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This chapter addresses the future of school information systems, some of it speculative, with views included from representatives from governments, nongovernmental organisations, vendors and end-users. In addition widely published international experts in the field, Bill Davey (Australia), Alex Fung (Hong Kong), Pieter Hogenbirk (Netherlands), Toshio Okamoto and Alexandra Cristea (Japan), Arthur Tatnall (Australia), Ray Taylor (USA) and Brent E. Wholeben (USA) were asked for their views which have been incorporated in this chapter to provide a broad range of opinions, ideas and perspectives from a number of different countries.
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Smith, D., Wild, P. (2001). The Future of School Information Systems. In: Visscher, A.J., Wild, P., Fung, A.C.W. (eds) Information Technology in Educational Management. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1884-4_8
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