The History of Instructional Technology By jsharpless Jan 1, 1940 Military Training Film Military Training Jan 1, 1950 B.F. Skinner Behaviorism/Operant Conditioning Operant Conditioning Jan 1, 1956 Benjamin Bloom and Taxonomy Bloom's TaxonomyOverview of Bloom's Taxonomy Jan 1, 1960 Conditions of Learning -Robert Gagne 9 Events of Instruction9 Events of Instruction Jan 1, 1970 David Merrill-Instructional Design Jan 1, 1980 Thomas Gilbert-Founder of Performance Technology Jan 1, 1990 Present