1: The Paradox of Computers. - Power and Frailty. - The Trivial Uses of Potential Power. - Intense Responses to Emotional Neutrality. - The Lowly Art of Using High Technology. - Friendly Words and Unfriendly Language. - Inaccurate Precision. - Economic Paradoxes of Computerization. - Social Paradoxes of Computerization. - The Ideological Flavor of Computerization. - Using a Computer for Word Processing. - Janus Computers and Community Education. - 2: Computers and Gender. - Gender Bias in Learning about Computers. - Factors in the Gender Imbalance of Computer Use. - Girls and Computers. - Redressing the Gender Imbalance. - Women Learning about Computers. - Computers for Women in New Zealand. - A Women's Technology Training Workshop in Britain. - The Women's Computer Literacy Project in the United States. - Other Ways of Encouraging Women to Use Computers. - 3: Computers and Informal Learning. - Why Learn by Computers?. - Why Learn about Computers?. - A Cautious Approach to Computer Literacy. - Computers and Adult Basic Education. - Using Computer Programs in Adult Literacy. - Using Computer Programs in Adult Numeracy. - Using Computer Programs in Health Education. - Other Uses of Computer Programs in Adult Basic Education. - Computer Literacy. - Computer Literacy Courses. - Computer Literacy Exhibitions. - Other Forms of Computer Literacy. - New Ways of Exploring Computers. - A Sober Look at Computers and Adult Learning. - 4: Using Computers in the Community. - Varieties of Community Computer Applications. - Case Studies. - Computers and Social Information. - Introducing Computer Systems. - 5: Cooperating with Computers. - Case Studies. - Introducing Computers: Two Diaries. - The Marriage of People and Computers. - 6: Promises and Pitfalls. - New Models of Learning?. - Alternative Scenarios. - Computers asa Centripetal Force. - Appendix A: Buying a Computer for Community Use. - Appendix B: Further Reading. - Appendix C: Glossary. - References. Language: English