Major Breakthroughs in Instructional Design

Now that we've covered the main players in the creation of Instructional Design, let's recap the major breakthroughs in the field that allowed for growth and improvement.

• 1905 - School Museums: Instructional media is born; Museums do not survive the Great Depression

• 1920s-1930s - Audiovisual and Instructional Radio: Media incorporates sounds; technical difficulties hinder its growth in general population education

• 1941-1945 - World War II: wide use of training films, projectors, and audiovisual training materials

• 1950s - Instructional Television: Although gained huge popularity and support, especially by the Ford Foundation, was also short-lived due to its lack success. Many factors, including lack of formal educator training and the expense were to blame

• 1950s - CAI (Computer Assisted Instruction): Introduced by IBM; would pave the way for wide-spread computer use

• 1983 - Computers in Instruction: by this year, elementary secondary schools began to implement computers into classroom instruction across the United States

• Present - Online Instruction: online instruction and use of computers and other devices along with the internet grows consistently, especially with the addition of faster internet speeds and more interactive programs and applications

As an added visual, here is an infographic found on LearnDash outlining the History and Founders of Intructional Design

https://www.learndash.com/looking-at-instructional-designs-history/

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Reference:

Reiser R.A. and Dempsey, J.V. (4th ed.) Trends and issues in instructional design and technology. New York, NY: Pearson