Artifact Details

Title

PLATO@50: Seeing the Future Through the Past Conference

Catalog Number

102702356

Type

Moving image

Date

2010-06-03

Participants

Bitzer, Donald L., Speaker

Dear, Brian, Speaker

Markoff, John, Speaker

Ozzie, Ray, Speaker

Publisher

Computer History Museum

Place of Publication

Mountain View, California

Format

Low resolution video file

Description

On June 3, 2010, the Computer History Museum hosted a 6-session conference on the PLATO learning system.

Session 1: A Culture of Innovation: What Don Bitzer Wrought
Session 2: Innovations in Hardware: Mission-based Developments Led Other Places
Session 3: PLATO Software: Driven by a Clear, Compelling Challenge
Session 4: Online Education & Courseware: Lessons Learned, Insights Gleaned
Session 5: PLATO Games: An Early, Robust Community of Multiplayer, Online Games
Session 6: An Early Online Community: People Plus Computing Grows Communities

Subject

PLATO; University of Illinois; Bitzer, Donald L.; Control Data Corporation (CDC); Charles Babbage Institute; teaching; Education; gas-plasma; Human-computer interaction