Evolution of Information Technology in Educational Management

Evolution of Information Technology in Educational Management As the editors of this volume we are very happy to publish a selection of the papers that were presented at the eighth Conference of Working Group 3.7 of the International Federation for Information Processing which was held in July 2008. The focus of Working Group 3.7 is on ITEM: Information Technology in Educational Management (for more information, please visit our website http://item.wceruw.org/), and the theme of its 2008 conference was on the Evolution of Information Technology in Educational Management. Our Working Group started its activities (officially we were not an IFIP Working Group at that time) in 1994 in Israel, so it made sense to look at how ITEM has evolved over the years and to reflect on what its future may be. The conference took place in Darwin (northern Australia) which even during the Australian winter is a very pleasant location for having a conference. The town of Darwin was given its name by the Captain of the Beagle (the ship on which Darwin travelled when he made the investigations on which he based his Theory of Evolution) who came to the area and named the town after the giant of science he admired.

Bringing Order into Chaos: Building an Integrated School Management Information System #x2014; A Case Study from Germany.- ITEM Strategic Planning: Two Approaches.- University Web Portals: Patterns and Policies.- ITEM out of WG 3.7: Is there any life out there?.- E-Contents for Technological Literacy in a Pre-College Program.- On the Utilization of a New Class of School Information Systems: School Performance Feedback Systems.- First no Choice, then Some Choice, and Finally Overload: A Reasonable Data Management Evolution?.- Information Technology for Educational Management at a Ugandan Public University.- A New Perspective on Competency Management: Implemented Through Effective Human-Computer Interaction.- Students#x2019; Inquiry Learning in the Web 2.0 Age.- How and Why Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences Defined a New Approach to Build a Next Generation Student and Study Management System.- The Role of the School MIS in Pupil Transfer Within England.- Research Management Systems as an Evolutionary Backwater: A Management System for Australian University Research Quality Framework Data.- Evolving Forms of Visualisation for Presenting and Viewing Data.- Industry-Based Learning.- The Future of School Performance Feedback Systems: Conference Discussion Group Paper.- ITEM Evolution: Conference Discussion Group Paper.- Requirements of University ITEM Systems: Conference Discussion Group Paper.