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1800s
Magic lanterns and stereopticons were used in schools. -
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History and developments in Instructional Design & Technology
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1900s
School museums housed media that were visual (ex. films, slides, and photographs). -
Visual Instruction/Education
"Visual Education" or "Visual Instruction" movement. An increased interest in using media in schools. -
Instructional films
(U.S.) The first catalog of instructional films was pulished and used by Rochestor public school system. -
Organizations and Journals
Visual instruction professional organizations began establishing and projessional journals began pulication, and the movement grew even more. This lasted through 1923. -
1920s Audiovisual movement
Visual instruction movement shifted and became the audiovisual instruction movement with increased usage of radio, audio records, and motion pictures with sound. This movement was prevalent through the 1930s. -
AECT
AECT, once called Department of Visual Instruction (DVI) formed as a result of the merger of three of the visual instruction professional organizations. -
U.S. Military uses instruction
The U.S. military began using audiovisual devices to develop fils that would train military personnel. The Division of Visual Aids for War Training was established by the government. -
1950s Computer-assisted instruction (CAI)
The first computer-assisted instruction (CAI) author language was developed. -
1950s Use of Instructional TV
Instructional television was on the rise, and gained popularity due to incresed interest in television and public (or, educational) television stations. -
1960s CAI use
CAI began finding its way at pulic schools and universities. -
Mager & objectives
Robert Mager pioneered the process for writing behavioral objectives. -
Emergence of criterion-referenced assessment
Robert Glaser coined the term of "criterion-referenced measures which emerged as criterion-reference testing. -
Robert Gane
Robert Gagne published his five domains of learning and nine events of instruction. -
Design evaluation
Michael Scriven coined the terms formative and summative evaluation after the Sputnik years earlier. -
1970s Instructional design as a process
Interest in insructional design as a process was on the rise. Numerous instructional design models appeared.
-Dick & Carey
-Gagne & Briggs
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1980s Psychology and instructional design
Principles of cognitive psychology were applied to the instructional design process. -
1980s Personal Computers
Educaters were interested in using personal computers as an instructional tool as they became more widely available to the general public. This interested lasted through to about the mid 1990s. -
2000s Internet & instruction
The Internet led to a rapid increase in online instruction across multiple training/education settings. Distance learning was also made available. -
2010s Social learning
Social networking and social media became widespread. These technologies along with mobile devices allowed people to learn by sharing knowledge.
