This timeline features links to a video for each. These are third party, hosted on YouTube. I’ve added a link to the relevant blog post, but of course, the associated chapter in the book gives a more detailed account.
1994: Bulletin Board Systems
January 1, 1994
Bulletin Board Systems
Read more1995: The Web
January 1, 1995
The web
Read more1996: CMC
January 1, 1996
Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) (this is a video of the system we used at the Open University, called FirstClass)
Read more1997: Constructivism
January 1, 1997
Constructivism
Read more1998: Wikis
January 1, 1998
Wikis
Read more1999: E-learning
January 1, 1999
E-learning (This video isn’t really about e-learning but it emphasises just how different being online was in the 90s)
Read more2000: Learning Objects
January 1, 2000
Learning objects (In this video Brian Lamb really gets at the problems with LOs in his casual style)
Read more2001: E-learning standards
January 1, 2001
E-learning standards
Read more2002: LMS/VLE
January 1, 2002
The Learning Management System (LMS)/Virtual Learning Environment (I originally had this as 2004 but I shifted it earlier in the book) (This video is of a semi-famous…
Read more2003: Blogs
January 1, 2003
Blogging (This video is of Jim Groom talking about students use of blogs, which I think really gets at their potential)
Read more2004: OER
January 1, 2004
Open Educational Resources (This was originally 2002 in the blog series but I’ve swapped it around with VLEs in the book as that seems a more fitting…
Read more2005: Video
January 1, 2005
Video
Read more2006: Web 2.0
January 1, 2006
Web 2.0 (This video from Michael Wesch was very influential at the time)
Read more2007: Second Life
January 1, 2007
Second Life (This video is a follow up to an article I reference in the book)
Read more2008: E-portfolios
January 1, 2008
E-portfolios (I like the optimism and 2010 style of this video)
Read more2009: Twitter
January 1, 2009
Twitter (I’m embarrassed by this video now, but it highlights the optimism we felt back in the day).
Read more2010: Connectivism
January 1, 2010
Connectivism (Here George Siemens gives an overview of the key ideas in connectivism)
Read more2011: Personal Learning Environments (PLE)
January 1, 2011
Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) (Stephen Downes, a proponent of PLEs, gives his view of how they differ from LMSs)
Read more2012: MOOCs
January 1, 2012
MOOCs (I don’t necessarily agree with everything Daphne Koller – one of the Coursera founders – claims in this TED talk but it captures much of the…
Read more2013: Open textbooks
January 1, 2013
Open textbooks (Amanda Coolidge talks about open textbooks and the work of the BC Campus project)
Read more2014: Learning analytics
January 1, 2014
Learning analytics (My Open University colleague Rebecca Ferguson sets out the practical applications of learning analytics)
Read more2015: Digital badges
January 1, 2015
Digital Badges
Read more2016: The return of AI
January 1, 2016
Artificial Intelligence (My OU colleague gives a good overview of the possibilities and limitations of AI in education)
Read more2017: Blockchain
January 1, 2017
Blockchain (This video is an advert for a company that captures the “because it’s the blockchain” hype I think)
Read more2018: Ed Tech’s dystopian turn
January 1, 2018
Ed tech’s dystopian turn (Audrey Watters gives a good overview of trends in ed tech and their social implications)
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