This issue is the final issue in 'paper' - the last 'hard' copy of the Journal of Informatics Education Research (JIER). In order to enable IS educators to continue to have a high-quality outlet for publishing pedagogical and curricular articles, JIER has merged with the Journal of Information Systems Education (JISE). JISE will continue to be available to AIS members at an attractive subscription rate.
The editor of the Journal of Information Systems Education is Dr. Albert L. Harris. Dr Harris holds the rank of Professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems, Appalachian State University; he was a 2006 Fulbright Scholar to Portugal.
JIER will assume a new role in promoting excellence in IS education. Like Communications of the AIS (CAIS), JIER will provide an online venue for the publication of substantially reworked best papers and best paper nominees presented at AIS conferences with education tracks - AMCIS, ICIS, ECIS, PACIS, and AIS chapters -- and of course SIGED. Eligible papers submitted to JIER will undergo a double blind review before final acceptance. Hence, JIER will continue to have a great need for dependable reviewers.
As is fitting for a final print issue – Volume 9, Number 1 includes articles addressing multiple courses in IS curricula - Systems Analysis and Design, Database Systems, Human Computer Interaction, Introduction to IS, Data Mining, and Information Security. These articles include a wealth of tips for enhancing specific course or your university’s IS curriculum. The articles remind us that CASE tools are still an issue in system analysis and design courses. Trimmer, Schou and Parker's article provides guidance for incorporating IA concepts that IS educators at many universities are likely to find useful. This last print issue also provides tips on using Pod casting to supplement or replace classes and make education mobile.
Thanks to the reviewers and associate editors of this and all the previous issues of JIER for their contributions. Without their help, JIER would never have been able to sustain its reputation for publishing high-quality articles over its nine-year history as a print publication. Special thanks to Professor Thomas Case of Georgia Southern, the managing editor and to Donna Orme who loves to format your papers. They will continue in these roles with the on-line version.
Look for the next iteration of JIER (JIER 2.0?) to make its debut in late 2007 or early 2008. Editorial policies and submission guidelines have been finalized and are available through both the SIGED (www.sig-ed.org) and JIER (www.jier.org) Web sites. The JIER Web site will be significantly revamped and will eventually include access to all previously published articles. We hope that continuing JIER as an online venue for best papers will inspire IS educators to share their best pedagogical and curricular work via presentations at AIS conferences. If this happens, JIER will continue to fulfill a key role in the discipline.
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