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7 BCE
Written Communication
The written form of instruction has the longest history, and the Bible claims that Moses wrote the Ten Commandments on tablets hewn from stone in the 7th century BC. -
1400
The Printing Press
Writing plays a significant role in education since in the past, learning was accomplished through writing. The printing press was created in Europe in the 15th century, and it greatly improved education by making information more readily available. -
Correspondence
The first formal correspondence education emerged in the 1840s with the establishment of an affordable and dependable mail system, and the University of London began to offer an external degree program through correspondence in 1858. -
Radio Broadcast
Insects in Relation to Man was the topic of the BBC's inaugural adult education radio program in 1924. The following year, J.C. Stobart, the BBC's new director of education, wrote in the magazine Radio Times about "a broadcasting university." -
Educational Films
In this period, educational films began to be used as instructional media to help students in education. -
Instructional Television Program
At the State University of Lowa, the first educational television program debuted in 1932. The 16mm sound sound motion film was created about the same period and used as the instructional tool. -
Overhead Projectors
At the end of World War II, the US Army began using overhead projectors for education, which became common for teaching in education until new technologies arrived in 1990. -
Television
Television in education was first used for school and adult education in the 1960s. -
Video-conferencing
Video-conferencing and private conference rooms using proprietary cable systems have been used in education since the 1980s. -
Video Compression
In 2008, lecture capture systems for recording and broadcasting classroom lectures were introduced as a result of the early 2000s' development of video compression technologies and reasonably affordable video servers.