IMPORTANT DATES:
Conference Registration
Paper Submission Date:
August 23, 2008
Acceptance Notification:
September 30, 2008
Final Revisions Due:
October 20, 2008
Author Registration:
October 20, 2008 |
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
The International Academy for Information Management (IAIM), the Educational Special Interest Group of AIS, is dedicated to promoting excellence in information management education, practice, and research. The objective of IAIM is to provide a forum in which interdisciplinary researchers and educators in information systems can exchange ideas, techniques, and applications. IAIM sponsors an International Conference in December at which competitively selected peer-reviewed papers, tutorials and panel discussions are presented. A Best Paper Award is announced and all papers presented are published in either IAIM's on-line journal (for high quality completed papers) or the conference proceedings, which are distributed free on CD-ROM to conference registrants and via Internet for IAIM members. Authors of highly rated papers will have the option of having their paper fast-tracked to the Journal of Information Systems Education (JISE) for expedited review.
IAIM also sponsors the Alpha Iota Mu honor society for information systems majors as well as the Journal of Informatics Education Research which publishes refereed articles addressing excellence in MIS education, and promotes effective teaching of what an information professional needs to know to manage IS effectively -- including technical skills, interpersonal skills, managerial skills & frameworks.
You are invited to submit theoretical, empirical, or descriptive papers (case studies), tutorials, and panel proposals related to the education theme of IAIM's conference. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:
* Pedagogical Issues * Education Technology and Distance Education
* Curriculum Issues * Ethical Issues, Social Issues, Enrollment Issues, etc.
Submissions may be in the form of one or more of the following : completed research paper, research in progress, descriptive case study, extended abstracts, or proposal for panel discussion or tutorial. Papers to be submitted via the Submission System. The AIS SIGEd Submission Style Guide is for your perusal.
Research papers must be original, unpublished elsewhere, in the style of CAIS/JAIS, and should be no longer than 5500 words. Include an abstract (120 word max) along with the body of the full paper.
Research in progress submissions must be at least 2500 words in length, be substantially near completion, and include a one-page abstract.
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 methodology.
Panel and tutorial proposals must include the names and affiliations of panelists who have agreed to participate and a 1-2 page summary of the topic, including a description of how the session will be structured.
Descriptive case studies may report specific pedagogical or curricular strategies being employed or under development, and should be no longer than 5500 words.
Authors should 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 http://www.sig-ed.org/ for details or submit your manuscript to the research chair Jan.Seruga@acu.edu.au
All submissions will be refereed. Papers judged by the review process to be the candidates for 'Best Paper' consideration will be forwarded for an additional Best Paper Candidate review process. The top ranked papers will be recognized during a conference 'best paper' award presentation.
Completed research papers rated as ‘highest quality' in the double blind-review process will be published in a special issue of IAIM's on-line journal. Other papers, extended abstracts, panel discussions and tutorials will be published in the on-line proceedings. Authors of accepted papers will have the opportunity to make revisions prior to submitting a final version.
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 sent to the research chair by the Publication Ready Revision deadline. Specific formatting instructions will be sent to authors whose papers are accepted. At least one unique author must register for the conference by the Author Registration Deadline for the paper to appear in the journal/proceedings. Papers from previous years may be viewed on-line from the IAIM web site.
Please consider volunteering to serve on the Program Committee for the 2008 conference. Members of the Program Committee serve as reviewers and assist in identifying session chairs and discussants. If you would like to serve on the Program Committee, please contact Conference Chair Carina de Villiers at carina.devilliers@up.ac.za
Conference Committee:
Carina de Villiers , University of Pretoria , Conference Chair, carina.devilliers@up.ac.za
Jan Seruga , Australian Catholic University , Research Chair, Jan.Seruga@acu.edu.au
Craig Tyran , Western Washington University, Program chair , Craig.Tyran@wwu.edu
Jim Whitworth , Georgia Southern University , Proceedings chair, jewhitwo@georgiasouthern.edu
Machdel Matthee, University of Pretoria, Registration Chair, machdel.matthee@up.ac.za
Tom Schambach , Illinois State University , President, schambach@ilstu.edu
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