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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-LEFT: -9pt" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial>We want to know how you are teaching information systems / technologies!</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-LEFT: -9pt" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p>Please come and share!</o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-LEFT: -9pt" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial>Attend the Special Interest Group for Education (SIGED: IAIM) Conference to focus on IS in Educational Research, and then stay for ICIS in Milan!<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-LEFT: -9pt" align=center><FONT face=Arial><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" lang=EN-US>AIS SIGED: IAIM</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" lang=EN-US> </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><A href="http://www.iaim.org/"></A></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" lang=EN-US>will hold its annual <STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">International Conference on Informatics Education and Research </SPAN></STRONG>on <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; MARGIN-LEFT: -9pt" align=center><STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" lang=EN-US>December 13 - 15, 2013 – </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial>in <STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Milan, Italy<o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; MARGIN-LEFT: -9pt"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US>The <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">AIS Special Interest Group for Education</B>: <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">International Academy for Information Management </SPAN></STRONG>(SIGED: IAIM) is dedicated to promoting excellence in Information Systems education, practice, and research. The objective of SIGED is to provide a forum in which interdisciplinary researchers and educators in information systems can exchange ideas, techniques, and applications. SIGED sponsors an </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><A href="http://iaim.aisnet.org/conferences.html"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-underline: none; mso-ansi-font-weight: normal"><STRONG>international conference</STRONG></SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US> in December at which competitively selected peer-reviewed papers, tutorials and panel discussions are presented. A Best Paper Award is selected and announced in the conference. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; MARGIN: 6pt 0cm 5pt -9pt"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial>All papers accepted <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">after a double-blind peer review process</B> will be <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">published in the conference proceedings CD-ROM.</B> Other papers, extended abstracts, panel discussions and tutorials will also be published in the on-line proceedings. Authors of accepted papers will have the opportunity to make revisions prior to submitting a final version. Best papers will be fast-tracked for possible publication in the Journal of Information Systems Education (JISE).<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; MARGIN-LEFT: -9pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US>You are invited to submit </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial>theoretical, empirical, or descriptive papers (case studies), tutorials, and panel proposals related to the education theme of SIGED's conference. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to: <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; MARGIN-LEFT: -9pt"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial>* Pedagogical Issues <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN>* Educational Technology <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; MARGIN-LEFT: -9pt"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext" lang=EN-US>* Curriculum Issues <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 4"> </SPAN>* Ethical, Social, Enrollment & Administrative Issues, etc. </SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt -9pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: FR" lang=FR><FONT size=3>Important dates :<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; MARGIN-LEFT: -9pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; MARGIN-LEFT: -9pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; MARGIN-LEFT: -9pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US>Submissions may be in the form of one or more of the following</SPAN></STRONG><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US>: completed research paper, research in progress, descriptive case study, extended abstract, or proposal for panel discussion or tutorial. All papers are to be submitted via the </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><A href="http://im.fee.uva.nl/icier/openconf.php" target=_blank><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Submission System</SPAN></B></A></SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US> according to the required <B><A href="file:///C:/Users/01433380/Library/AppData/Local/Temp/2009%20AIS-SIGED%20Submission%20Guidelines.doc"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Submission Style and Guidelines.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></A></B></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 5pt -9.05pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Research papers </SPAN></STRONG></SPAN></B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial>must be original, unpublished elsewhere, in the style of CAIS/JAIS, and should be no longer than 6000 words and must include an abstract (120 word max) along with the body of the full paper.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 5pt -9.05pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US>Research in progress </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial>submissions must be at least 2500 words in length, be substantially near completion, and include a one-page abstract. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 5pt -9.05pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US>Descriptive case studies </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial>may report specific pedagogical or curricular strategies being employed or under development, and should be no longer than 6000 words.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 5pt -9.05pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US>Extended abstracts </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial>must be at least 1000 words in length and identify the primary research question, a preliminary literature review and overview of the planned research methodology. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 5pt -9.05pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US>Panel and tutorial </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial>proposals must include the names and affiliations of panelists who have agreed to participate, a 1-2 page summary of the topic and a structure of how the session will be presented. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; MARGIN: 6pt 0cm 5pt -9pt"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US>Authors need to submit their manuscripts electronically via an electronic peer review system in Rich Text Format (RTF), or Microsoft Word (.doc) file format. Please refer to the <B>AIS SIGED:IAIM </B>web site: </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext" lang=EN-US>http://ais-siged.org</SPAN><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US> </SPAN></B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US>for details. <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">All submissions will be double-blind refereed</B>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; MARGIN-LEFT: -9pt"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial>Papers judged by the review process to be candidates for <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">'Best Paper'</B> consideration will be forwarded for an additional Best Paper Candidate review process. The top ranked papers will be recognized during the conference 'best paper' award presentation.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please note, the papers which exceed the word limit will not be considered for the Best Paper Award. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; MARGIN-LEFT: -9pt"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US>Notification of accepted papers, abstracts and panels will be emailed to the contact author. For inclusion in the Journal or Proceedings, publication ready papers (with changes suggested by the reviewers) must be submitted online by the Publication Ready Revision Deadline and must adhered to required formatting style and guidelines. <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">At least one author and all members of the panels and tutorials must register for the conference by the Author Registration Deadline. Otherwise, papers and/or panel discussion/tutorials will not appear in the proceedings CD</B>. Papers from previous years may be viewed on-line from the IAIM web site (</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext" lang=EN-US>http://ais-siged.org/</SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US>).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H3 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; MARGIN: auto 0cm auto -9pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext" lang=EN-US><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial>Conference Committee:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></H3>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt -9pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US>Riana Steyn, University of Pretoria, Conference Chair (President Elect), </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-US><A href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/HarrisAL/Local%20Settings/Temp/sumarie.roodt@uct.ac.za"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face=Arial>riana.steyn@up.ac.za</FONT></SPAN></B></A></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt -9pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US>Sumarie Roodt, University of Cape Town, President, sumarie.roodt@uct.co.za<o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt -9pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US>Andrew Urbaczewski, University of Michigan - Dearborn, Past President, </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-US><A href="mailto:aurbacze@umd.umich.edu"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT face=Arial>aurbacze@umd.umich.edu</FONT></SPAN></B></A></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold" lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt -9pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US>Jan Seruga</SPAN></STRONG><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US>, Australian Catholic University, Research Chair, </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><A href="mailto:Jan.Seruga@acu.edu.au"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Jan.Seruga@acu.edu.au</SPAN></B></A></SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold" lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt -9pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US>Craig Tyran, </SPAN></STRONG><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US>Western Washington University, Program Chair, </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><A href="mailto:Craig.Tyran@wwu.edu"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Craig.Tyran@wwu.edu</SPAN></B></A></SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt -9pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US>Ravi Seethamraju, University of Sydney, Past President, </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-US><A href="mailto:Ravi.Seethamraju@sydney.edu.au"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face=Arial>Ravi.Seethamraju@sydney.edu.au</FONT></SPAN></B></A></SPAN><STRONG><U><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></STRONG></P>
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