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Early 1900s
is when individuals began to see the demand for visual media in the classroom setting. This demand later became known as the Visual Instruction Movement. -
1900s
Magic lantern slide projectors increased visual media use in classrooms -
1905
The first school museum opens in St. Louis -
1908
An educational guide to using stereographs and lantern slides in the classroom is published by The Keystone View Company -
1910
The category of instructional films (first of it kind) was published -
1910
It was also revealed by E.L. Thorndike that the psychological research regarding behavorism greatly influenced education theories and movements -
1913
Thomas Edison made his famous proclamation on the oblestion of Books -
1916
Democracy and Education by John Dewey is published -
1920
Media and sound were able to merge with advancements in technology including sound motion pictures, radio broadcasting and sound recordings increasing the demand and interest in instructional media -
1920
The visual instruction movement became the Audiovisual instruction movement -
1921
The first educational radio license is issued by the federal government -
1932
The merging and consolidation of three visual instruction professional organizations took place forming the department of visual instruction. -
1933
FDR and the delivery of his "fireside chats" furth publicizes the use of public radio -
1937
Visualizing the Curriculum was published -
1938
B.F. Skinner publishes "The behavior of organisms: an experimental analysis" -
1940's
instructional media took a turn with the United States' participation in WW2 classrooms were no longer the only place for its facilitation. Now the use of simulators, projectors and more in addition to already existing technology and training films were used to prepare soldiers for war and civilians for industrial work. -
1941
The establishment of The Division of Visual Aids for War Training took place and oversaw the production of over 450 training films -
1946
"Cone of Experience: is developed by Edgar Dale -
1949
Shannon and Weaver's model of communication is debuted -
1949
Communications theory gains traction and notability -
1950s
242 TV channels were reserved for educational purposes by the government (FCC)
Empirical approaches to solving educational problems were introduced through B.F. Skinner's theories and models -
1954
B.F. Skinner's ``The Science of Learning and the Art of Teaching" is published. -
1956
Learning behaviors and objectives were divided into two different domains of learning by Benjamin Bloom & Bloom’s Taxonomy is published -
1956
Learning behaviors and objectives were divided into two different domains of learning by Benjamin Bloom & Bloom’s Taxonomy is published -
1957
launching of sputnik space satellite led to serious investments in underwhelming learning materials propelling the formation of summative and formative evaluation processes in the 1960s -
1960
Lewis and Pask introduced the use of computers for instructional purposes -
1962
Robert Gagne published Psychological principles in System development -
1962
"preparing objectives for programmed instruction" a book that provided writing learning objective instruction was published by Robert Mager -
1963
AECT publicized their new design oriented definition of the field -
1965
the 1500 instructional system for implementing computer assisted instruction is introduced by IBM -
1965
Gagne provided readers with a prescription for effective instruction when he published Conditions of Learning -
1965
Electronic Keyboard machines for teaching -
1968
Multi Store Theory of memory is proposed -
1970s
the birth of cognitive information processing theory that provided explanation for the internal process that is required for learning -
1970s
introduced a plethora of instructional design models. Literature began to see increased usage of terms like Instructional design and instructional system as well as the emergence of the ADDIE and Vygotsky's work was rediscovered outside of the soviet union and ideas surrounding the important role of ZPD, technology, culture and distributed intelligence emerged -
1978
proposal of the Dick and Carey Model -
1979
Motivation and Motivational design is covered in a publication by John Keller -
1980s
Theories of communication shift from behaviorism to humanism and from humanism to synergism -
1980s
John Keller developed the ARCS model encouraging instructional designers to implement and assess learner motivation when constructing complementary learning environments -
1983
shows an increase in schools using computers for instructional purposes -
1989
A model for problem based learning is developed by Howard Barrows -
1990s
Vanderbilt founds the Cognition and Technology Group and and other important theories continued to be redefined throughout the 90s -
1991
Wagner and Lave speak on Situated Learning Theory -
1991
Technology continued to advance with the creation and use of internet, cd-rom, microcomputers, and interactive video -
1994
AETC introduces a newer definition emphasizing the theory and practice of design they include processes but fail to make them the focus -
1994
AETC introduces a newer definition emphasizing the theory and practice of design they include processes but fail to make them the focus -
1999
the establishment of the design based research collective took place -
2004
"web 2.0" beginning -
2005
Principle for Connectivism is published by George Siemens -
2007
first instance of a flipped classroom -
2008
releases their most recent definition of the field -
2012
Year of the Massive Open Online Courses -
2014
the serious elearning manifesto is published in response to quality concerns with the rapid increase distant learning production -
2020
Covid COVID-19 pandemic, school and work were rapidly taken online. In this current moment we look to see whether the previous trends in IDT are continued or if the developments of the past few years are setting us on a new path