The History of ET

By Elif Nisa Karakas
  • 100,000 BCE

    Oral Era

    Oral Era
    Oral communication is one of the earliest way of teaching.
    People,in ancient times, transmitted what they know through oral communication which is making a critical skills that is memorization.
  • 500 BCE

    Wrtitten Era

    Wrtitten Era
    Written communication in education is has long history. According to Bible, Mouse carved his ten  commands into stone around 7th century. And printing machine provided easiness for reaching knowledge in 15th century.

  • Broadcasting and Radio

    Broadcasting and Radio
    Educational broadcasting radio programs began with The British Broadcasting Corporation in the late 1920s. Later the first adult education radio broadcast is in 1924.
    For school and adult education, the first use of television in education is in the 1960s .

  • Computer Based Learning

    Computer based learning’s purpose is computerize teaching and give a instant feedback to learners without any humans interferences.

  • Skinner

    Skinner
    Skinner first examined teaching machine in 1954 based on behaviorist theory.

  • Computer Networking

    Computer Networking
    The first network is the Arpanet in U.S in 1982.Later The World Wide Web was launched in 1992.

  • Online Learning Environments

    Online Learning Environments
    In 1995 the Web provide development of  the first management systems(LMSs) such as WebCT (which later became Blackboard).

  • Social Media

    Social Media
    Social media is sub-category of technology, it deserves a section of in the history of educational technology, though.