Table of Contents

Contents: Preface. M.A. Shields, The Social Construction of Academic Computing. P. Lyman, Is Using a Computer Like Driving a Car, Reading a Book, or Solving a Problem? The Computer as Machine, Text, and Culture. S. Turkle, Paradoxical Reactions and Powerful Ideas: Educational Computing in a Department of Physics. W. Graves, III, Ideologies of Computerization. W.O. Beeman, Stalking the Art Historian. P. McQuillan, Computers and Pedagogy: The Invisible Presence. J.M. Nyce, G. Bader, To Move Away From Meaning: Collaboration, Consensus, and Work in a Hypermedia Project. K.T. Anderson, A.P. McClard, J. Larkin, The Social Ecology of Student Life: The Integration of Technological Innovation in a Residence Hall. M.A. Shields, The Legitimation of Academic Computing in the 1980s.

Reviews

Work and Technology in Higher Education: The Social Construction of Academic Computing, will certainly become a catalyst for re-evaluating and encouraging further research on technology and its use within educational institutions. Shields concludes the text with what I believe to be the most important and provocative chapter of the book. Anyone curious about what is happening in higher education today will be attracted to the provocative ideas in this book. This book is a lucid and thoughtful compilation that should greatly assist such an understanding.
—Education Technology Research and DevelopmentOne common theme that emerges is that it is not the computer itself but teachers' beliefs about the computer that most often head to pedagogical changes.
—Technology and Culture