Chelsy Hooper-Visual Timeline of the Field
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Updated: 8 Jun 2018
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Created byChelsy Hooper
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First school museum opens in St. LouisAECT is formed, promoting the idea that the more real the audiovisual material is, the more effective it isInstructional television makes its debut with educational channels
issued by the FCC and funding by the Ford FoundationMister Rogers' Neighborhood: first show airs on
National Educational Television (NET) which later becomes PBSSputnik is launched, resulting in a surge in instructional materials, which were found ineffective
Led to Scriven coining "formative evaluations" vs. "summative evaluation"
as the materials were piloted and revised before mass implementationSystems approach begins to gain ground;
new models were developed to systematically design instruction (Dick, Carey, & Carey)
Journal of Instructional Development is first publishedEarly instructional design models began using terms such as "instructional design"Salman Khan launches Khan Academy on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/khanacademyThe first Tweet is sent; Twitter is bornPeriods
School museums become more prolific, including the first uses of instructional media such as charts, films, and exhibits, as supplemental materialsAdvances in communication produce audiovisual instruction and instructional radioDuring World War II, the use of overhead projectors,
training film and devices by the military for troops and
for the workforce result in quick training and higher program attendance
Theories at the time focused on the communication process
Psychologists changed instructional design based on research and
behavior theory to include items such as prescreening to improve learning effectivenessBased on Skinner's behavior learning theory, the programmed instruction movement
consists of small steps with learner responses and providing feedback; a trial and revision method including behavioral objectivesWith the rise of the personal computer, more computers
were being used in schools for instructional purposes
Main theory at the time was cognitive psychology,
which realized a new model was needed with the advances in personal computingElectronic job support tools become prevalent
along with computer-based systems to support learningAdvances in computers, the Internet, and digital technology
result in great increases in instructional useMobile devices and increased access to computing result in the increase of
instructional use of social media, podcasts, streaming video, web content creation
Online instruction becomes more prevalent and more informal methods develop
such as the use of Twitter for professional learning
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