The purpose of this paper is to trace in general outlines the historical events which influenced the development of the present state-of-the-art of computer assisted instruction (CAI).
The scope of this historical overview includes the salient contributions from the several scientific and engineering disciplines which made CAI possible during the late 1950s.
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