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Bush, Michael D. – Educational Technology, 2015
Hype surrounding the promise that technology has for education began with Thomas Edison in 1913, when he predicted that the motion picture would end the need for textbooks and revolutionize schools. Years later a phase of development was fueled by government funding, and the educational film industry reached a heyday following World War II, which…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Educational History, Educational Development, Educational Change
Lockee, Barbara B.; Song, Kibong; Li, Wei – Educational Technology, 2014
The early beginnings and evolution of the field of educational technology (ET) have been documented by various scholars in the field. Recently, another form of historical documentation has been undertaken through a project of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). The AECT HistoryMakers Project is a collaborative…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Web Sites, Interviews, Information Sources
Patrick, Susan – Educational Technology, 2011
The author traces the growth of K-12 online learning in the United States from its modest genesis in the mid-1990s with 50,000 students to the more than 4 million enrollments today, the fastest scaling ever of any innovation in K-12 education. The evolution from one-size-fits-all online courses to innovative, blended instructional models that are…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Online Courses
Smaldino, Sharon E.; Lowther, Deborah L.; Russell, James D. – Educational Technology, 2011
This article describes how a textbook has traced 30 years of evolution in instructional technology. One of the book's key continuing features is the ASSURE Model. To connect technology to learning, the Classroom Link was developed. As standards were formulated for teachers and students, they were included in the textbook. Other evolutionary…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration
Saba, Farhad – Educational Technology, 2011
The practice of distance education in the United States is traced back to its early roots. In the 20th century, distance education remained at the periphery in corporate training, K-12 schools, and most universities, but it gradually developed its practice by using broadcast media, and later the Internet. Since the turn of the current century,…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis, Educational Development
Alwalidi, Abdullah; Lefrere, Paul – Educational Technology, 2010
The authors describe progress at King Khalid University (KKU) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in developing and implementing a user-centered road map for teaching and learning, with pervasive e-learning as a core element. They named the approach "Invisible" e-learning. As part of it, they are investigating ways to capture and share…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Foreign Countries, Program Descriptions, Program Development
Educational Technology, 1977
Past, present, and future trends concerning behavioral objectives. Topics include: the nature and roles of objectives, conceptual objectives for domain-referenced education, and objectives for instructional and evaluation design. (DAG)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Ability, Concept Teaching, Educational Development
Chuan de, Zhang – Educational Technology, 1986
This overview of computer based education (CBE) in China mentions pioneering work before describing recent activities in university-based research and development and the expansion of CBE into primary and secondary education. Developments in authoring and word processing systems in Chinese characters and problems to be faced are also discussed.…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Courseware