Instructional design timeline

  • Origins of Instructional Design

  • Military Training Materials Developed Based on Instructional Principles

  • Early Development of Instructional Design

  • Publication of the Article: The Science of Learning and The Art of Teaching By B.F. Skinner

  • Emergence of the Criterion-Referenced Testing Movement

  • One of the Most Popular Books Published in the Field: Preparing Objectives for Programmed Instruction By R. Mager

  • Publication of The Conditions of Learning By R. Gagne

  • Re-Launching of the Formative Evaluation By M. Scriven

  • Early Instructional Design Models

  • Interest in the Systematical Instructional Design

  • Publication of the Journal of Instructional Development

  • Growing Attention in the Area of Using Personal Computers for Instructional Purposes

  • Human Performance Improvement Movement

  • Popularity of Constructivist Views of Teaching and Learning

  • The Start of e-Learning and Informal Learning