This paper discusses the definitions and evolution of instructional technology in America and Malaysia. The paper begins with the definitions of instructional technology and its development from the 1920s to the present, and how it relates with the development of ICT at Sultan Idris Education University Malaysia. The Sultan Idris Education University is the first Teacher Training College started by the British in 1922, where instructional technology began with visual instruction in 1922, and later in 2002 developed a course in instructional design and technology in the undergraduate and post graduate teacher training program. The influence of ICT is affecting the direction of instructional technology throughout Malaysia.