This encyclopedia aims to offer researchers an indication of the breadth and importance of information systems in education, including the way IT is being used, and could be used to enable learning and teaching. The encyclopedia covers all aspects of the interaction between education and information technologies, including IT in kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, universities, training colleges, industry training, distance education and further education. It also covers teaching and computing, the use of IT in many different subject areas, the use of IT in educational administration, and national policies of IT and education.

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Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia

Arthur Tatnall

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Arthur Tatnall is an Adjunct Professor in Information Systems in the Victoria University Business School at Victoria University. For his PhD he used actor-network theory to investigate the adoption of Visual Basic in the curriculum of an Australian university. Prior to this while completing in his MA, he investigated the origin of the information systems discipline in Australia.

Much of Tatnall's research is based on the use of actor-network theory. His research interests include: technological innovation; history of technology; project management; information systems curriculum; information technology in educational management; electronic business.

Arthur Tatnall is a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society and active in the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). He is a member and former Chair of IFIP WG9.7 – History of Computing, member and former Chair of IFIP WG3.4 – ICT in Professional and Vocational Education and a member of IFIP WG3.7 – Information Technology in Educational Management. He has published widely in journals, research books, text books, book chapters and conference proceedings. Arthur Tatnall is also Editor-in-Chief the Journal of Education and Information Technologies (Springer).

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Encyclopedia of Education and Information Technologies
Editors: Arthur Tatnall
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10576-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Reference Module Computer Science and Engineering
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10575-4Published: 24 May 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-10576-1Published: 13 June 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXIV, 1801
Number of Illustrations: 83 b/w illustrations, 256 illustrations in colour
Topics: Computers and Education, Educational Technology, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences

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