<s>
The	O
IBM	B-Device
1500	I-Device
instructional	O
system	O
was	O
introduced	O
by	O
IBM	O
on	O
March	O
31	O
,	O
1966	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
primary	O
purpose	O
was	O
to	O
implement	O
Computer	O
Assisted	O
Instruction	O
(	O
CAI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
around	O
either	O
an	O
IBM	B-Device
1130	I-Device
or	O
an	O
IBM	B-Device
1800	I-Device
computer	O
,	O
it	O
supported	O
up	O
to	O
32	O
student	O
work	O
stations	O
,	O
each	O
with	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
audiovisual	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seeded	O
by	O
a	O
research	O
grant	O
in	O
1964	O
from	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Department	O
of	O
Education	O
to	O
the	O
Institute	O
for	O
Mathematical	O
Studies	O
in	O
the	O
Social	O
Sciences	O
at	O
Stanford	O
University	O
,	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
1500	I-Device
CAI	O
system	O
was	O
initially	O
prototyped	O
at	O
the	O
Brentwood	O
Elementary	O
School	O
(	O
Ravenswood	O
City	O
School	O
District	O
)	O
in	O
East	O
Palo	O
Alto	O
,	O
California	O
by	O
Dr.	O
Patrick	O
Suppes	O
of	O
Stanford	O
University	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
production	O
IBM	B-Device
1500	I-Device
system	O
was	O
shipped	O
to	O
Stanford	O
University	O
in	O
August	O
1967	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Preliminary	O
versions	O
of	O
course	O
materials	O
that	O
educators	O
could	O
use	O
with	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
1500	I-Device
were	O
developed	O
by	O
Science	O
Research	O
Associates	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
an	O
IBM	O
subsidiary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
educational	O
programming	O
on	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
1500	I-Device
system	O
was	O
done	O
in	O
the	O
specialized	O
computer	O
programming	O
language	O
called	O
Coursewriter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IBM	B-Device
1500	I-Device
system	O
and	O
its	O
learning	O
environment	O
was	O
a	O
modern	O
step	O
in	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
virtual	O
learning	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
The	O
IBM	B-Device
1500	I-Device
Instructional	O
System	O
was	O
the	O
only	O
commercial	O
system	O
produced	O
by	O
a	O
single	O
manufacturer	O
that	O
had	O
an	O
integrated	O
student	O
terminal	O
configuration	O
providing	O
a	O
keyboard	O
and	O
light	O
pen	O
response	O
mode	O
,	O
CRT-based	O
graphics	O
,	O
audio	O
,	O
and	O
static	O
film	O
projection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
retrospect	O
,	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
1500	I-Device
System	O
had	O
capabilities	O
yet	O
to	O
be	O
supported	O
on	O
the	O
microcomputer	O
systems	O
of	O
the	O
1980s.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Computer	O
Assisted	O
Instruction	O
(	O
CAI	O
)	O
Division	O
of	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Army	O
Signal	O
Center	O
and	O
School	O
(	O
USASCS	O
)	O
at	O
Fort	O
Monmouth	O
,	O
New	O
Jersey	O
evaluated	O
CAI	O
's	O
success	O
in	O
teaching	O
basic	O
electronics	O
by	O
using	O
material	O
presented	O
in	O
the	O
tutorial	O
mode	O
on	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
1500	I-Device
System	O
,	O
utilizing	O
the	O
IBM	O
Coursewriter	O
language	O
,	O
an	O
IBM	O
1510	O
Display	O
Console	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
IBM	O
1512	O
Image	O
Projector	O
.	O
</s>
