Donald D. Bushnell

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Don Bushnell - worked for System Development Corporation in Santa Monica, CA. Don Bushnell / SDC which one of the contracting agencies involved with developing the MGM program. 

System Development Corporation is in the docs say: 
System Development Corporation Gowan / Bushnell -. Educational and Psychological Measurement-1965-Coleman-943-4 (1) pdf 
(Harold Borko of SDC did a book review for Gifted Child Quarterly, GCQ) 

Links Harold Borko and Don Bushnell: 
link to oai.dtic.mil ] 

System Development Corporation Wiki: 
link to en.wikipedia.org ] 
(Look up significant contributions) 

Article on Outcome Based Systems - referencing D. Bushnell: 
link to www.ourcivilisation.com ] 

A list of books and articles by D. Bushnell: 
link to catalog.hathitrust.org ] 

The Effects of Electronic Data Processing in Future Instructional Systems: 
link to www.dtic.mil ] 
(Look for Attitude Changing Machines, page 3) 

Link to info on D.Bushnell w / Fielding: 
link to giving.fielding.edu ] 

Technology and Education: 
link to books.google.com ] 

Computer Assisted Learning: 
link to rer.sagepub.com ] 
(Look for Psychological Experimentation) 

Annotated Bibliography on the Design of Instructional Systems: 
link to www.dtic.mil ] 
(Report for the Chief of Research and Development, Dept. of the Army -. Harold Barko mentioned) 

Computer-based simulation - in Education: 
link to www.springerlink.com ] 
(Can not read entire article) 

Appreciation of C.West Churchman: 
link to projects.isss.org ] 
(Look at About the Author, references Bushnell) 

Educational Data Processing: 
link to oai.dtic.mil ] 

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Dr. Don Bushnell 
Professor Emeritus, Institute for Social Innovation 
Fielding Graduate University, Fielding Graduate University 
Santa Barbara, CA, USA 
Past President of the Association for Educational Data Systems and Founding Dean of the School of Human and Organization Development at Fielding Graduate University. Currently reviewer for the OD Practitioner Journal and the Journal of Transformative Education. Publications: "The Computer in American Education" and "The Arts, Education, and Urban Subcultures." Awards: "Lifetime Achievement Award, The Sociological Practice Association." Consultant to the White House Conference on Youth, the National Council on Civil Rights, and the National Teacher's Corp.. Received MA and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1974/77. Currently member of the OD Network and Board Member of the Global Service Corp.. 

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Oct 25, 2012, 6:15:37 PM10/25/12
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Donald D Bushnell did a study called: 


The Effects of Electronic Data Processing in Future Instructional Systems 

This study was reproduced for the Defense Documentation Center 

link to www.dtic.mil ] 

Don Bushnell worked for System Development Corporation, Santa Monica, CA - in 1963 

I'm still in the process of reading, but this popped out almost immediately: 

On Page 3 - last paragraph 

Another area of ​​potential development in computer applications is the attitudechanging machine. Dr. Bertram Raven in the Psychology Department at the 
University of California at YOS Angeles, is in the process of building a computer-based device for changing attitudes. ** This device will work on the principle 
that students' attitudes can be changed by using the Socratic Effectively 
method of asking for Appropriate series of leading questions logically designed 
to right the balance between Appropriate attitudes and those deemed less 
acceptable. For instance, after first deterministic mining a student's constellation 
of attitudes through Appropriate testing procedures, the machine would calculate Which attitudes are out of phase And which of these are amenable to change. 
If the student was opposed to foreign trade, for example, and a Favorable disposition were sought, the machine would select to Appropriate series of statements and questions organized to right the imbalance in the student's attitudes. 

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Oct 25, 2012, 6:16:40 PM10/25/12
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Don B Bushnell and System Development Corporation, Santa Monica: 

link to en.wikipedia.org ] 

Defense Advanced Research Project Agency: 

link to en.wikipedia.org ] 

Read the Early History of DARPA. 

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Oct 27, 2012, 5:03:46 PM10/27/12
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Link between DARPA and System Development Corporation

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System Development Corporation evolved out of the System Development Division of the RAND Corporation.

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