Learning by Computer 1966 Project SOCRATES Illinois University Urbana school education IBM C AI

Описание: Computer History 1966: This rare film shows “SOCRATES," a Computer Assisted Instruction system developed at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. “SOCRATES” stood for “System for Organizing Content to Review And Teach Educational Subjects.” The SOCRATES system included specialized student terminals connected to a central IBM computer, which provided highly adaptive individualized instruction to several students simultaneously. One of the first computer aided learning systems at a university campus. Followed by the PLATO system, and others.
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This brief excerpt is from the film: The “Process of Communication” (circa 1966), by the University of Illinois. Uploaded for educational and historical value and comment only.

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“PLATO” computerized learning system (Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations) an early computer-assisted instruction system, started in 1960. It ran on the University of Illinois' ILLIAC I computer. In 1971, Control Data Corporation (CDC) purchased the PLATO rights and invested heavily I PLATO support and expansion.

TOPICS INCLUDE:
University of Illinois, Urban-Champaign
PLATO Learning Computer
SOCRATES Project, Computer Assisted Learning
Computer Aided Learning
Computer Aided Instruction
Computer Assisted Instruction
Automatic Classroom
SPIE = Self-programmed individualized Education (1966)
preprogrammed self-instruction (PSI)
PLATO (Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations)
ILLIAC computer, CDC PLATO
Donald Bitzer

See also: PLATO video:
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Academic Publication Reference title: “Project SOCRATES: a flexible research facility to be used in studies of preprogrammed self-instruction (PSI) and self-programmed individualized education (SPIE), Final Report. Author: Lawrence M. Stolurow, Illinois University Training and Research, 1966, Urbana Illinois.