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40,000 BCE
Drawings on cave walls
One of the earliest examples of educational technology use in human history was drawing on cave walls.Early humans may have been educated from these cave paintings by telling them stories about their lives and the events that occurred there. -
Period: 40,000 BCE to 500
Oral Communication
Human speech was one of the earliest forms of formal instruction, yet as time has gone on, technology has become more and more used to support or facilitate oral communication. In the past, stories, folklore, histories, and news were all maintained and communicated orally, making accurate recollection a crucial talent. Many aboriginal communities still maintain this oral heritage today. -
2500 BCE
Abacus
Abacuses are used as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division calculators. The abacus can be used with any base number system and doesn't require paper or a pen The abacus continues to play a significant part in mathematics today. Because of its portability, it became a well-liked tool among merchants and spread throughout the world (Samoly, 2012). -
756 BCE
Ancient Greek Times
Oratory and speeches were the primary modes of learning and teaching for the ancient Greeks. The Lliad and the Odyssey by Homer were recitative poetry intended to be performed in front of an audience. They had to be memorized and transferred orally rather than written down in order to be taught (Bates, 2015). -
510 BCE
Pythagoras academy
Pythagoras academy was the first academy for formal education which was founded by Pythagoras. There were open classrooms and students were taught mathematics, science and philosophy. -
1450
Hornbook
One of the earliest tools in educational technology to help teach reading was the hornbook. -
Period: 1450 to
Written communication
In the same way that the Internet has changed our world today, the printing press was a really revolutionary technological advancement when it was developed in Europe in the 15th century. It greatly increased the accessibility of written knowledge. As a result of the increase in written documents brought on by the industrialization of printing, more people in business and government were forced to become literate and analytical, which sped up the growth of formal education in Europe. -
1455
Printed press
A truly revolutionary technological advancement, the printing press was created in Europe in the 15th century and greatly increased the accessibility of written knowledge (Bates, 2015). -
Sandbox
The Lancastrian method of teaching was introduced in New York City. It could teach lots of students for a low cost. During classes, students were using sandboxes on their desks to practice the skill being taught, like basic math or letters (Haran, 2015). -
Individual Slates
This innovation followed the same lines as the sandbox. Students could use the slate to write letters, complete mathematical problems, and more (Haran, 2015) -
Chalkboard
James Pillans who was a headmaster of the Old High School of Edinburgh, Scotland wanted to offer a larger maps, joined several smaller slates into one large field for his geography lessons. But the classroom chalkboard was introduced in 1841 (Haran, 2015). -
Magic Lantern
The magic lantern, which the slide machine replaced, projected images onto glass plates was popular around 1870. The public school system in Chicago had a collection of about 8,000 lantern slides at the end of World War I (Haran, 2015). -
Pencil
The school slate was increasingly replaced by mass-produced pencils and paper at the turn of the 20th century(Haran, 2015). -
stereoscope
The Keystone View Company started to sell and promote stereoscopes at the turn of the 20th century. With educational sets that included hundreds of images, the three-dimensional devices were offered for sale to schools (Haran, 2015). -
Radio
In the 1920s, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) started airing radio programs for schools that were instructional. "Insects in Relation to Man" was the topic of the first BBC adult education radio program, which aired in 1924 (Bates, 2015). -
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Broadcasting and Video
Schools and colleges that are close to radio and television stations have long had access to educational programs through open broadcast technologies. Reaching students in their homes and places of work has also been done using these same over-the-air technology. -
Film Strip Projector
The filmstrip, which was put into a projector, was essentially a collection of images on a roll of 35 mm film. This made it possible for teachers to screen-project one image at a time. Later, the images would be supplemented by audio commentary that the teacher might read aloud, music, or narration on a vinyl record( St-Pierre, 2021). -
Overhead Projector
During world war II the overhead projector was a common tool for training military personel, then it found its way into the classrooms (Haran, 2015). -
Photo Copier
In 1959 photocopying was introduced .With the photocopier it is easier to make multiple copies for a classroom. -
White Board
In the early 1960s, the whiteboard took the place of the blackboard. Compared to chalkboards, plastic whiteboards were far less expensive. -
Television
The first documented television usage in a classroom was in the Los Angeles in 1939 but since 1960, television has been used in education. -
Apple 1
Apple donated desktop PCs to schools. These computers were the first computers in schools (Haran, 2015). -
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Computer Age
With the exception of the design of the hardware and software, the selection and loading of content, and the assessment questions, programmed learning essentially tries to computerize education by structuring information, assessing learners' understanding, and giving learners quick feedback. -
Internet
The World Wide Web was available to students in schools. This created a new era for students and teachers(Haran, 2015). -
Learning Management System
Instructional Management Systems are communication tools and collaboration they enable students and teachers to communicate and collaborate online in real-time (Haran, 2015). -
Smartboard
David Martin and Nancy Knowlton invented smartboard in 1991, as a product of the "Smart Technology" Company -
Tablets
tablets are one of the technological tools with the most opportunities for innovation.Tablet usage in the education is highly acknowledged.This tool enhances students’ digital skills and helps to enhance students' creativity(Ricoy et al., 2018). -
Immersive Learning With VR And AR
Learning has gotten to be much more interactive than conventional strategies. Whereas VR gives a constructed reality, AR gives an upgraded view of a genuine picture. Hence, they offer assistance clarify complex concepts that plain pictures or indeed a lab’s hands-on tests couldn’t appear students(Bui, 2020). -
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St-pierre, M. (2021, September 22). Back to the future, or a short history of the filmstrip - NFB blog. NFB Blog. Retrieved October 21, 2022, from https://blog.nfb.ca/blog/2021/09/22/back-to-the-future-or-a-short-history-of-the-filmstrip-curators-perspective/
Haran, M. (2015, May 29). A History of Education Technology. The Institute of Progressive Education and Learning. Retrieved October 23, 2022, from http://institute-of-progressive-education-and-learning.org/a-history-of-education-technology/ -
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Ricoy, M.-C., Sánchez-Martínez, C., & Feliz-Murias, T. (2018). The tablet in school and family contexts. Croatian Journal of Education - Hrvatski Časopis Za Odgoj i Obrazovanje, 20(4). https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v20i4.3190
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