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History of Teaching Machines
- philliphaydon 8y agoAH Thanks for sharing this. SUPER fascinating. I've always loved B.F. Skinner (1955) after I learned about pigeon superstition from the intro to Mr Nobody. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye5D1qdTh4Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye5D1qdTh4Q
- divan 8y agoMake sure you’ve watched Mind Field episode about replicating Skinner Box experiment on humans. (It’s probably for YouTube Premium accounts only, but really worth it) https://youtu.be/BR-eMMCp7tg https://youtu.be/BR-eMMCp7tg
- philliphaydon 8y agoThanks for the heads up.
- aequitas 8y agoWasn't expecting to see Sesame street on the list. You could indeed argue its a system for broadcasting information to young children. But by that definition would a teacher with a standardized textbook not apply as well (only less technologically advanced as it uses paper instead of radio waves)? I fondly remember the first time I did a computerized spelling exercise at school. Especially in what I didn't learn (spelling) and what I did (Windows 1.0 when I minimized the application and started clicking around).
- sandworm101 8y agoIf sesame street is in, then every puppet or shadow show going back to prehistory is also a teaching machine.
- samnwa 8y agoWell no, Sesame Street was explicitly designed for engaging and teaching young children. Significant research and testing went into production to validate.
- cardamomo 8y agoIn case it's not clear from the timeline, this is part of a larger project by Audrey Watters, writer of the fantastic Hack Education blog (http://hackeducation.com/ http://hackeducation.com/). Teaching Machines is the title of her forthcoming book, to be published by MIT Press.