EAIT editorial 17–1

In this first issue of EAIT for 2012 there are a number of papers dealing with issues related to university education, but cover a wide range of issues. One paper deals with issues of web access for people with disabilities. It is good to see this range of topics as the aim of the journal is to cover all aspects of the use of computers and other information and communications technologies in education at all levels. In 2012 we welcome a new EAIT Editorial Board and thank the retiring members of the previous board for their work over the last 3 years (and longer in some cases). Details of the new Editorial Board appear on the inside cover of the journal, and also on the web site. The first article in this issue is by Maria Jose M. Ferreira and is titled: ‘Intelligent classrooms and smart software: Teaching and learning in today’s university’. In the article the author suggests that the use of information and communication technologies in higher education is surrounded by contradictory, yet interrelated themes that suggest that education is either experiencing a revolution or approaching its own demise. The article goes on to argue that one of the most significant variables in the deployment of an adaptation to information technologies in the university is academic culture and that unless we consider this we cannot fully capture the relationship of technologies to education. Next, an article by Victor Ralevich and Dragana Martinovic: ‘Organizing and implementing the internship component of undergraduate programs in IS Security’, describes the authors’ experiences in organizing and running an internship component of an undergraduate program in information systems security at Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning. The research is based on reports, statistics, interviews with the students and other anecdotal data mainly collected through conversations with the involved parties. The third article: ‘Rolling: A new technique for the practical teaching in computer science university degree’ is by Irene Luque Ruiz and Miguel Angel Gomez-Nieto. Educ Inf Technol (2012) 17:1–2 DOI 10.1007/s10639-011-9183-7