Relevant Documents (before 1999)
(Ordered alphabetically by title. Please note that these papers do not reside on ACT server, so their accessibility cannot be guaranteed.)Community-based Research in the United States by Richard E. Sclove, Madeleine L. Scammell, and Breena Holland. Report, with case studies. Loka Institute, July 22, 1998. (PDF format. Abstract available also in HTML.)
A Cost/Performance Model for Assessing WWW Service Investments by Peter A. Bloniarz and Kai R. Larsen. Report for the Center for Technology in Government, 1997. (PDF format, 53 pages)
A Different Course: For Many People, College Will No Longer Be a Specific Place, or a Specific Time by Robert Cwiklik. Wall Street Journal Online, November 16, 1998. (HTML format)
Fostering Research on the Economic and Social Impacts of Computing and Communications: Report of a Workshop, National Academy of Sciences, September 1998. (HTML format. Also available as image and hard-copy publication)
The Net Generation and the Digital Divide. Don Tapscott's keynote presentation to the Washington conference Connecting all Americans for the 21st Century" (RealAudio format). February 25, 1998. Transcript of excerpts is also available. (HTML format)
Rural America Glimpses a Digital Future by Jason Chervokas and Tom Watson.The New York Times: Cyber Times, August 29, 1997. (HTML format, free subscription required)
Six Challenges for Educational Technology by Christopher Dede. Draft paper for the 1998 ACSD Yearbook. (PDF format)
Technology Counts: Schools and Reform in the Information Age. Report by the Education Week on the Web, November 10, 1997. (HTML format)
Web Pioneers Lay Foundations for Cyber-Communities by Jonathan Weber. CNN Interactive, September 11, 1997. (HTML format)
