<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">2nd Call for Papers</p><p class="MsoPlainText">AMCIS 2011 Minitrack: Professional and Executive
Education</p><p class="MsoPlainText">Track: IS Curriculum, Education and Teaching Cases</p><p class="MsoPlainText">August 4-7, 2011</p><p class="MsoPlainText">Minitrack Co-chairs:</p><p class="MsoPlainText">H. Roland Weistroffer</p><p class="MsoPlainText">Virginia Commonwealth University</p><p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="mailto:hrweistr@vcu.edu">hrweistr@vcu.edu</a> </p><p class="MsoPlainText">Jean Gasen</p><p class="MsoPlainText">Virginia Commonwealth University</p><p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="mailto:jbgasen@vcu.edu">jbgasen@vcu.edu</a></p><p class="MsoPlainText">Changes in information technology (IT) necessitate a
renewed reflection on graduate programs in Information Systems (IS). As the IT
workforce is becoming increasingly global and diverse, graduate education must
respond. To maintain relevance within this changing environment and to meet new
market demands, graduate programs in information systems, geared especially
towards working professionals, are becoming more evident. New integrated
formats for learning, with a focus on IT leadership and management, have been
emerging in the past ten years. However, the IS/IT education research and
literature seem to not have caught on to this new trend yet. </p><p class="MsoPlainText">Many of the graduate programs designed for professionals
use a weekend format to allow students to participate with minimum disruption
to their employment. The curriculum and course material are often structured
differently from traditional programs, to better match the interests and needs
of these non-traditional students, already deeply ingrained into the
professional and business world. Programs are typically lock step over one to
two years, allowing students to form strong relationships with their classmates
and to complete their degrees in a relatively short time. Faculty may include
professionals and business executives in addition to regular academic
university teachers. All these differences from traditional university programs
require a rethinking on pedagogy, content delivery, and program administration.
</p><p class="MsoPlainText">Possible topics include, but are not limited to: </p><p class="MsoPlainText">* Curriculum issues <span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">╨</span> differences to traditional
programs</p><p class="MsoPlainText">* Course delivery issues <span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">╨</span> what works and what doesn't
work</p><p class="MsoPlainText">* Matching teaching style to the student audience</p><p class="MsoPlainText">* Student expectations in executive programs</p><p class="MsoPlainText">* Academic versus professional faculty <span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">╨</span>
from whom do executive students learn more?</p><p class="MsoPlainText">* Student evaluation and grading in executive programs</p><p class="MsoPlainText">* Level of material coverage</p><p class="MsoPlainText">* Important topic areas to be covered</p><p class="MsoPlainText">* Traditional course structure versus integrated coverage
of materials</p><p class="MsoPlainText">* Focus on leadership in executive programs</p><p class="MsoPlainText">* Mentorship programs for professional students</p><p class="MsoPlainText">* Scheduling and administrative issues</p><p class="MsoPlainText">* Recruiting students for executive programs</p><p class="MsoPlainText">Important dates: </p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>February 28, 2011 <span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Deadline for paper submissions </p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>April 4, 2011<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Notification of acceptance of papers </p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>April 25, 2010<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Final copy due </p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>August 4-7, 2011<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Conference</p><p class="MsoPlainText">Instructions for authors: </p><p class="MsoPlainText">The maximum length for papers is 5000 words. Please go to
the AMCIS 2011 Web site at <a href="http://amcis2011.aisnet.org">http://amcis2011.aisnet.org</a> for formatting and
submission instructions.</p>
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