[AISWorld] MCIS Track IS Curriculum and Education

[jonathan.wareham at esade.edu]

Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems

IS: Crossroads of Technology, People, Organizations and Markets

Limassol, Cyprus - September 3-5, 2011

IS Curriculum and Education

Track Chairs: Jonathan Wareham ESADE, Thanasis Hadzilacos Open University of Cyprus

Information systems are now pervading almost all forms of business and social existence. And as technology frontiers continue to evolve, so do the challenges and possibilities for teaching information systems. Specifically, technology innovation continues to place new demands on educators seeking not only to educate on the underlying technology function and use, but also the challenges related to understanding and managing information systems as complex social phenomena. As such, IS education has a number of attributes that are particularly challenging for curriculum design and pedagogy.  

First, given its broad application in so many different industries and various human endeavors, there is a tension between teaching specialized skills and general knowledge in IS management. Secondly, both the underlying technologies and their users undergo significant change through time. IS educators must expend substantial resources to stay current with technology evolution, yet also update pedagogical techniques appropriate for new generations of learners. As an example, the “democratic” potential of so many technologies, tools and content sources enables students to access practically limitless resources on-line, forcing educators to create and facilitate experiences within the classroom that are not easily recreated from public sources. This pushes not only the creative capacities of IS educators, but also their ability to continually scan emergent technology frontiers and innovate rapidly. Finally, keeping curricula current with the most recent technological trends also needs to be balanced with concepts that maintain long-term validity. 

This track on IS Curriculum and Education will encourage the exploration, celebration, debate and critical evaluation of the most recent development within IS pedagogy, curriculum design an education. 

Examples of topics include but are not limited to: 

IS cases 
Simulations & virtual worlds 
Serious games 
Narratives & storytelling 
Distributed & on-line learning 
Community based learning 
Educational technology platforms (e.g. moodle, lams) 
Innovation jams and collaborative design 
IT enabled pedagogy 
Transferability 
Action projects 
Learning assurance 
Competence based curricula 
Peer learning

Conference Submissions (via EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=mcis2011)

The conference invites paper, panel, and workshop submissions on a broad range of IS themes relevant to IS research and education. Submissions with a focus on policy and practice in the Mediterranean region are especially welcome.

Types of contributions, in English, via the EasyChair Submission System:

·  Full research papers (7–12 pages)
·  Extended abstracts and short research-in-progress papers (3–7 pages)
·  Research and Teaching Case studies (7–12 pages)
·  Panel proposals (2–3 pages)


Important Due Dates
- Deadline for submissions: May 2nd, 2011
- Notification of acceptance: June 15th, 2011
- Camera-ready versions: July 1st, 2011

Proceedings 
Conference Proceedings will be published online. The proceedings will be listed in major citation databases such as EBSCO, ABI Inform, etc. 

For more information on the conference, please visit

http://www.mcis2011.org/
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Jonathan D. Wareham, Ph.D.
Vice Dean of Research
ESADE - Ramon Llull University 
08034 Barcelona, Spain
mobile: (34) 618 597 013
email: wareham at acm.org
http://is.esade.edu/faculty/wareham
Institute for Innovation and Knowledge Management
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