Education informatics

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Education informatics is an emerging sub-discipline of education and informatics that "incorporate[s] new technologies and learning strategies to enhance the capture, organization, and utilization of information within the field of education."[1] While this sub-discipline typically covers K-12 and higher education, it is easily expanded to business- and enterprise-level education.

Education informatics encompasses[2]:

  • logistics and administration;
  • systems development (e.g. teaching/learning platforms and assessment tools);
  • meta-systems development (e.g. curriculum maps and outcome frameworks);
  • content and knowledge management; and
  • standards development.

Note that "education informatics" is distinct from "informatics education," a term that relates more to the practice of teaching and/or learning about informatics, rather than the use of information science and technology in the support of teaching and learning.


References

  1. Collins, John W.; Weiner, Sharon A. (2010). "Proposal for the Creation of a Subdiscipline: Education Informatics" (PDF). Teachers College Record 112 (10): 2523–2536. http://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/4569474/Collins%20Weiner%20TCR%202010.pdf. Retrieved 25 April 2014. 
  2. Noroozi, B.; Haghi, A. K.; Luppicini, Rocci (ed.) (2012). "Chapter 1: The Development and Applications of E-Learning Technology Standards". Education for a Digital World: Present Realities and Future Possibilities. CRC Press. pp. 22–23. ISBN 9781926895109. http://books.google.com/books?id=7-Uk856pb0gC&pg=PA22. Retrieved 25 April 2014.