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History Of Educational Technology

  • 480 BCE

    CLASSICAL ERA

    CLASSICAL ERA
    Education was free and was left to private initiative. However, the laws of Athens laid down the hours at which private schools should work and the number and age of pupils; they also imposed state control of teachers. What is interesting is that the teacher was not judged on subjects connected with his cognitive level, but on subjects of conduct. (http://www.ime.gr/chronos/05/en/culture/index_300.html)
  • INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

    INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
    ​Education changed during the Industrial revolution. In the beginning (before the 1800s) poor children couldn't afford the price to go the school, as school were not yet free in Britain, but then slowly school became compulsory, and poorer classed children could go to school, and many Acts and Unions took part in sponsoring of improving the schools in Britain. (https://industrialrevolutiongroupbuddies.weebly.com/education.html)
  • compulsory education

    compulsory education
    The Government made it compulsory to have at least 2 hours of education per day for children who worked in factories.
  • the ragged schools union

    the ragged schools union
    A union in Britain named: The Ragged Schools Union was created to give very poor children a chance to go to school.
  • public schools act

    public schools act
    The Public Schools Act improved the public schools in Britain like Eton and Harrow.
  • education act

    education act
    The ‘Education Act’ created secondary school for children.
  • COMPUTER TECHS

    COMPUTER TECHS
    Computer based learning (programmed learning) first used by Skinner
  • world wide web

    world wide web
    the world wide web eas formally launched in 1991
  • web browser

    web browser
    the first web browser, Mosaic, was made available in 1993
  • since 1996

    since 1996
    The Internet is widely discussed as businesses begin to provide services and advertising using web pages. New graphics and multimedia tools are developed for the delivery of information and instruction using the Internet; many schools are rewiring for Internet access; a few schools install web servers and provide faculty with a way to create instructional web pages. (https://web.csulb.edu/~murdock/histofcs.html)