<h2>ITEM Working Group Aims</h2> <ul><li>To promote effective and efficient use of Information and Communication Technologies within the management of educational institutions;</li><li>To promote the use of ICT to support school improvement and accountability;</li><li>To promote the use and advancement of decision support systems within educational management, including those from operations research, decision science, expert systems, human–computer interaction and others;</li><li>To follow–up technological developments (hardware, software, communication systems) and their interoperability, their possible impact on ITEM application and to recommend and forecast the development of ITEM systems;</li><li>To investigate the potentials of mobile technologies to support managerial and administrative work in educational institutions;</li><li>To investigate human, social, ethical, aspects of ITEM systems and to provide recommendations for their adequate integration in educational settings;</li><li>To develop and improve qualitative and quantitative empirical methods to understand the role of ICT in educational organisations;</li><li>To investigate aspects of security and privacy of ITEM systems and to provide recommendations for their adequate integration in educational settings;</li><li>To care for international exchanges of information on the state of the art of research, development and implementation of ITEM systems;</li><li>To promote international cooperation among ITEM research teams;</li><li>To propose themes for international, collaborative research and development in ITEM and to seek funding for such research and development from national and international bodies;</li><li>To provide advice and support to countries/educational systems in the developmental stage of their ITEM systems. </li></ul> <h2>ITEM Scope of Work</h2> <p>The whole range of educational institutions is covered through the work of WG3.7 – from kindergarten to primary and secondary education, to universities, adult education and in–service training, local education authorities/school districts and those concerned with educational policies</p> <ul><li>Organisations with local, regional, national, and international focus</li><li>Research and development institutions</li><li>Academic, non–profit organisations, government, and commercial groups</li></ul><p><br></p>
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