[AISWorld] CFP - AMCIS 2013 Mini-Track: Roles of Information Technologies in Online Classroom Modalities

[Jongbok Byun]

CALL FOR PAPERS – AMCIS 2013
Chicago, IL
August 15 – 17, 2013

Track: IS in Education, IS Curriculum, Education and Teaching Cases (SIGED)
Mini-Track: Roles of Information Technologies in Online Classroom Modalities

Mini-Track Chairs:

Jongbok Byun, Ashford University, jongbok.byun at ashford.edu
Jorge Cardenas, Ashford University, jorge.cardenas at ashford.edu

Online courses are popular in the United States. Many prestigious
schools including MIT, Harvard, Stanford, and UC Berkeley are
providing their courses to students and the public in online formats.
In particular, the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) platform such
as Coursera and edX are used to deliver online courses. Although these
courses often do not provide any college level credits or degrees,
scores of people have already joined the courses and finished them.
Compared to these big schools, many small to medium sized colleges
including community colleges are struggling to incorporate online
modalities into their curricula. Often, they do not have enough
resources to develop and deliver the online courses. In addition,
delivered online courses are not as promising as expected, not just
because the faculty and budget are lacking, but because they have
different modalities from traditional classroom based courses.
One clear difference between online and traditional courses is the
level of interpersonal connection. Students and teachers are quite
disconnected in online classrooms. Recorded lectures, discussion
boards, and linked study resources are common features of many online
course modalities, but they culminate in asynchronous course
management systems. Students and teachers must communicate at
different times and from different locations. Information technology
enabled students to participate in online courses but the current
information technology simply does not live up to traditional
classroom based educational models.
This mini-track provides an opportunity to information scientists,
academic researchers, instructors, system developers, and content
providers to submit papers sharing their academic ideas and practices.

Suggested Topics
In this mini-track, we are looking for academic discussion and case
studies including but not limited to the following topics:
●	Online Education Platforms
●	Online Presence and Course Outcomes
●	Online Learning Theories
●	Historical Views of Online Education
●	Faculty Development in Online Education
●	Emerging Technologies and Trends
●	Quality Management
●	Course Development
●	Content Delivery
●	Roles of Faculties and Administrators
●	Social Media and Social Networking in Online Education

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
●	Submit your manuscript using the Bepress system at http://amcis2013.aisnet.org

Important Dates:
●	January 5, 2013 - Manuscript Central will start accepting paper submissions
●	February 22, 2013 (11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time) - Deadline for
paper submissions
●	April 22, 20013 -  Authors will be notified of acceptances on or
near this date
●	May 9, 2013 (11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time) - For accepted papers,
camera-ready copy due

IMPORTANT DATES

●	 January 4, 2013: Paper submissions officially begin
●	 February 22, 2013: Paper Submission Deadline 11:59 PM CST
●	 April 22, 2013: Program Chairs Notify Authors of Paper Acceptance
●	 May 9, 2013: Camera-ready Copy of Accepted Papers Due
●	 Updated information at http://amcis2013.aisnet.org