Roles and Issues of Computational Media in Learning Communities - Introduction

Driven by the Internet revolution and the demand for computer literacy skills, computational media are playing an increasing role in education from pre-school through lifelong learning. Adaptation of existing technologies and design of new digital document technologies should be undertaken with an understanding of the role these technologies can play in the affective, cognitive, and social processes of learning, and with sensitivity to the subculture of the communities expected to adopt them.