The 1940s: Instructional Technology
Comes of Age
IMPORTANT
IDEAS:
- World War II created a
huge demand for large amounts of important instructional materials
REALIZED
INNOVATIONS:
- Instructional technology/media
came of age during the war
- Creation of thousands
of training films from the Division of Visual Aids of War Training
- Priority and funding geared
towards long-term R&D about instructional media and technology
- Emergence of the role
of instructional technologists from educational field
t i m e l i n
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Pre-20s
| 20s | 30s | 40s | 50s
| 60s | 70s | 80s
| 90s and beyond