Plato

PLATO, an apronym for Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operation, was one of the first generalized Computer assisted instruction systems, originally built by the University of Illinois (U of I) and later taken over by Control Data (CDC), who provided the machines it ran on. PLATO ran for many years at the U of I, but William Norris's plans to make it a major force in the computing world and a keystone of corporate social responsibility failed. Although the project was economically a failure and supplanted by other technologies when it was finally turned off in the 1990s, PLATO nevertheless pioneered key concepts such as online forums and message boards, online testing, email, chat rooms, picture languages, instant messaging, remote screen sharing, and multiplayer online games.

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Computer assisted instruction: Computer Assisted Instruction refers to a system of educational instruction performed almost entirely by computer. Such systems typically incorporate functions such as:...

University of Illinois: The University of Illinois is the set of three public universities in Illinois. These schools are taxpayer-subsidized institutions of higher learning. B. Joseph White is the current president of the university....

Plato related Images and Photos (experimental)

Dana Plato	In Plato's "Republic" Socrates Likens Mankind to Prisoners in a Cave	Plato and His Disciples in the Garden of the Academy from "La Vie Des Savants Illustres"	Plato and His Disciples in the Garden of the Academy from "La Vie Des Savants Illustres"
Diogenes and Plato Illustration from 'Hutchinson's History of the Nations' 1915