Donald Bitzer
| Donald Bitzer | |
|---|---|
| Nascimento | 1 de janeiro de 1934 |
| Morte | |
| Nacionalidade |  Estadunidense |
| Carreira científica | |
| Campo(s) | Engenharia |
Donald Bitzer (East St. Louis, 1 de janeiro de 1934 – Cary, 10 de dezembro de 2024) foi um engenheiro estadunidense.
Inventor da tela de plasma e reconhecido como "pai do PLATO", dedicou-se a melhorar a produtividade em sala de aula mediante a utilização de tecnologias computacionais e de telecomunicações.[1] cience at North Carolina State University.
Morte
Ele morreu em casa em Cary, Carolina do Norte em 10 de dezembro de 2024, aos 90 anos.[2]
Referências
- ↑ «Título ainda não informado (favor adicionar)». www.engr.ncsu.edu. Consultado em 18 de agosto de 2011. Arquivado do original em 30 de dezembro de 2007
- ↑ hhackford (12 de dezembro de 2024). «In Memoriam: Donald Bitzer, 1934–2024». CHM (em inglês). Consultado em 15 de dezembro de 2024
Ligações externas
- Home Page
- Two oral history interviews with Donald L. Bitzer, Instituto Charles Babbage, University of Minnesota. Bitzer discusses his relationship with Control Data Corporation (CDC) during the development of PLATO, a computer-assisted instruction system. He describes the interest in PLATO of Harold Brooks, a CDC salesman and his help in procuring a 1604 computer for Bitzer's use. Bitzer recalls the commercialization of PLATO by CDC and his disagreements with CDC over marketing strategy and the creation of courseware for PLATO.
- Oral history interview with Thomas Muir Gallie, Instituto Charles Babbage, University of Minnesota. Gallie, a program officer at the National Science Foundation (NSF), describes the impact of Don Bitzer and the PLATO system.
- Oral history interview with Robert E. Morris, Instituto Charles Babbage, University of Minnesota. Morris describes his work with the PLATO computer-assisted education system and outlines the interaction and technology transfer that occurred between the University of Illinois and Control Data Corporation.
- University of Illinois Computer-based Education Research Laboratory PLATO Reports, PLATO Documents, and CERL Progress Reports, Instituto Charles Babbage, University of Minnesota. Archival collection contains internal reports and external reports and publications related to the development of PLATO and the operations of University of Illinois's CERL.
- Control Data Corporation records. Computer-based education, Instituto Charles Babbage, University of Minnesota. Computer-Based Education (CBE) series documents CDC’s objective to create, market and distribute PLATO courseware internally within various CDC departments and divisions, and externally.
