Computer-mediated communication is an increasingly familiar part of the educational experiences of students from elementary school through graduate school. This is not surprising, because electronic mail, bulletin boards, ...

New information technologies–such as computers, high-capacity, random-access data storage devices, tools for graphics creation and display, audio and video recorders, and communication networks–have altered the ways we ...

This session involved brief presentations followed by active use of computers and various technology programs by participants and presenters. Approximately thirty participants attended and had opportunities to experiment ...

Review of Computers and the Collaborative Experience of Learning, by Charles Crook (Routledge, 1994). The book provides a systematic framework for thinking about computer in education, and methodological tools for those ...

This paper surveys five broad areas in which important and dramatic changes are occurring today. The first concerns democracy, and in particular, the issue of universal literacy; the second relates to work, with a focus ...

Despite the emphasis in recent reading research on comprehension strategies, applications, and interpretations, a focus on reading often leads to highlighting reading as a set of skills rather than as a tool for inquiry ...

This essay questions the commonly-held view that computer technology is a tool that will in and of itself improve education, and ultimately ameliorate social ills. The common view stems from the belief that technology and ...