, news by the teacher.
  • 50

    Invention of Paper

    Invention of Paper
    First sample of paper was invented in China. This invention lead to manuscripting. People had to write things one by one on these papers
  • 400

    Papyrus and Parchment

    Papyrus and Parchment
    The papyrus which is a plant used as a paper to write something. But parchment take the place of papyrus and became main writing material because of the accessibility of it.
  • 1450

    Invention of Printing Press

    Invention of Printing Press
    Guttenberg invented the printing press. This invention leads to raise the accessibility of books. Education became cheaper and more people access it.
  • Use of Blackboard

    Use of Blackboard
    Blackboards were first used by music education in Europe in 16th. In 1801 George Baron use the blackboard with a chalk first time in history in US.
  • Invention of Radio

    Invention of Radio
    With the invention of radio, learners have an accessibility to audio materials which is delivered by radio.
  • Use of VHS in Education

    Use of VHS in Education
    VHS tapes were used in classrooms with televisions. Teacher can give both visual and audio context in the same time thanks to the usage of VHS.
  • Computer-Based Education

    Computer-Based Education
    Computers started to became popular in education with some developments of computer technology such as CD-ROMs, Powerpoint etc.
  • Development of Internet

    Development of Internet
    In the light of the development of computer technology, Internet became widely accessible among the world. This leads to access any information around the world with just using the computer.