Timeline: The History of CALL

Jan 8, 1940

The first demonstration of a communication of dataat a distance between New York and Hanover is achieved by Stibitz and Williams

Apr 10, 1941

Bush publishes a brief paper : "Memoranding regarding Memex", in which he describesthe target audience for his plans

Oct 25, 1943

Norbert Wiener, Arturo Rosenblueth, and Julian Bigelow publish "Behavior Purposeand Teleology" in Philosophy of Science

Oct 25, 1948

HIXON Symposium (Calthec) first expression of the divergence between the first andthe second definition of Cybernetics: science of control and/or science of autonomy.

Oct 25, 1950

Development of the military network SAGE (Semi Automatic Ground Environment)

Oct 25, 1951

Hardware : Development of the UNIVAC: a fast printer.

Oct 25, 1954

The first computer to be sold on a large scale is the IBM 650.

Oct 25, 1955

First commercial network and first database SABRE (Semi AutomaticBusiness Related Environment) by IBM

Oct 25, 1956

Birth of the first magnetic disc: the RAMAC 305 (again by IBM).

Oct 25, 1957

FORTRAN (Formula Translating) is born,

Oct 25, 1958

Development of ARPA, the (Advanced Research Projects Agency) is born in USA

Oct 25, 1959

COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language) is born.

Oct 25, 1960

CALL was started from PLATO project

Oct 25, 1960

The Stony Brook "Experiment" in New York gathers speed.

Period: Oct 25, 1960 to Oct 25, 2001

The History of CALL

Oct 25, 1962

Douglas Engelbart starts introducing the notions of interactivity, interface and the mouse

Oct 1, 1970

the arrival of PC (personal computer)

he history of CALL was started from PLATO project, initiated at the University of Illinois. This is an important landmark in the early of CALL.

Oct 25, 1971

MITRE submits a proposal to the National Science Foundation to develop the TICCITsystem

Oct 25, 1972

TICCIT Project. Development of hardware, software, courseware and ancillary materials

Sep 25, 1974

Initial testing of TICCIT courseware begins at NorthernVirginia Community College and Phoenix College.

Oct 25, 1975

Full-scale use of TICCIT Maths and English begins at BYU

Oct 25, 1976

TICCIT is evaluated by the Educational Testing Service along with the University of Illinois PLATO System.

Oct 25, 1977

Dr. Frank Otto begins development of an English as a Second Language course

Oct 25, 1978

Creation of foreign language courseware using the TICCIT rule

Oct 25, 1980

practices associated with programmed instruction.

Oct 25, 1980

Leech & Candlin (eds) publish Computers in ELT andResearch,

Oct 25, 1981

Rex Last appointed Professor of Modern Languages

Oct 25, 1981

Dr.Duncan Macrae-Gibson creates course of Old English

Oct 25, 1981

Gavin Bell ran a course for several years on Basic programming

Oct 25, 1982

Publication of CALL.workshop at Jordanhill College of Education by John Higgins

Oct 25, 1983

Digital Equipment Corporation publishes history of computer-based education.

Oct 25, 1983

Hazeltine announces MicroTICCIT,

Oct 25, 1984

CALL forms of the beginners' course designed by Gordon Burgess

Oct 25, 1984

Frank Halasz and Randall Trigg invent Notecards

Oct 25, 1985

Stewart Reid Make strong case for the widedistribution

Oct 25, 1985

Development of INTERMEDIA by a team of Brown University

Oct 25, 1986

SCETALL Conference at the University of Aberdeen on CALL

Oct 25, 1986

Five day Conference on Computers in Modern Languages

Oct 25, 1987

HyperCard was developed

Oct 25, 1988

Internet Relay Chat is designed by Jarkko Oikarinen

Nov 25, 1988

The first EUROCALL constitution is written

Oct 25, 1990

at CERN, the World Wide Web is born.

Oct 25, 1991

The email discussion group, TESL-L is founded

Oct 25, 1992

Internet hits 1million users.

