Applied Learning Technologies Institute

Applied Learning Technologies Institute

"The Arizona State University, University Technology Office, Applied Learning Technologies Institute is dedicated to the advancement of higher education through research, collaboration, and action. The Institute brings together faculty, researchers, students, and professionals, working hand in hand with programmers, engineers, designers, and support staff, toward a common goal; ensuring the success of all learners."

MERLOT - Educational Resource

Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching.

MERLOT - Educational Resource

Find peer reviewed online teaching and learning materials. Share advice and expertise about education with expert colleagues. Be recognized for your contributions to quality education.

MERLOT is a leading edge, user-centered, searchable collection of peer reviewed , higher education, online learning materials created by registered members, and a set of faculty development support services.

Recording Technology History

Recording Technology History

1877 - Edison made the first recording of a human voice ("Mary had a little lamb") on the first tinfoil cylinder phonograph Dec. 6 (the word "Halloo" may have been recorded in July on an early paper model derived from his 1876 telegraph repeater) and filed for an American patent Dec. 24. John Kruesi built this first practical machine Dec. 1-6 from a sketch given to him by Edison that was made Nov. 29 (not on "Aug. 12″ that Edison mistakenly wrote on another sketch in 1917).

When Kruesi heard Edison's first words Dec. 6, he exclaimed "Gott in Himmel!" (but these words for "God in Heaven" were not recorded and thus have been forgotten). Others before Edison had tried to record sound, but Edison and his tinfoil phonograph were the first to succeed.