Center for Science, Technology, and Economic Development (CSTED) > Selected Reports
The rapid expansion of information, communications, and computational technologies (IT) has led to many questions about the effects of IT throughout society and the economy. Under contract from the National Science Foundation, SRI International has conducted a series of literature reviews to gather information about existing data and research on the social and economic implications of IT. SRI is pleased to make these available here for use by researchers, analysts, and the public.
Effects of Using Instructional Technology in Elementary and Secondary Schools: What Controlled Evaluation Studies Say. Main report
Does Instructional Technology Improve School Reading Programs? Issue brief
Computer Use Helps Students to Develop Better Writing Skills. Issue brief
Effects of Using Instructional Technology in Colleges and Universities: What Controlled Evaluations Say. Main report
Computer-Mediated Communities: The Implications of Information, Communication, and Computational Technologies for Creating Community Online. Main report
People Can Create a Sense of Community in Cyberspace. Issue brief
Computer-Mediated Communities: A Bibliography on Information, Communication, and Computational Technologies and Communities of Place. Final Report
IT at Work: Information Technologies and Remote Working in the United States: A Literature Review. Main report. Appendices
Information Technologies Have Changed Work in Remote Call Centers. Issue brief
Implications of Information Technology for Employment, Skills, and Wages: A Review of Recent Research. Main report
Complex Picture of Information Technology and Employment Emerges. Issue brief
Implications of Informatioin Technology for Employment, Skills, and Wages: Findings from Sectoral and Case Study Research. Final Report
Implications of Information Technologies in Geo- and Bio-Sciences: A Literature Review. Main report
Information Technologies Associated With Changes in Research Methods and Conceptual Advances in Geosciences and Biosciences. Issue brief
The Implications of Information and
Communications Technologies for Distance Education: Looking Toward the
Future. By Sousan Arafeh, American Institutes for Research. Main report
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