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Birkerts, Sven. The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age. New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1994.
This very popular discussion of the pitfalls and triumphs of the new
information technologies catalyzed much current discussion of the information
superhighway and education.
Brockman, John, ed. Digerati: Encounters with the Cyberelite. San Francisco: HardWired, 1996. ISBN 1-888869-04-6. Brockman edits a collective response from the "maves" of the internet industry at all levels and disciplines - a must read for the current and future state of the net and digital information networks.
Doheny-Farina, Stephen. The Wired Neighborhood. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-300-06765-8. He provides an overview of the working distance-learning systems in the Northeast, with some practical discussions in the chapter entitled "Virtual Schools" - a must read for distance-learning curriculum developers - excellent bibliographies.
Forester, Tom, ed., Computers in the Human Context: Information Technology, Productivity and People. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1991. HARKH 0-262-08236-5 www-mitpress.mit.edu/ An excellent introduction to various aspects of IT both in industry and the classroom - the first of its kind when published.
Flusser, Vilém. The Shape of Things: A Philosophy of Design. London: Reaktion Books, 1999.
Goel, Vinod, Sketches of Thought. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1995. GOESH 0-262-07163-0 www-mitpress.mit.edu/ This treatise outlines the process of "sketching" designs - a roadmap on how academics design and build websites through process mapping.
Harasim, Linda, et al. Learning Networks: A Field Guide to Teaching and Learning Online. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1995. HARKH 0-262-08236-5 www-mitpress.mit.edu/ This text provides the basic and discussion and resources behind the real work in distance education. It is intended for all disciplines and attitudes.
Heidegger, Martin. The Question Concerning Technology and other Essays. New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1977. ISBN 0-06-131969-4. Many modern information technology writers reference this popular essay on the practical implications of technology.
Jackendorff, Ray. Languages of the Mind: Essay on Mental Representation. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1995. www-mitpress.mit.edu/ This texts focusses on the mental and spatial aspects of information designed as affected by language.
Kahin, Brian, and James Keller, eds. Public Access to the Internet. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1995. ISBN 0-262-61118-X www-mitpress.mit.edu/
Landauer, Thomas K. The Trouble with Computers: Usefulness, Usability, and Productivity. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1995. LANTH 0-262-12186-7 www-mitpress.mit.edu/ This very well-developed essay outlines the methods of software development and the practical aspects of software design and implementation. It is the best introduction to the history and principles of information technology.
Lanham, Richard A. The Electronic Word: Democracy, Technology, and the Arts. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1993. ISBN 0-226-46883-6. An important very readable treatise and the nature of electronic media as an American educational experience, this work explores and queries a wide variety of beliefs and experiences as to the purpose and effects of electronic education.
Leebaert, Derek, ed. The Future of Software. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1996. LEEEFP 0-262-62109-6. www-mitpress.mit.edu/ This survey the direction of software delivery for the next ten to twenty years, including object-oriented distribution, developing computer capabilities, etc.
Markley, Robert, ed. Virtual Reality and Their Discontents. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-80818-5226-9.
McCullough, Malcolm. Abstracting Craft. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1997. ISBN 0-262-13326-1
McKnight Lee. W., and Joseph P. Bailey. Internet Economics. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1997. ISBN 0-262-13336-9 www-mitpress.mit.edu/
Mitchell, William J. City of Bits: Space, Place, and the Infobahn. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1996. MITCP 0-262-63176-8 www-mitpress.mit.edu/ Although he focuses on many aspect of the new information architecture, including architecture, this author provides a very readable description of the emerging information digital super structures and how they will affect out total lives.
Negrothorpe, Nicholas. Being Digital. New York: Vintage, 1995. ISBN 0-679-76290-6.
Nunberg, Geoffrey, ed. The Future of the Book. Afterword. Umberto Eco. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1996.
Rawlins, Gregory J.E. Moths to the Flame: The Seductions of Computer Technology. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1996. RAWMH 0-262-18176-2 www-mitpress.mit.edu/ This thoughtful essay outlines the transformation of information technologies from the past to the near and hopeful future.
Smith, Anthony. Books to Bites: Knowledge and Information in the Postmodern Era. London: British Film Institute, 1993. ISBN 0-85170-402-6. Although Smith focuses on other media, namely television, he also presents a thorough history of most new technologies and their practical and philosophical implications.
Smith, George. W. Computers and Human Language. New York: Oxford University Press90. ISBN 0-19-506282-5. Smith writes a book for the layman, comparing natural and artificial intelligence.
Stefik, Mark, ed. Internet Dreams: Archetypes, Myths and Metaphors. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1996. STEIIH 0-262-19373-6 www-mitpress.mit.edu/ This excellent collection of essay examines the traditional roles and occupations in society as they are transformed by the new technology.
Stoll, Clifford. Silicon Snake Oil. New York: Doubleday, 1995. ISBN 0-385-41993-7.
Taylor, Mark C., and Esa Saarinen. Imagologies: Media Philosophy. New York: Routledge, 1994. ISBN 0-415-10338-X. This work differentiates the writing experience in the digital arena from other standard writing technologies. An important overview of the new student sensibility to the "erasable" and virtual writing environment.