1828 – first definition of “technology”
Late 1800s – used the term audio-visual education
– developed visual resources for education
1920s – intro of movies/radio to education
– first research on effects of media/technologies on young people
1923 – founding year for the Department of Visual Instruction in the National Education Association
1933 – Sidney Pressey was first to use term educational technology
1930s – agencies formed to regulate media industries in education
1950s – AV morphed into technology education and educational technology
Late 1950s – term instructional technology replaces audiovisual communications and education
1963 – AECT defined audiovisual communications
1970s – early days of internet
1970 – definition for instructional technology to include physical science and behavioural science
– Presidential Commission on Instructional Tech made two definitions for instructional tech
1971- Hooper looked at philosophical side of ed tech
1972 – ed tech became field and not just a theory
1977 – The Definition of Ed Tech (AECT, 1977) was a 169 page book with the definition alone being 16 pages
1978 – Davies looked at processes as well as products of teaching and learning
– Hartley examined application of learning theories to instruction
Late 1970s and 1980s – educational tech courses called computer science
Mid-1990s – computer science courses renamed to information technology
1990s – WWW created
– definition for learning technology in England
1993 – Association for learning tech established in England
1994 – Carl Mitcham identifies 4 parts of technology (artifact or object, activity or process, knowledge, volition or will)
1994 – simplified the definition of ed tech
1995 – Howard Rheingold published, “The Virtual Community”
1996 – The Canadian Office of Learning Technologies (OLT) was created
– US National Science Foundation began a Collaborative Research on Learning Technologies program
1998 – The Canadian OLT defined learning technologies
2002 – UBC Office of Learning Technology started
2004 – Uden said learning tech = application of technology for the enhancement of teaching, learning and assessment
2004 – computer courses in BC renamed from IT to ICT
2007 – The Association for Learning Technology (ALT) redefined learning technology
– Andrews R. and Haythornthwaite C. published “The SAGE handbook of E-Learning Research”
Now – the term “new media” is replacing information technology
References
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Petrina, S. & Feng, F. (2007) New Media Primer: Cultural and New Media Studies. Vancouver, BC: Tech no-Printing Press.
Petrina, S. & Feng, F. (2008). Primer for defining and theorizing technology in education, pt. 1. Vancouver, BC: Tech no-Printing Press.