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History of Educational Technologies

  • WW2

    WW2
    Education became easier. Films, slides and photographs were important educational tools in this era. Audiovisual tools were used in different subjects such as audio equipment for language education and training devices for flight training.
  • Programmed Instruction

    Programmed Instruction
    Skinner presented programmed learning for students. He used a machine which corrects the information.
  • Writing Objectives

    Writing Objectives
    Formats of educational papers came to importance. Ideas like Bloom's Taxonomy, helped new systems to develop. Papers, newspapers, projectors and televisions were important sources of information
  • Systems Approach

    Systems Approach
    Systems approach refers to an Input and output system which treats education as a product. It finds solutions to problems faced with learning.
  • Personal Computer

    Personal Computer
    Reiser, R. A. (2001) said that after instructional television's popularity faded, the next technological advancement to capture the interest of a large number of educators was the computer.
  • Internet

    Internet
    The World Wide Web allows "end users" to create and link files, videos, or other media content, primarily as Network software. Bates A.W.(2019). The innovation of the Internet is a big step towards modern instructional systems.
  • Web 2.0

    Web 2.0
    Northrup, P.(2001) indicates that creating cooperative online learning environments is a clear method for encouraging interaction. Social networks, wikis, blogs, video hosting sites, online sales pages and podcasts are examples of widely used web 2.0 tools.
  • References

    Bates, T. (2019). Teaching in a digital age: Guidelines for designing and learning.
    Reiser, R. A. (2001). A History of Instructional Design and Technology: Part I: A History of Instructional Media. Educational Technology Research and Development, 49(1), 53–64. http://www.jstor.org/stable/30220299
    Northrup, P. (2001). A Framework for Designing Interactivity into Web-Based Instruction. Educational Technology, 41(2), 31–39. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44428657