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

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. see PLATO video:    • Computer History: 1966  PLATO Computer Aid...   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. With thanks to SpeakeasyArchives for film restoration. http://www.speakeasyarchives.com “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:    • 1960's PLATO Computer System - Computer Ai...   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.