Evolution of Educational
Technology
Educ-7100-2
Instructor Dr. Powley
Submitted by Jeannine Miller
Strand 1 (s1) Toffler wave theories
Agricultural wave 8000 B.C.- 1755
Industrial Wave 1755- 1955
Informational Wave 1955- present
http://www.criticalthink.info/Phil1301/Wave3lec.htm
Strand 2 (s2) Key advances in technology
Strand 3 (s3) Work philosophies
Strand 4 (s4) Important theories
Strand 5 (s5)Events determining thinking
Strand 6 (s6) Key religions of the decade
S1) Industrial Wave
S2) Visual Education formally named/First successful Radio
Transmission
S3) Ford Motor Co./ Firestone Tire Co.
http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/decade/1900.htm
S4) Thorndike Theory of Connectedness/Freud lectures in U.S.
http://psychology.about.com/od/sigmundfreud/a/freudtimeline.htm
S5) Automation/ Aviation
http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/decade/1900.htm
S6) European Migration/Anti Imperialism
http://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF8#q=anti+imperialism&hl=en&rlz=1R2SKPB_enUS378&prmd=inb&tbs
=tl:1&tbo=u&ei=SzDzS_6BAo6Y8ATXoZzNDw&sa=X&oi=timeline_res
ult&ct=title&resnum=18&ved=0CGcQ5wIwEQ&fp=849e2d790c0ab0e9
S1) Industrial wave
S2) 35mm silent film/First Talking Motion Picture
S3) IBM Corp./RCA Corp.
S4) John Dewey-Reflective Method of Instruction/
Edward Thorndike Connectionism
http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/ethorndike.shtml
S5) WWI/ Womens Suffrage Movement
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstimeline1.html
S6) Rise of Protestants
S1) Industrial wave
S2) Recording of Electrical Sound/ Commercial Radio Broadcast
http://ecmweb.com/mag/electric_9/ &
http://www.clemson.edu/caah/history/FacultyPages/PamMack/lec122/radio.htm
S3) Bell Telephone/Food Industries
http://books.google.com/books?id=CecCHiI95dYC&pg=PA122&lpg=PA122&dq=co
rporations+in+1920s&source=bl&ots=6qjpwABmyf&sig=1isw_16LfUpLzFbnvGx2Pky_DA&hl=en&ei=xPyS4zsNYSBlAer9bX5DA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0C
BUQ6AEwADge#v=onepage&q=corporations%20in%201920s&f=false
S4) Froebel Kindergartens/ Einstein Unified Field Theory
In US
http://www.froebelweb.org/linepost.html &
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1921/einstein-bio.html
S5) Prohibition/ Roaring 20’s
S6) Christianity/Patriotism
S1) Industrial wave
S2) Theatrical films produced for schools/ Carter invents first
photocopier
S3) Capitalism/Nissan Corp./Genetics tested by DeKalb
http://www.nissanglobal.com/EN/COMPANY/PROFILE/HERITAGE/1930/ &
http://www.fundinguniverse.com/companyhistories/DeKalb-Genetics-Corporation-CompanyHistory.htmlNat’l
S4) The Morrison Plan by Henry Morrison/ Vygotsky
Socioculture Theory
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3673/is_n1_v117/ai
_n28677164/
S5) Great Depression/Nat’l Labors Relations Act
S6) Religious Decline
S1) Industrial wave
S2) Test films produced by McGraw Hill/ Invention of
modern color T.V.
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/other/john_logie_
baird.htm
S3) Rebound of economic production/ U.S. Largest world
ARMS dealer
S4) Operant Conditioning by BF Skinner/ Claude Shannon’s
computer science theory
http://science.jrank.org/pages/1709/Conditioning-Classicaloperant-conditioning.html
S5)WWII/ Investment Co. Act
S6) Southern Baptist
1950-1960
S1) Industrial wave; 1955 entered Informational wave
S2) Audiovisual instruction name changes to audiovisual
communication/ First videotape recorder
http://www.digicamhistory.com/1950s.htm
S3) NASA established/Inflation
http://www.libsci.sc.edu/bob/ISP/nasa.htm
S4) Reconstructionist theory by Brameld/ American Montessori
Society established
http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/elmer/infoCentral/frameset/decad
e/1950.htm &
http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/1800/BrameldTheodore-1904-1987.html
S5) Cold War/ Korean War
S6) Judeo-Christian
http://www.rsiss.net/religinamerica/20centuryamerica.html
1960-1970
S1) Informational wave
S2) Computer mouse invented/ TX instruments portable
calculator
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1960s.html
S3) ARPA developed networking/ Warner Brothers est.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Television_
Distribution
S4) Great Society reform/ Civil rights Movement
http://countrystudies.us/united-states/history- &
http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade60.html
S5) Apollo landed on moon/Woodstock Festival
http://the60sofficialsite.com/
S6) Rise of Black congregation
1970-1980
S1) Informational age
S2) Information processing/floppy disk invented
S3) PBS formed/ Skylab first space station
http://www.fundinguniverse.com/companyhistories/Corporation-for-Public-BroadcastingCompany-History.html
S4) Piaget Cognitive theory/ Open classrooms
http://www.jiffynotes.com/a_study_guides/book_notes/
adec_0001_0008_0/adec_0001_0008_0_02624.html
S5) OPEC crisis/ Vietnam war ends
S6) New Age
S1) Informational age
S2) Mobile Phones use on the rise/ Apple Macintosh invented
http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa051599.htm
S3) Feminism re-emerged/ Apple Corp. / FDIC regulatory
changes
http://www.fdic.gov/bank/historical/s&l/
S4) Instructional design theory/ David Kolb Experiential
learning theory
http://www.businessballs.com/kolblearningstyles.htm
S5) Terrorism scares/ Tax reform Act/ Businesses merged
http://economics.about.com/od/smallbigbusiness/a/mergers
.htm
S6) Cult like religions
S1) Informational age
S2) Videodiscs/ Pentium processor invented
S3) Networking/ Lockheed Martin/ Honda introduced
Hybrid Insight
http://www.hybridcars.com/history/history-of-hybridvehicles.htm
S4) Integration of Technology/ The educational theory
of Alfie Kohn
http://www.newfoundations.com/GALLERY/Kohn.html
S5) Desert Storm/ Trade expansion
S6) Nones (no religion affiliation)
http://www.americanreligionsurveyaris.org/reports/NONES_08.pdf
S1) Informational age
S2) Artificial Intelligence/ Emergency Economic
Stabilization Act
S3) Miniaturization of technology/ You Tube/
Blackberry Smartphone
http://www.articlealley.com/article_1322285_15.html
S4) Neural science technology/ Differentiated
instruction
http://www.cast.org/publications/ncac/ncac_diffinstruc
tudl.html
S5) Iraqi War/ Dot com explosion/ economic recession
S6) Melting pot of religions