Brian Dear - PLATO Turns 50

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DATE : Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 CST
Entered in Database : 2010-01-15 06:00:00
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of PLATO, the pioneering educational courseware system that was also, for certain lucky individuals at certain universities, a preview of an online culture -- one that many others would not encounter for decades to come. In this conversation with host Jon Udell, PLATO historian Brian Dear recalls what it was like to experience an early distribution of a future that was, and in some ways still remains, unevenly distributed.

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