World War II
- military personnel had to be quickly trained on thousands of
tasks critical for survival
- mediated Instruction
- training films, still photos, audio recordings, transparencies,
slides, instructional simulations
- Division of Visuals Aids for War Training within the U.S.
Office of Education
produced:
- 457 sound motion pictures
- 432 silent filmstrips
- 457 instructors' manuals
- predisposing the military toward innovative instructional systems
concepts
Edgar Dale (1946)
- developed the Cone
of Experience. The purpose of
the cone was to provide a visual example of various teaching
levels and materials
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