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THE HISTORY OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

  • 30,000 BCE

    CAVE DRAWINGS

    CAVE DRAWINGS
    In times when there was no writing and paper had not yet been discovered, people were drawing objects and transferring them to the future. The cave paintings discovered clearly expressed the important events of the period in which they were drawn and the sociological structure of that period.
  • 510 BCE

    PYTHAGORAS ACADEMY

    PYTHAGORAS ACADEMY
    Pythagoras academy was the first formal education academy in the history. It was founded by the philosopher Pythagoras. He taught his students mathematics and Greek.
  • 110

    AND PAPER MADE IN CHINA

    AND PAPER MADE IN CHINA
    With the invention of paper, a very important development occurred in world history. Because, what was taught was made permanent by putting it on paper. In this way, books and libraries were created for the first time in history.
  • 382

    MANUSCRIPT TRANSCRIPTION

    MANUSCRIPT TRANSCRIPTION
    Transcription of handwritten manuscripts is undertaken with two goals in mind: to give a truthful representation of what the writer actually wrote, and to make the printed copy easy for the reader to comprehend.
  • 1450

    PRINTING PRESS

    PRINTING PRESS
    In Germany, Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press, which started the Printing Revolution. With the advent of the printing press, manuscripts lost their prevalence and faster information printing was started.
  • PUBLIC EDUCATION

    PUBLIC EDUCATION
    When the first settlers created the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the governing General Court created the initial education system, which consisted of public and Latin schools designed to teach children Puritan values and how to read the Bible. While much of the teaching was done in the home at that time, there were organized Latin schools for the elite social class to send their sons for formal learning.
  • AUDIOVISUAL AGE

    AUDIOVISUAL AGE
    Audiovisual education has developed rapidly since the 1920s by drawing on new technologies of communication, most recently the computer. History has shown that pictures, specimens, demonstrations, and other audiovisual means are effective teaching tools. Audio-visual education has been an important step in the history of educational technologies, initially with the radio and later with the use of projector devices.
  • INFORMATION AGE

    INFORMATION AGE
    The information age is a developing age with the invention of new technological devices in the middle of the 20th century.The development of technology has also shed light on new approaches in education and has also positively affected education in many ways, and new methods have been found. During this period, televisions, VCR, VHS tapes, audio tapes were used.
  • COMPUTER AGE

    COMPUTER AGE
    The computer age in education has been very beneficial in terms of processing, storing and retransmitting information. The computer age has also pioneered the digital age. During this period, the first smart board was used.
  • DIGITAL AGE

    DIGITAL AGE
    Education moved into the digital age. Pedagogies have changed to engage the latest digital technologies. The methods of distribution are now a blend between face-to-face and some other combination of virtual interfaces. The content moved from traditional text-based learning to text-plus-multimedia.
  • THE INTERACTIVE AGE

    THE INTERACTIVE AGE
    Interactive age is an age that enables learners to interact with technological devices independent of the learning environment and to continue learning outside of the learning environment. For example, smartphones and tablet computers are very active in this period. And this interaction continues and develops today.