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<DIV style="BORDER-LEFT: #050505 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 7px"><STRONG><FONT size=3>We want to know how you are teaching information systems / technologies</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="BORDER-LEFT: #050505 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 7px">Please come and share!</DIV>
<DIV style="BORDER-LEFT: #050505 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 7px"><BR>Attend the Special Interest Group for Education (SIGED: IAIM) Conference to focus on IS in Educational Research, and then stay for ICIS in Milan!<BR>AIS SIGED: IAIM ( <A href="http://www.iaim.org/">http://www.iaim.org/</A> ) will hold its annual International Conference on Informatics Education and Research on <BR>December 13 - 15, 2013 – in Milan, Italy<BR>The AIS Special Interest Group for Education: International Academy for Information Management (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 international conference ( <A href="http://iaim.aisnet.org/conferences.html">http://iaim.aisnet.org/conferences.html</A> ) 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. <BR>All papers accepted after a double-blind peer review process will be published in the conference proceedings CD-ROM. 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).<BR>You are invited to submit 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: <BR>* Pedagogical Issues * Educational Technology <BR>* Curriculum Issues * Ethical, Social, Enrollment & Administrative Issues, etc. <BR></DIV>
<DIV style="BORDER-LEFT: #050505 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 7px">Important dates :<BR><BR>Paper submissions date<BR>1 September 2013<BR><BR>Author notification date<BR>27 September 2013<BR><BR>Author revisions due date<BR>11 October 2013<BR><BR>Author registration due date<BR>20 October 2013<BR><BR><BR>Submissions may be in the form of one or more of the following: 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 Submission System ( <A href="http://sig-ed.informatiemanagement.org/openconf.php">http://sig-ed.informatiemanagement.org/openconf.php</A> ) according to the required Submission Style and Guidelines. Visit our website at: <A href="http://ais-siged.org/">http://ais-siged.org/</A> for the guidelines</DIV>
<DIV style="BORDER-LEFT: #050505 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 7px"><BR>Research papers 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.<BR>Research in progress submissions must be at least 2500 words in length, be substantially near completion, and include a one-page abstract. <BR>Descriptive case studies may report specific pedagogical or curricular strategies being employed or under development, and should be no longer than 6000 words.<BR>Extended abstracts 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. <BR>Panel and tutorial 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. <BR>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 AIS SIGED:IAIM web site: <A href="http://ais-siged.org/">http://ais-siged.org/</A> for details. All submissions will be double-blind refereed.<BR>Papers judged by the review process to be candidates for 'Best Paper' 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. Please note, the papers which exceed the word limit will not be considered for the Best Paper Award. <BR>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. 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. Papers from previous years may be viewed on-line from the IAIM web site (<A href="http://ais-siged.org/">http://ais-siged.org/</A>).Conference Committee:<BR>Riana Steyn, University of Pretoria, Conference Chair (President Elect), <A href="mailto:riana.steyn@up.ac.za">riana.steyn@up.ac.za</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="BORDER-LEFT: #050505 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 7px">Sumarie Roodt, University of Cape Town, President, sumarie.roodt@uct.co.za<BR>Andrew Urbaczewski, University of Michigan - Dearborn, Past President, aurbacze@umd.umich.edu<BR>Jan Seruga, Australian Catholic University, Research Chair, Jan.Seruga@acu.edu.au<BR>Craig Tyran, Western Washington University, Program Chair, Craig.Tyran@wwu.edu<BR>Ravi Seethamraju, University of Sydney, Past President, Ravi.Seethamraju@sydney.edu.au<BR></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BODY></HTML>