The History of Educational Technologies

  • Chalkboard

    Chalkboard
    Chalkboard is one of the biggest inventions in terms of educational technology and it is still used in classrooms.
  • BBC Educational Radio Programs

    BBC Educational Radio Programs
    The British Broadcasting Corporation started giving education on radio programs in 1920s.
  • Videotapes

    Videotapes
    Videotapes and video recording have improved dramatically since their first days in the 1950s.
  • Television & educational tv programs

    Television & educational tv programs
    Television was first used in education in the 1960s,
  • Open Universities

    Open Universities
    Open University (OU) established by the British government in 1969, and television and radio programs intagrated in courses.
  • The Plato Computer

    The Plato Computer
    PLATO was a generalized computer assisted instruction system originally developed at the University of Illinois. The Plato which is one of the most-used early computers disturbed in the US public schools.
  • Software Technology

    Software Technology
    Software technologies (cd, uploaded computers) used in 1990s. Software, has become such an integral part of both work and daily life, it's hard to remember a world without it.
  • Open Courses and MOOCS

    Open Courses and MOOCS
    A short history of distance learning and may explain much about the sudden popularity of MOOCs.
  • Social Media

    Social Media
    Seventy million computers were connected to the Internet and social media channels have been everywhere since the early 2000s, and it has been growing. With the help of social media youtube, google, khan academy etc. began used for educational purposes.
  • iPad

    iPad
    Slateboards technologically evolved to iPads.