HISTORY OF
EDUCATIONAL
TECHNOLOGY
By Gloria Gonzalez
February 24, 2012
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
“Is the study and ethical practice of facilitating
learning and improving performance creating,
using and managing appropriate technological
processes and resources”.
Richey, R.C. (2008). Reflections on the 2008 AECT Definitions of the Field.
Tech Trends. 52(1) 24-25
JOHANNES GUTENBERG 1440
Johannes Gutenberg invented
the printing press with
replaceable and moveable
wooden or metal letters in
1436 (completed by 1440).
This method of printing can be
credited not only for a
revolution in the production of
books, but also for fostering
rapid development in the
sciences, arts and religion
through the transmission of
text (Bellis, 2012).
JOHN DEWEY
(OCTOBER 20, 1859 – JUNE 1, 1952)
John Dewey was an American
philosopher, psychologist and
educational reformer whose
ideas and writing influence the
education and social reform.
He was recognized as the
Father of modern education
and by the N.E.A. for his
writings. He developed ideas of
evolutionary democracy and
evolutionary education as well
as evolutionary law ("John
dewey," 2012).
MARIA MONTESSORI 1900
Education technology had a major
impact in the Maria Montessori
Method. She became know as the
teacher not the director in control of
the classroom, but rather the person
who guided each child to determine
their own pace of learning experiences.
She provided an environment for
children with developing child-sized
furniture and age-appropriate materials
and to provide structure to the child’s
learning experiences. She desirably
wanted to expose children to the joy of
learning and to the creative efforts she
provided by in a stimulating
environment for the development of
certain skills and knowledge.
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Maria_Montessori
SIDNEY L PRESSEY’S TEACHING MACHINES
1920
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He was a cognitive psychologist
and the father of the teaching
machine, author of the first book
on standardized testing and
founder of the Division on Adult
Development and Aging of the
American Psychological
Association.
Pressey’s teaching machine was a
unique instructional aid where
students did not only passively
listen, watched or read but would
actively respond whether it was
correct or not. A record would be
kept which would aid in improving
materials.
http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/history/machine.html
RADIO 1920’S
Benjamin Darrow founded the
Ohio School of the Air in 1929.
He described educational radio
as “The central and dominant aim
of education by radio is to bring
the world to the classroom, to
make universally available the
services of the finest teachers,
the inspirational of the greatest
leaders and to unfold events
which through the radio may
come as a vibrant and
challenging textbook in the air”.
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1536
AUDIO VISUAL MOVEMENT 1930’S
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During the 1930’s
popular topics in visual
instruction were in the
philosophy and
psychology of visual
instruction, motion
pictures, lantern slides,
projector operation,
stereographs,
photographs, exhibits,
and field trips.
1940 DALE EDGAR
1950’S POST WWII INSTRUCTIONAL
TECHNOLOGY
1960’S EDUCATION TELEVISION & TEACHING
MACHINES
1970’S MITTS ALTAIR
1980’S MICROCOMPUTERS
1990’S INTERNET
1995 – PRESENT WEB BASED LEARNING
REFERENCES
Bellis, M. (2012). Johannes gutenberg and the
printing press. About.com, Retrieved from
http://inventors.about.com/od/gstartinventors
/a/Gutenberg.htm?p=1
 John dewey. (2012, February 22). Retrieved
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dewey
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