Contents: Preface. M.A. Shields, The Social Construction of Academic Computing. P. Lyman, Is Using a Computer Like Driving a Car, Reading a Book, or Solving a Problem? The Computer as Machine, Text, and Culture. S. Turkle, Paradoxical Reactions and Powerful Ideas: Educational Computing in a Department of Physics. W. Graves, III, Ideologies of Computerization. W.O. Beeman, Stalking the Art Historian. P. McQuillan, Computers and Pedagogy: The Invisible Presence. J.M. Nyce, G. Bader, To Move Away From Meaning: Collaboration, Consensus, and Work in a Hypermedia Project. K.T. Anderson, A.P. McClard, J. Larkin, The Social Ecology of Student Life: The Integration of Technological Innovation in a Residence Hall. M.A. Shields, The Legitimation of Academic Computing in the 1980s.