Etymology

The term edutainment was used as early as 1948 by The Walt Disney Company to describe the True Life Adventures series.[citation needed].

The noun edutainment is a neologistic portmanteau used by Robert Heyman in 1973 while producing documentaries for the National Geographic Society.[1] It was also used by Dr. Chris Daniels in 1975 to encapsulate the theme of his Millennium Project. This project later became known as The Elysian World Project.[citation needed]

Edutainment can be used to describe various learning modules.