Implementing Information Technology in Learning Processes: Achieving Educational and School Administrative Goals during Crises

By: Georgia Prokopiadou

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Synopsis: This book addresses issues related to implementing Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for upgrading the educational framework. It pays special attention to the utilization of technological tools and means in the formation of a qualitatively upgraded teaching and learning environment, as well as in dealing with crisis phenomena, as faced by school units in the period of the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, it celebrates the role of school administration, locating its role in the provision of high standard services for the execution of administrative school procedures and for communication between members of the school community. The book draws on a range of theoretical frameworks and identifies the critical parameters affecting the integration of ICT in all aspects of schooling, and provides multiple perspectives of proper use of information technology in an educational system. It offers a broad overview of issues of technological nature that refer to the activities and purposes of a school unit, highlighting specifically how the COVID-19 pandemic cultivated the organizational culture of instant integration of ICT in primary and secondary education within a short period of time.