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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Track: IS Curriculum, Education and Teaching Cases<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Mini-track: Technology Enhanced Collaborative Learning <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Mini-track Description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Over the last few decades Information and Telecommunication Technologies (ITT) have played a significant role in facilitating collaboration among individuals and organizations around the globe. In particular, the use of collaborative systems for teaching and learning between faculty and students and among students has increased considerably. The focus of this mini-track is to explore theoretical and practical ways to incorporate and improve teaching and learning in general, online and blended learning in particular, by focusing on the application of these collaborative systems to facilitate and foster collaborative learning and teaching. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Possible topics include but are not limited to the following:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Adoption & Diffusion:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>Task-technology-fit Models for Collaborative Learning<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>Support/Training Structures<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>Individual & Organizational Barriers<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>Usability<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>User Satisfaction<o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Distributed Collaborative Systems<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Theoretical Collaborative Learning Models<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Collaborative Tools and Technologies<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Collaborative Learning Resources<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Effects of use:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Effectiveness and Efficiency Measurements of Learning Technologies<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Collaborative Learning Structures and Techniques<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Collaborative Learning Strategies<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Outcome Metrics and Lessons Learned<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Interaction Techniques in Collaborative Learning<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Management of Systems:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Institutional Support and Structures<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Technological Capacities and Limitations<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Inter-organizational Policies and Limitations<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Strategic Issues<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>State-of-the-art Practices<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Important Dates:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>12/30/2010 AIS Review System will begin accepting submissions for AMCIS 2011<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>02/17/2011 Submission Deadline<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>03/24/2011 Authors notified of paper acceptance decision<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>04/21/2011 Camera-ready papers due<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mini-track Chair<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rassule Hadidi<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>University of Illinois Springfield<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>rhadi1@uis.edu<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>