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History of Instructional Design

  • Opening of School Museums

    Opening of School Museums
    The first education museum opened in St. Louis in 1905. These museums gave students the opportunity to learn more visually.
  • Catalogue of Instructional Films

    Catalogue of Instructional Films
    The first catalogue of instructional motion pictures was published in 1910 and were adopted by public schools for regular use.
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    Instructional Radio

    Radio broadcasting became popular and increased use of instructional radio.
  • Use of Behavioral Objectives

    Use of Behavioral Objectives
    Behavioral objectives were developed by Ralph Tyler as a basis of evaluation of learning.
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    World War II

    The use of audiovisual devices increased in the military during the war for more productive, convenient learning.
  • Army Half Track

    Army Half Track
    New development in military vehicles.
  • Media Research

    Media Research
    After World War II, research was conducted on how to effectively use media for learning.
  • Instructional Television

    Instructional Television
    Widespread of televisions led to instructional television and learning in the classroom.
  • Invention of Computers

    Invention of Computers
    Computers were invented after the war and rose in popularity, not becoming widespread until 1980's.
  • Sputnik Launch

    Sputnik Launch
    The first Russian satellite was launched and gave the U.S. a reform in science and technology education.
  • Criterion Reference Test

    Criterion Reference Test
    Test intended to measure how well an individual can measure a behavior.
  • Instructional Design Models

    Concepts regarding Instructional design all linked together into processes and models.
  • Events of Instruction

    Gagne's book that states 9 events that he believed should occur during instruction.
  • Summative/Formative Evaluation

    Formative evaluation looks at design processes; summative evaluation looks at the finished product, and asked if it was successful/effective.
  • Study of Cognitive Pschology

    Study of cognitive psychology started to grow.
  • Internet

    The Internet grew incredibly quick and is a huge influence on instructional design.
  • Julia Weisberg

    Julia Weisberg
    I was born on February 1st 1998 :)