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School Museums
Museums were the central administrative units for visual instruction by distribution of portable museum exhibits. -
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Moving Pictures
Visual movement grew "Books will soon be obselete, it is possible to teach every branch of human knowledge with the motion picture. -
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Talkies
The audiovisual movement grew and continued to evolve. Three national organizations for instruction merded and formed the Department of Visual Insctruction or DVI. -
Cone of Experience
Part of the "audiovisual movement is the ability to present concepts in a concrete manner." Massive growth of radio and great promise of widespread education. -
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The Second World War
The War took many of the resources of the training technology and moved it into the training of military personnel. The Air Force produced over 400 training films in a 2 year period. -
Theory of Communication Emerges
All communication requires a sender a receiver and a medium through which the message passes. You must consider all parts of the communication process not just he medium. -
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Instructional TV
1950s introduced the television in the home making widespread Instructional TV possible. It was also spurred on by the FCC when they set aside 242 channels for eduactional purposes. And the Ford Foundation spending more than 170$ million. -
Instructional TV interest wanes
By the mid 1960s instructional TV was not adopted by the public. The teachers were very resistant to change and the quality of the programs were mediocre at best. -
PBS Created
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Computers
By the 1980s the computer had become available for personal use. By 1983 computers were being used in 40% of all elementary schools and 75% of all secondary schools. -
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Recent Adavancements
Rapid advances in Computing and digital Technology led to rapid interest in the use of this media for instructional purposes. Over 41% of training is delivered via technology.
