History of educational technology

On leaves and bark of trees 3300 BC ANCIENT PEOPLE: uses pointed sticks Inscriptions of signs and symbols On leaves and bark of trees

Cuneiform in Mesopotamia 3100 BC Cuneiform in Mesopotamia

3000 BC Hieroglyphics and Papyrus in Egypt Spartan Education Athenian Education

600 AD Use of a Quill pen

Diamond Sutra was printed 888 AD Diamond Sutra was printed

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

Orbis Pictus (The World in Pictures) 1658 Orbis Pictus (The World in Pictures) by Johann Amos Comenius

1790 Pencil was invented.

blackboards in academic military schools 1801 blackboards in academic military schools

Pestalozzi Method was developed 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

Maria Montessori’s Casa dei Bambini 1907 Maria Montessori’s Casa dei Bambini

Use of educational films Sidney Pressey’s teaching machines 1920 Use of educational films Sidney Pressey’s teaching machines

Airing of first instructional TV 16mm sound motion picture was developed

and other pictorial devices Movies filmstrips radio and other pictorial devices

Invention of Memex by Vanevar Bush

Modern version of ball point pen was invented

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 Instructional films became creative and accessible Large scale television availability

Proliferation of instructional design models Development of needs assessment procedures

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

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

Internet technologies Web 2.0 tools Web conferencing