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Jan 18, 1471
First Educational Museum
The Capitoline Museums are the oldest collection of art in the world that is open to the public. They were created when Pope Sixtus IV donated several ancient sculptures to the people of Rome. -
Development of Educational Media
Commercial companies began to catch onto how popular educational media was and started to direct their content in that direction. -
Instructional Radio
In 1921, broadcasting licenses were distributed increasing the amount of educational radio content broadcasted, especially to children K-12. -
First Television
The first public showing of silhouettes in motion. -
First Computer
Interestingly enough, the word computer was originally used to describe a person that caluclated and computed-- not a machine. The eariest mechanical computer was created between 1936 and 1938 and was made by Konrad Zuse. -
World War 2
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Army Half Track
Over several decades, the final model of the Army Half Track was created. -
Instructional Television
Boards of Education, specifically in New York State, began to create a plan for educational TV. -
Programmed Instruction
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Behavioral Objectives & Taxonomy
Research done by Benjamin Bloom which became a taxonomy of three domains: cognitive, affective, and psychomotor. -
Sputnik
The first artificial Earth satellite launched by the Soviet Union. -
Internet
The first functional Internet was created in 1960 by ARPANET, or the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. -
Conditions of Learning/Events of Instruction
A book published by Holt, Rhinehart and Winston, which goes into detail about eight different types of learning and nine different events of instruction. -
Formative Evaluation
Any overview or evaluation that occurs either before or during a project with the objective of helping the project and/or project members to do better. -
Summative Evaluation
An evaluation or assessment that is focused on observing the project outcome rather than the process. -
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