Ebook: Information Technology in Educational Management for the Schools of the Future: IFIP TC3/ WG 3.4 International Conference on Information Technology in Educational Management (ITEM), 22–26 July 1996, Hong Kong

This book is for both specialist and generalist. For Information Technology (IT) and Educational Management (EM) researchers, it brings together the latest information and analysis of ITEM projects in eleven countries. But the issues raised by this collection of papers are so important for schools, school systems and the future of education that it is essential reading not only for researchers but also for teachers, administrators and all concerned with the planning and governance of our education systems. New technologies may improve our lives in two ways: by enabling us to do things better (accomplishing what we do already more efficiently) and by enabling us to do better things (accomplishing new things that we were not able to do before). Sometimes "doing things better" merges into "doing better things". Thus in the 19th century the coming of the railway enabled our forbears to accomplish their existing journies in less time and in greater comfort. But it also opened up the prospect of new journies to more distant places, and led ultimately to far-reaching changes in lifestyles in new, commuter settlements far from the old city centres. So it is in the present day with Information Technology in Educational Management. Some of the papers in this volume focus on specialist tasks, for example how to develop a computer-based decision-support system to help those drawing up school timetables. Others address situations in which the power of the technology offers us the potential to change radically what we do.

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This book portrays the potential of Information Technology in the educational management of schools. It collates and presents research results from all over the world and discusses the latest developments for the future. This book aims to address the following questions: what do schools of the future have to face? what can we learn from research about ITEM? what are the cultural, organizational, managerial and technical issues that need to be addressed? This book will be of interest to all those concerned with ITEM, especially school management staff, researchers and system designers.

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This book portrays the potential of Information Technology in the educational management of schools. It collates and presents research results from all over the world and discusses the latest developments for the future. This book aims to address the following questions: what do schools of the future have to face? what can we learn from research about ITEM? what are the cultural, organizational, managerial and technical issues that need to be addressed? This book will be of interest to all those concerned with ITEM, especially school management staff, researchers and system designers.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Quo Vadis? — Internet....Pages 3-4
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Internet support to school innovation management....Pages 7-14
The impact of internet on ITEM: educational management in preparation for the future....Pages 15-22
Information technology — a tool and an obstacle in the education of the future....Pages 23-30
Information technology in educational management of tomorrow’s school....Pages 31-37
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
Technological facilitation for decision-making in education....Pages 41-51
Potential contributions of management science to expert information systems in schools....Pages 52-56
Facilities for computer-supported decision-making in schools: explanations for lack of use and proposals for improvement....Pages 57-62
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Information systems effectiveness and organisational culture: an underlying model for ITEM evaluation....Pages 65-72
The impact of organizational culture on the success of information technology projects....Pages 73-79
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Implementation of the School Administration and Management System: a Hong Kong experience....Pages 83-89
An operational model for the implementation of computerised school information systems....Pages 90-97
Administration, management and IT in education....Pages 98-104
Evaluation of ITEM for proactive development....Pages 105-114
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Distributed ITEM for the future: moving towards client-server systems....Pages 117-121
Developing information systems for schools of the future....Pages 122-130
TESS: an interactive support system for school timetabling....Pages 131-137
The intelligent discussion supporting system over the computer network....Pages 138-145
Benchmarking for education managers....Pages 146-151
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Support system for Chinese language teachers: a case of ITEM in support of teaching....Pages 155-160
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
An educational tool for planning and monitoring the teaching-learning process in Dutch secondary education....Pages 161-165
Electronic learning contract for the assessment of projects in information systems....Pages 166-171
System modelling of ITEM: re-engineering of educational processes....Pages 172-177
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
The preconditions for computer-assisted decision-making in tomorrow’s schools....Pages 181-184
Impact of information and communication technology on the management of future schools....Pages 185-188
Evaluation strategy for ITEM quality....Pages 189-194
Back Matter....Pages 195-196

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This book portrays the potential of Information Technology in the educational management of schools. It collates and presents research results from all over the world and discusses the latest developments for the future. This book aims to address the following questions: what do schools of the future have to face? what can we learn from research about ITEM? what are the cultural, organizational, managerial and technical issues that need to be addressed? This book will be of interest to all those concerned with ITEM, especially school management staff, researchers and system designers.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Quo Vadis? — Internet....Pages 3-4
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Internet support to school innovation management....Pages 7-14
The impact of internet on ITEM: educational management in preparation for the future....Pages 15-22
Information technology — a tool and an obstacle in the education of the future....Pages 23-30
Information technology in educational management of tomorrow’s school....Pages 31-37
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
Technological facilitation for decision-making in education....Pages 41-51
Potential contributions of management science to expert information systems in schools....Pages 52-56
Facilities for computer-supported decision-making in schools: explanations for lack of use and proposals for improvement....Pages 57-62
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Information systems effectiveness and organisational culture: an underlying model for ITEM evaluation....Pages 65-72
The impact of organizational culture on the success of information technology projects....Pages 73-79
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Implementation of the School Administration and Management System: a Hong Kong experience....Pages 83-89
An operational model for the implementation of computerised school information systems....Pages 90-97
Administration, management and IT in education....Pages 98-104
Evaluation of ITEM for proactive development....Pages 105-114
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Distributed ITEM for the future: moving towards client-server systems....Pages 117-121
Developing information systems for schools of the future....Pages 122-130
TESS: an interactive support system for school timetabling....Pages 131-137
The intelligent discussion supporting system over the computer network....Pages 138-145
Benchmarking for education managers....Pages 146-151
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Support system for Chinese language teachers: a case of ITEM in support of teaching....Pages 155-160
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
An educational tool for planning and monitoring the teaching-learning process in Dutch secondary education....Pages 161-165
Electronic learning contract for the assessment of projects in information systems....Pages 166-171
System modelling of ITEM: re-engineering of educational processes....Pages 172-177
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
The preconditions for computer-assisted decision-making in tomorrow’s schools....Pages 181-184
Impact of information and communication technology on the management of future schools....Pages 185-188
Evaluation strategy for ITEM quality....Pages 189-194
Back Matter....Pages 195-196
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