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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.- 1. Voluntary Expertise.- 2. Funded Voluntary Agencies.- 3. Public Bodies.- 4. Short-term Computer Projects.- 5. Nonprofit-making Computer Organizations.- 6. General Features.- Introducing Computers: Two Diaries.- 1. A Computer in Formal Education.- 2. A Computer in a Voluntary Organization.- The Marriage of People and Computers.- 6: Promises and Pitfalls.- New Models of Learning?.- Alternative Scenarios.- Computers as a Centripetal Force.- Appendix A: Buying a Computer for Community Use.- Appendix B: Further Reading.- Appendix C: Glossary.- References.
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