The History of CALL: The late 70s

Talia Jocelyn Caballero Verdienes

Saida Soraya Cerda Abundis

The late 70s: The realease of the Mini

and the Start of the Micro

1970:

DELPHI

1971:

E-mail

1972:

8-BIT 8008 chip

1973:

The first microcomputer

1974:

First issue of Oregon

Interactive discovery learning

The late 70s: David meets Goliath, The years of Apple and Microsoft

First OS for computers

1975:

microprocessors

1976:

Apple computer

1978:

First hypermedia system

The late 70s: Floppies, videodiscs and theBeginning of intelligence

1978:

TRANSPAC

1979:

UTAH

Interactive Discovery learning

•Theory applied to math and science

•Argues that communicative skills can be achieved through interactive learning

• First American national conference on Computer Learning– OCDE announces its favor of information

learning

1970Development of DELPHI chip by Intel

1971

• The invention of the e-mail by Ray Tomlison

• Intel introduced the 4004 microprocessor in 1969 by Ted Hoff, S. Mazor and F. Fagin

• Development of the Computer display Theory by David Merril

• The CDT was applied to CAI in all disciplines

1972

• The introduction of the 8- bit 8008 bit by Phillips

1973

• The first microcomputer : 8008 based on Scelbi 8-H

• The first journal system was published in Minnesota : MECC

1974

• First issue of Oregon Computing Teacher Magazine (The Computing Teacher)– “Teaching children to read using a computer”-

Richard Atkinson

First OS

• Control Program for Microcomputers (CPM)• MICROSOFT- created by Paul Allen & William

Gates• Under stewardship of Graham Davies, School of

Language Studies in Ealing College of Higher Education

• National Center for Computer Assisted Language (NCCALL)– Major role in Great Britain– Publishes first British newsletter of CALL

1975

• Altair 8800, Zilog Z80, Z80, MOS 6502, Motorola 6800 microprocessors

• Altair- microcomputer kit • first using BASIC

• Basic Instruction Program (BIP) is born

1976

• Wilkins publishes Notional Syllabuses

• Apple Computer is formed• Texas instruments

• TMS9000-first 16-bit microprocessor

• Control data corporation markets PLATO system as commercial product

1978

• First hypermedia system, ASPEN Movie Map, developed by Andrew Lippman (MIT)

• Release of 8088 by INTEL- commercial success

• OSI model: Open Systems Interconnexion

1978

• TRANSPAC (Transmission par Paquets) by DGT

• First high speed communication network in France

• MicroPro- first word processor• Apple & Radio Shack announces 51/45

inch floppy disc drive• Widdowson releases “Teaching Language

as Communication”• Munby releases Communicative Syllabus

Design

1979

• Utah State University ties Apple to videodisc for CAI

• Micromodems come out & Ethernet connections begin

• INTEL introduces 8088-heart of IBM PC

• Hard disc systems added to micros

• Compuserve is created

• Smalltalk language invented

• Les 10,000 micros project in France• Secondary schools equipped with machines and

teacher training starts• Brumfit & Johnson publish “The Communicative

Approach to Language Teaching”• Tim Johns- writes first program for mainframe

computers at University of Brimingham- Jumbler• ADA language created by Jean Ichbiah in

France

• The end ….