Educational Technology During Medieval and Modern Period

By Elaine Ontoy

Major Contributions of some of 

the key persons in the field of 

educational technology:

A. Lynn White

Ø Apr.29, 1907-Mar. 30,1987

Ø a professor of medieval history at Princeton

from 1933 to 1937, and at Stanford from 1937

to 1943

Ø His major contribution:

       -Spinning wheel, a prime factor in the development of printing technology

B. Johannes Gutenberg

Ø (1395-1468),
           

Ø a German inventor
           

Ø born in Mainz, a member  of the aristocratic
 

 Gensfleisch family

Ø His major contribution:

     -  printing press and the first printed book was

        the BIBLE

C.  Maria Montessori

Ø  (1870-1952), Italian educator and physician

Ø  Her major contribution:

Ø Montessori Method, which developed

graded activities to provide for the proper

sequencing of subject matter for each

individual learner.

D. Charles Babbage
           

Ø (1791-1871)

Ø English Mathematician; ”Father of Computers”
           

Ø His major contribution:

Ø Computing Machine, which laid the

foundation of the modern computer in 1883

Analytical Engine

- a proposed mechanical general-purpose computer designed by English mathematician and

computer pioneer Charles Babbage.

 Difference Engine

                      - an automatic mechanical calculator designed to

                         tabulate polynomial functions

E. O.K. Moore

Ø  developed a talking type tutorial 

 Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI)

F. Benjamin Bloom

Ø (Feb. 21,1913 – Sept.13,1999)

Ø  was an Jewish-American educational psychologist

Ø His major contribution:

Ø  Bloom’s Taxonomy

G. Dwight W. Allen

Ø  (born 1931) is a professor of education, eminent scholar,

and lifelong education reformist.

Ø  His major contribution:

 Microteaching technique, in 1962