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Center for Information, Technology & Society
466 Pleasant St.
Melrose, MA 02176
617-662-4044
FAX: 617-662-6882
Internet: bmslib@mitvma.mit.edu
Furthering Advances in Communication, Computers, and Networks
for Improved Education, Health, and Humanity
About the Center for Information, Technology and Society:
The Center for Information, Technology and Society was originally a program at
MIT and in 1986 became an independent non-profit institution under the
directorship of Dr. W. Curtiss Priest to further advances in Communication,
computers and technology. The Center is particularly interested in improved
human communication systems in the areas of education, self learning, training
& manpower, mediation, health, medicine, and governance. Of particular
interest is the field of technological innovation.
The Center ascribes to the belief that there are better, informed choices that
can be made about technological advances and that with limited human and
monetary resources, these choices have extreme importance.
The following activities have been conducted at the Center in reverse
chronological order:
(Projects and events resulting in reports or video tape are marked %, please
inquire about obtaining something of interest. The Gore Series is available by
Email. Send your request to BMSLIB@MITVMA.MIT.EDU)
(They are also available through Gopher at WORLD.STD.COM and via
FTP at the ftp.eff.org, pub/Publications/CuD/CITES/.)
%%Social Values in the NII? The Roles of Nonprofits, Patrons, and
Public Policy. Workshop presented April 24, 1994 at the Computer
Professionals For Social Responsibility (CPSR) "Deveveloping an
Equitable and Open Information Infrastructure" Conference (DIAC-94)
This presentation and workshop discussion was based on the OTA
supported study "Educational Technology Information: Networks,
Markets, and Innovation" (see below). Both slides and a 1 1/2
hour VCR tape are available.
%Design, Systems Integration, and Publication of TESS (The Educational
Software Selector by EPIE Institute) on CD-ROM. A hybrid DOS/Macintosh
CD-ROM provides the user with search abilities in a database of
over 13,000 titles of K12 educational software from over 1200 vendors.
Licensing and Marketing Agreement with REFAC (New York, NY) for a
patented technology by which email is automatically sorted into
folders on a user's PC. Ongoing discussions with Microsoft, WordPerfect,
Novelle, Hewlett Packard, Lotus, DaVinci, and other groupware vendors
to help these firms incorporate the new technology into their product
offerings.
%Establishment of an Internet Gopher site for the Center's publications
in cooperation with the Standard Tool and Die Corporations online
service known as the World.
Inclusion in the Electronic Frontier Foundation's compilation of
notable people on the Internet.
Profiled in Who's Who in the East, 25th Edition, forthcoming.
%%%%Participant in the transition team for "information highways" for Al Gore
and Michael Nelson, U.S. White House. Published a series of articles on "The
Will to Create the Future."
1. Information Highways, Economic Security, and Community, February, 1992
2. "Phone Industry Asks Control of High-Speed Network"; The
Public Role, an Example on Distance Learning from AARP, Health
Care Reform, and Some Actions, April, 1993
3. Role of Libraries in Creating Information Community, June, 1993
4. Notes from Troops in the Field (Creating a Community Network of "Place")
January, 1994
5. The 81% Solution: 81% of a Child's Learning occurs outside of School;
What Promise is there for Community Networks for Learning and Growth?
by Kenneth Komoski, EPIE (Educational Products Information Exchange),
January, 1994
Design of a WAIS(Wide Area Information Service) resource to distribute
information on the Internet using Z39.50 Library standard search protocol
Phase I -- port of U.S. Geological Survey VM/TSO WAIS code to VM/CMS
%Design of a RIPscrip based Method for Tutoring Children in Math Using BBS CHAT
and Email, January, 1994
%Consultant to DEC on markets for PC's in K-12 education. Review of the
Compatibility of 80 Software Products with DEC (DOS) Personal Computers,
September, 1993
%Adult Literacy and New Technologies: Tools for a Lifetime, Office of Technology
Assessment, U.S. Congress, Project Director Dr. Linda Roberts, Washington, DC,
available Superintendent of Documents, S/N 052-003-01330-4, (202) 783-3238,
contributing writer, July, 1993
Consultant to MITRE Corporation on the need for standards in computerized
education management systems, February, 1993
%A working paper for Polaroid outlining Information Technology Strategies for
Corporations, 1993
Consultant to the Center for the Study of Drug Development, Tufts University.
