Encyclopedia of Education and Information Technologies

Arthur Tatnall is an Adjunct Professor in Information Systems in the Victoria University Business School at Victoria University. For his PhD he used actor-network theory to investigate the adoption of Visual Basic in the curriculum of an Australian university. Prior to this while completing in his MA, he investigated the origin of the information systems discipline in Australia.Much of Tatnall's research is based on the use of actor-network theory. His research interests include: technological innovation; history of technology; project management; information systems curriculum; information technology in educational management; electronic business.Arthur Tatnall is a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society and active in the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). He is a member and former Chair of IFIP WG9.7 – History of Computing, member and former Chair of IFIP WG3.4 – ICT in Professional and Vocational Education and a member of IFIP WG3.7 – Information Technology in Educational Management. He has published widely in journals, research books, text books, book chapters and conference proceedings.  Arthur Tatnall is also Editor-in-Chief the Journal of Education and Information Technologies (Springer).

• Designing new educational products.- Innovation and Adoption.- History of Educational Computing.- Computers in Secondary Schools.- Subjects.- Games.- Digital Literacy.- Online learning.- Socio-cultural Issues and Technology.- Assistive Technologies for Special Education and People with Disabilities.- Teachers and IT.- Developed and Developing Countries.- Classroom Use.- Global Policies and Issues.- Life-Long Learning.- Computers in Universities (and other Higher Education).- Educational resources.- Mobile Technologies.- Computing Education Research.- Computers in Primary Schools.- Computing in Early Childhood Education.- Educational Management.- Educational Assessment.- Social Networking.