{"title":"Informatics and the organization of education","authors":"Tom J. van Weert","doi":"10.1016/0167-9287(92)80006-W","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>What is informatics? It is both a pure and an application oriented science. The combination of applied informatics, i.e. informatics technology, with other related technologies is known as Information Technology. Applications of information technology play an important role in society and are also found in education. Current problems in society and education have much in common and may have similar solutions. In these solutions information technology plays a supportive role. However, characteristics of traditional educational organization hinder necessary innovation. Key issues concerning informatics and educational organization are:</p><ul><li><span>—</span><span><p>the societal push of education towards an information technology supported, client-centred organization</p></span></li><li><span>—</span><span><p>the reorganization of education possibly being a necessary prerequisite for successful innovation. This paper addresses both of these issues.</p></span></li></ul></div>","PeriodicalId":100393,"journal":{"name":"Education and Computing","volume":"8 1","pages":"Pages 15-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1992-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0167-9287(92)80006-W","citationCount":"5","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Education and Computing","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/016792879280006W","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
What is informatics? It is both a pure and an application oriented science. The combination of applied informatics, i.e. informatics technology, with other related technologies is known as Information Technology. Applications of information technology play an important role in society and are also found in education. Current problems in society and education have much in common and may have similar solutions. In these solutions information technology plays a supportive role. However, characteristics of traditional educational organization hinder necessary innovation. Key issues concerning informatics and educational organization are:
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the societal push of education towards an information technology supported, client-centred organization
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the reorganization of education possibly being a necessary prerequisite for successful innovation. This paper addresses both of these issues.