Developed databases to track innovation in the pharmaceutical industry.
Conducted a survey of all new drugs introduced in 1992 including questions on
the use of new information technology for discovery, manufacturing, FDA
approvals, and marketing, 1992
Consulting and Development of a Project Management System for NYNEX, 1991
%An Evaluation of the Value Added Process for Information Systems for
KST/BusinessAlly, 1992
%A Users' Guide on Decision Support Systems for KST/BusinessAlly, 1992
%Consulting & Design for a Clearinghouse on K-12 materials in Math and Science
for EPIE (Educational Products Information Exchange), Hampton Bays, L.I., NY.
Evaluated WAIS, the NREN and Internet connections for information dissemination,
1992
%Development of a Users' Guide for a groupware tool for implementing Total
Quality for KST/BusinessAlly, 1992
%A working paper on the Impact of Technology on Education for the Merrimack
Education Center, 1991
%A working paper on Technological Visions for a Lost Society, for Corporate
Communications of the Bank of America, 1991
%A paper on the Future of Education Technology for the Gerontological Society of
America Meeting of 1989
%A Study on Distance Learning for Older Adults for the American Association of
Retired Persons, 1988
%A study on the benefits, costs and economics of hazardous wastes for the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1987
%A panel presentation on the Cost-Effectiveness of Educational Technologies for
the U.S. Congress, 1987
Participation in the National Educational Computing Conference, 1987
%%%%%A study of the viability of the economic market for education computer
software (for grades K-12) contributing to the Power On study of the Office of
Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress, 1987
Part I Q Nonprofits, Patrons, and Policy
Part II Q Information Networks: The Diffusion of Innovation and Highlights of
Discussions with Eighteen Networks of Teachers, Administrators, State
Coordinators and Other Information Providers
Part III Q Survey of Ten Educational Software Firms: A Study of the Economics of
the Market and the Process of Technological Innovation
Part IV Q A Survey of Four Firms Involved in Both Educational Software and
Business Products
Part V Q Reference Materials: A Comprehensive Bibliography on Educational
Technology, Innovation, Adoption, and Policy and Appendices
%Publication of Risks, Concerns, and Social Legislation under Westview Press,
Boulder, Colorado
An assessment of future technologies employing Delphi techniques for GTE, 1986
In cooperation with IdeaScope, an assessment of future market opportunities for
the Field Services Division of Digital Equipment Corp, 1986
%In cooperation with MIT, a three year study on Alternative Designs for Medical
Information Systems with Attention to Health Outcomes and Patient Needs for the
National Science Foundation, 1986
%Conducted a seminar and conference on Medical and Health Information Systems
involving expert physicians from innovative sites for the National Science
Foundation, Summer, 1986
%A study of the quality and availability of engineering manpower in the Boston P
128 region for the U.S. Congress, 1985
%An evaluation of the usefulness of Computer Teleconferencing for Issues of
Occupational Health and Safety for the U.S. Congress, 1984
%A study of Discrete Measures of Technological Innovation for the National
Science Foundation, 1980
%A Study of the Economic Character of Information and Information as a Commodity
for the U.S. Congress study on Intellectual Property, 1980
%A Report of The Five Levels of Function of the Dayton, OH Public Ombudsman for
the Kettering Foundation, 1974.
%A Report on the Operation of a Public Opinion Center in Dayton, OH for the
Kettering Foundation, 1974
%A Study of the Goals of Lower SES (Social Economic Statis) Parents for their
Children in Albuquerque, NM High Schools; Psychometric Elicitation of Values and
Personal Interviews, 1973
%The Need and Value of Restructuring Human Communication Systems: Towards the
HSC (Human Communication System), doctoral dissertation, RPI, 1972