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Accession Number:
AD0623526
Title:
THE USES OF PLATO: A COMPUTER-CONTROLLED TEACHING SYSTEM
Corporate Author:
ILLINOIS UNIV AT URBANA COORDINATED SCIENCE LAB
Report Date:
1965-10-01
Abstract:
The use of a high-speed digital computer as a central control element provides great flexibility in an automatic teaching system. Using a computer- based system permits versatility in teaching logics since changing the type of teacher merely requires changing the computer program, not the hardware. In addition, having access to the decision-making capacity of a large computer located as one unit permits complicated decisions to be made for each student. Such capacity would be prohibitively expensive to provide by means of decisionmaking equipment located at each student station. The results of exploratory queuing studies show that the system could teach as many as a thousand students simultaneously without incurring a noticeable delay for any students request. The educational results thus far have been extremely encouraging. However, reliable conclusions on educational achievement must await the results of more thorough experiments now in progress which include larger numbers of students learning under a variety of conditions. The adaptability and useability of the system for a variety of purposes in education and the behavioral and physical sciences have been clearly demonstrated.
Supplementary Note:
DOI: 10.21236/AD0623526
Pages:
0034
Distribution Statement:
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Contract Number:
DA-28- 043-AMC-00073E
Contract Number 2:
NONR-398508
File Size:
2.04MB
