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First school museum opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Keystone Company Publishes, "Visual Education" which was one of the first text books used in the "visual education" movement.
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1st public school adopts films for regular instructional use in Rochester, NY.
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Department of Visual Instruction is created. Now called the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, has maintained a leadership role in the field of instructional design and technology.
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The textbook on visual instruction, "Visualizing the Curriculum" by Charles F. Hoban, jr., Samuel B. Zisman is published
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John Dewey publishes, "Experience and Education" which presents his progressive views of education.
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The U.S. creates the Division of Visual Aids for War Training which prepared civilians for industrial work and reduced training time without impacting efficiency.
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Over 400 training films and 600 film strips are produced by the U.S. Air Force for military personnel training.
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Shannon and Weaver developed model of communication focused around the process of communication and not just the medium of communication.
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Federal Communications Commission sets aside 242 channels for educational purposes.
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B.F. Skinner's article, "The Science of Learning and the Art of Teaching" began a minor revolution in the field of education.
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Sputnik: with the Soviet Union launching the first space satellite into orbit, the U.S. gave millions of dollars into math and science courses. With these funds, there was a large increase in the amount of instructional material available.
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"Preparing Objectives for Programming Instruction" is published by Robert Mager which sold over 1.5 million copies and is still popular today.
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Gagné, Glaser, and Silvern were the first to develop models for systematically designing instructional material.
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Robert Gagné publishes,"The Conditions of Learning" which described the domains of learning outcomes.
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Instructional improvement center were created at colleges and universities in order to train faculty how to use technology. Many graduate programs in instructional design were also created.
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Instructional design models greatly increased and many countries began using instructional design to solve instructional problems.
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Several branches of the U.S. military adopted instructional design models.
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Florida State University creates the ADDIE model for the U.S. Military.
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The "Journal of Instructional Development" was first published. Many countries donated their research findings to this publication in order to support individuals that desired training.
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With the popularization of the personal computer, many instructional design professionals began producing computer based instruction.
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Although computers were used as early as the 1950's by IBM; by 1983 computers were used by 75% of all high school students in the U.S.
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During the 1990's instructional design professionals began to shift from an instructional aid towards better on the job performance.
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With the advent of the internet, Instructional Design has lead to a a large increase in online learning both in the work place and in higher education.
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Percentage of on the job training delivered by technology rises to 41 percent.