History of Educational Technology (timeline) Prepared by: Mercy Grace L. Cabural & Reza Hera Cagas

3300 BC Use of pointed sticks to in script signs and symbols on leaves and bark of trees.

Cuneiform in Mesopotamia was developed. 3100 BC Cuneiform in Mesopotamia was developed.

3000 BC Hieroglyphics and Papyrus in Egypt. Spartan Education. Athenian Education.

Use of a quill pen was developed. 600 AD Use of a quill pen was developed.

888 AD Diamond Sutra was printed.

Johannes Gutenburg completed the printing press. 1440 Johannes Gutenburg completed the printing press.

1658 -Orbis Pictus (The World in Pictures) by Johann Amos Comenius was published.

1790 Pencil was invented.

Use of blackboards in academic military schools. 1801 Use of blackboards in academic military schools.

1805 Pestalozzi Method was developed.

First permanent image using Camera Obscura. 1826 First permanent image using Camera Obscura.

Froebel coined the word “kindergarten”. 1840 Froebel coined the word “kindergarten”.

First proper fountain pen was invented. 1884 First proper fountain pen was invented.

Casa dei Bambini was established. 1907 Maria Montessori’s Casa dei Bambini was established.

Use of educational films Sidney Pressey’s teaching machines.

1930’s Airing of first instructional TV. 16mm sound motion picture was developed.

1940’s Invention of Memex by Vanevar Bush. Movies, filmstrips, radio, and other pictorial devices were used in military trainings. Modern version of ball point pen was invented.

1950’s Skinner’s Programmed Instruction. Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives.

1960’s Use of whiteboard. Use of computers in schools. Systems approach to designing instruction was introduced. Instructional films became more creative and more accessible. Large scale television availability.

Proliferation of instructional design models. Development of needs assessment procedures.

1980’s Digitized communication and networking in education started. CBI / CBT flourished.

1990’s Hypertext and hypermedia influence the field. Learning management systems (LMS) were used.

2000 Internet technologies are more integrated in the academe. Web 2.0 tools. Web conferencing.