THE USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE MANAGEMENT SCHOOL EDUCATION - A THEORETICAL VIEW

To use information technology to improve learning processes, the pedag ogical assumptions underlying the design of information technology for educational purposes must be understood. This paper reviews different models of learning, surfaces assumptions of electronic teaching techn ology, and relates those assumptions to the differing models of learni ng. Our analysis suggests that initial attempts to bring information t echnology to management education follow a classic story of automating rather than transforming. IT is primarily used to automate the inform ation delivery function in classrooms. In the absence of fundamental c hanges to the teaching and learning process, such classrooms may do li ttle but speed up ineffective processes and methods of teaching. Our m apping of technologies to learning models identifies sets of technolog ies in which management schools should invest in order to informate up and down and ultimately transform the educational environment and pro cesses. For researchers interested in the use of information technolog y to improve learning processes, the paper provides a theoretical foun dation for future work.