Long before the advent of personal computers, inventors and researchers created what they called “teaching machines” in hopes of revolutionizing education. Some of these creations date back to the ...

From the 1920s American psychologists experimented with teaching using machines. Inspired, in part, by the expansion of schooling, especially at the secondary level; the success of paper-and-pencil ...

Education technology has come a long way from the very first attempts a century ago. This week, we’ll explore the history of teaching machines. Today we think nothing of seeing laptops and iPads in ...

Is the “teaching machine” an ugly ogre? Does it promise new blessing or new burden for the Church’s task in the world? Whichever your answer, the arrival of the teaching machine for auto-instruction ...