University of Illinois created PLATO in 1962, a system that could be used ‘to develop and deliver computer-based education’. (Kidd, 2010)

PLATO stood for Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations and was operational until 2006

References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLATO_(computer_system)
• Kidd, T., 2010, ‘Historical Perspectives of E-Learning’, in “Online education and Adult Learning”, ed. Terry Kidd, New York: Hearshey, pp. 46-53