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A news report in 1965 looked at ‘programmed learning machines’ which aimed to utilise technology and assist individual learning.

Programmed learning is characterised by self-paced, self-administered instruction presented in a logical sequence.

Clip taken from BBC News, originally broadcast on BBC One, Tuesday 7 September, 1965.

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25 comments

@paulrayner9567 October 15, 2024 - 10:08 pm
Pressing buttons,,now they are pressing tiktok
@wisteela October 15, 2024 - 10:08 pm
That was rather ahead of it's time. Cost would have been why they didn't take off.
@newmankidman5763 October 15, 2024 - 10:08 pm
In 2009, laptops were introduced to my school, and parents had to pay for them, but students were not allowed to take them home. We would be messaging other students sitting next to us or behind us :)
@fburton8 October 15, 2024 - 10:08 pm
And the cleverest children got to meet the Krotons in the back room.
@mid-walesrover681 October 15, 2024 - 10:08 pm
Reminds me of my 1960s tech grammar school's language laboratory where we sat in little booths with a tape recorder and headphones trying to learn french. Did they disappear with the advent of the PC?
@TopOfThePopsFan October 15, 2024 - 10:08 pm
I spent years learning pounds shillings and pence. Then we went decimal just before I left.😂
@djmull63 October 15, 2024 - 10:08 pm
I recall using a similar machine at primary school in the early 70,s
@davidpanton3192 October 15, 2024 - 10:08 pm
3:40 Looks like she wants to say 'When you press the wrong button the floor opens up beneath you'.
@effess8698 October 15, 2024 - 10:08 pm
The calculating machines on the desks that look like a cross between a typewriter and an old style telephone are (or appear to be) Monroe mechanical calculators. Monroe is a company that was founded in the 1920s and the brand still exists. They produced a range of similar machines.

The actual screen device is (appears to be) an Empirical AutoTutor Mark 2. An interesting device that could run different lessons stored on reels called TutorFilms.

Yeah I googled that. There are loads of retro/vintage computing websites with more details of both machines.
@petergivenbless900 October 15, 2024 - 10:08 pm
No wonder that poor teacher looks like a zombie; having to listen to the cacophony of incessant click-clacking all day! Who needs textbooks when an overcomplicated slide projector can be given to each student?
@Flowerpotmen October 15, 2024 - 10:08 pm
As I remember they were called auto tutors , you loaded a reel of film into the machine and a light bulb would project an image onto the screen depending on which of the buttons you pressed, if you left it on one image for too long the film would melt, they were still being used in 1975 at my school, what a load of junk, a failed experiment and we were the guinea pigs.
@BusyBusyPanda October 15, 2024 - 10:08 pm
Why do the British call teenagers children? Is this a cultural thing? Do they infantilize them as insults? I just don't understand it.
@DeannaAllison October 15, 2024 - 10:08 pm
Pretty impressive for the time.
@532bluepeter1 October 15, 2024 - 10:08 pm
What utter junk. A complete waste of money. I don't suppose that the machines survived long. Attrition due to vandalism would have rendered them unworkable in a short time.
@syedalamgir5838 October 15, 2024 - 10:08 pm
Wonderful work
@bonnetdedouche437 October 15, 2024 - 10:08 pm
That's not a classroom. That's a pachinko hall.
@peterharvey1762 October 15, 2024 - 10:08 pm
Those machines were dear 😮 £22k in 1965 is = to £300k nearly today 😮
@whiteonggoy7009 October 15, 2024 - 10:08 pm
She sounds like maggie thatcher😊
@subswithoutvids-dw6dv October 15, 2024 - 10:08 pm
Where are those machines now?
@mrlotusmic October 15, 2024 - 10:08 pm
Now, all the girls have hearing aids after taking their early O’levels.
@MrJakeTucker October 15, 2024 - 10:08 pm
I was hoping to hear what the name of the system was. Unless I missed it.
@FordPrefect-Earth October 15, 2024 - 10:08 pm
The maths teacher was straight from horror movie central casting.
@lemdixon01 October 15, 2024 - 10:08 pm
This was before the invasion
@videogamebookreviews October 15, 2024 - 10:08 pm
"Would you like to do all your lessons all the time on the machines?" 3:50
"No, because I wouldn't be able to hear myself think."
@pit_stop77 October 15, 2024 - 10:08 pm
Teacher shortage in 1965? Some things never change 😂

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