Oct 25, 1993

John Higgins launches postgraduate degree course in CALL and TESOL

Oct 25, 1993

CALL components: e-mail, web for language learning,software etc

Oct 25, 1993

Beginning of TELL consortium in the UK.

Oct 25, 1993

EUROCALL conference in HULL

Oct 25, 1994

Pentium (P54C: 130 MHz) was introduced.

Oct 25, 1995

Introduction of Windows '95

Oct 25, 1996

Pennington publishes "The power of CALL".

Oct 25, 1997

First issue of the e-journal, 'Language Learning & Technology

Oct 25, 1998

The ICT4LT starts. This stands for ICT for Language Teachers

Oct 25, 1998

The Hot Potatoes was developed

Oct 25, 2000

The first demonstration of a communication of dataat a distance between New York and Hanover is achieved by Stibitz and Williams

Bush publishes a brief paper : "Memoranding regarding Memex", in which he describesthe target audience for his plans

Norbert Wiener, Arturo Rosenblueth, and Julian Bigelow publish "Behavior Purposeand Teleology" in Philosophy of Science

HIXON Symposium (Calthec) first expression of the divergence between the first andthe second definition of Cybernetics: science of control and/or science of autonomy.

Development of the military network SAGE (Semi Automatic Ground Environment)

Hardware : Development of the UNIVAC: a fast printer.

The first computer to be sold on a large scale is the IBM 650.

First commercial network and first database SABRE (Semi AutomaticBusiness Related Environment) by IBM

Birth of the first magnetic disc: the RAMAC 305 (again by IBM).

FORTRAN (Formula Translating) is born,

Development of ARPA, the (Advanced Research Projects Agency) is born in USA

COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language) is born.

CALL was started from PLATO project

The Stony Brook "Experiment" in New York gathers speed.

The History of CALL

Douglas Engelbart starts introducing the notions of interactivity, interface and the mouse

the arrival of PC (personal computer)

MITRE submits a proposal to the National Science Foundation to develop the TICCITsystem

TICCIT Project. Development of hardware, software, courseware and ancillary materials

Initial testing of TICCIT courseware begins at NorthernVirginia Community College and Phoenix College.

Full-scale use of TICCIT Maths and English begins at BYU

TICCIT is evaluated by the Educational Testing Service along with the University of Illinois PLATO System.

Dr. Frank Otto begins development of an English as a Second Language course

Creation of foreign language courseware using the TICCIT rule

practices associated with programmed instruction.

Leech & Candlin (eds) publish Computers in ELT andResearch,

Rex Last appointed Professor of Modern Languages

Dr.Duncan Macrae-Gibson creates course of Old English

Gavin Bell ran a course for several years on Basic programming

Publication of CALL.workshop at Jordanhill College of Education by John Higgins

Digital Equipment Corporation publishes history of computer-based education.

Hazeltine announces MicroTICCIT,

CALL forms of the beginners' course designed by Gordon Burgess

Frank Halasz and Randall Trigg invent Notecards

Stewart Reid Make strong case for the widedistribution

Development of INTERMEDIA by a team of Brown University

SCETALL Conference at the University of Aberdeen on CALL

Five day Conference on Computers in Modern Languages

HyperCard was developed

Internet Relay Chat is designed by Jarkko Oikarinen

The first EUROCALL constitution is written

at CERN, the World Wide Web is born.

The email discussion group, TESL-L is founded

Internet hits 1million users.

John Higgins launches postgraduate degree course in CALL and TESOL

CALL components: e-mail, web for language learning,software etc

Beginning of TELL consortium in the UK.

EUROCALL conference in HULL

Pentium (P54C: 130 MHz) was introduced.

Introduction of Windows '95

Pennington publishes "The power of CALL".

First issue of the e-journal, 'Language Learning & Technology

The ICT4LT starts. This stands for ICT for Language Teachers

The Hot Potatoes was developed

ReCALL published by Cambridge University Press.

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