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Chronological Events in Educational Technologies

By orcunndenizz
  • 3400 BCE

    Hieroglyphics

    Hieroglyphics
    Hieroglyphs is known as the most ancient finding that was used for educational purposes such as teaching rules or laws.
  • 300 BCE

    Abacus

    Abacus
    The claims that are supported by historical evidences show that Abacus was firstly invented in Greece to teach math and calculating.
  • 1435

    Printing Press

    Printing Press
    The invention of printing press changed education in an inevitable way that is for sure. Even today printed book are used for educational purposes thanks to printing press.

  • Hornbook

    Hornbook
    Hornbook is a wooden slate which contains alphabet. It was a good way to teach someone how to write in those times.

  • Chalkboard / Blackboard

    Chalkboard / Blackboard
    Even if individual slate boards were used in India in 12th century, implementation of chalkboard to schools started in mid 18s.

  • Magic Lantern

    Magic Lantern
    It is some sort of predecessor of today's projectors. However it was projecting images to only glass panels.

  • Film Strip Projector

    Film Strip Projector
    It is similar to the motion picture. Education films took their places in schools. Even Thomas Edison contributed to some of these educational films.

  • Radio

    Radio
    One of the golden invetions of technology radio also was used in education. New York City Board of Education was the first one that use radio to broadcast lessons to schools in America.

  • Handheld Calculator

    Handheld Calculator
    Even if it is not used that much because of the calculator implemented mobile phones, it has a huge contribution to the education. On the other hand, teachers were not that much approving it because of it hinders the development of basic math skills.

  • CD - DVD

    CD - DVD
    Even if they paved the way for flash disks. They were used as media for a long time.

  • Online Learning

    Online Learning
    Introduction of Web obviously implemented in education quickly. Students started to learn through uploaded videos, activities. Many universities gave online courses on their websites.

  • Interactive Whiteboard

    Interactive Whiteboard
    Even if they were slowly rolling out to the classrooms, they were firstly started to use in end of the 99. The symptomps that chalks cause on teachers (pharyngitis) started to decrease with the popularity of boardmarkers and interactive boards.

  • Sources

    http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/the-evolution-of-learning-technology/ https://www.slideshare.net/bestinenarsus1/educational-technology-timeline-ppt https://opentextbc.ca/teachinginadigitalage/chapter/section-8-1-a-short-history-of-educational-technology/ http://institute-of-progressive-education-and-learning.org/a-history-of-education-technology/

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