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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
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
It is an ancient calculating tool which we still use in today. It is designed with numerical system. -
500 BCE
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
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
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
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
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
With the invention of radio, learners have an accessibility to audio materials which is delivered by radio. -
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
Computers started to became popular in education with some developments of computer technology such as CD-ROMs, Powerpoint etc. -
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.