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The History of Instructional Design

  • School Museums

    School Museums

    The first school museum was opened in St. Louis. This gave students exposure to different visual media platforms.
  • Instructional Films

    Instructional Films

    Instructional films were first used in 1910 in schools to provide motion picture exposure for students.
  • Instructional Radio

    Instructional Radio

    Many people became interested in radio broadcast platforms which allowed for others to engage in instructional media through the radio.
  • Behavioral Objectives

    Behavioral Objectives

    Ralph Tyler (as pictured above) created behavioral objectives to analyze outcomes of instructional design.
  • World War 2

    World War 2

    During World War 2, there was an increase of audiovisual devices.
  • Media Research

    Media Research

    After WW2, research was conducted to test the effectiveness of media communication channels.
  • Programmed Instruction

    Programmed Instruction

    Programmed instruction played a central role in the development of the systems approach.
  • Television/ Instructional Television

    Television/ Instructional Television

    Television became a central advancement in audiovisual media both in the instructional technology field and the entertainment field.
  • Early Computers

    Early Computers

    This is when computers first became apart of instructional technology but did not fully propel until the 1980s.
  • Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

    Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

    A way of distinguishing the fundamental questions within the education system.
  • Sputnik

    Sputnik

    The first Russian satellite ever launched
  • Criterion-Referenced Test

    Criterion-Referenced Test

    As pictured above, this test was established to measure how well someone can perform a behavior
  • Instructional Design Models

    Instructional Design Models

    Models for instructional design began to develop in the 1960s.
  • Events of Instruction

    Events of Instruction

    Gangne developed 9 different events that he said must occur during instruction in his book titled, "The Conditions of Learning".
  • Conditions of Learning

    Conditions of Learning

    As pictured above, Robert Gagne published the book titled, "The Conditions of Learning" which exemplified different theories of learning and instruction.
  • Summative Evaluation

    Summative Evaluation

    Summative evaluation examines the "final" outcome and analyzes it's effectiveness.
  • Formative Evaluation

    Formative Evaluation

    Markle created this detailed tool to evaluate materials both during and after the design process.
  • Cognitive Psychology

    Cognitive Psychology

    In 1980, the study of cognitive psychology began.
  • Constructivism

    Constructivism

    Constructivism values began to influence instructional design during the 1990s.
  • Internet

    Internet

    The internet began to excel in it's popularity for the use of instruction.
  • My Birthday

    My Birthday

    This is the day that I was born.