CALL FOR PAPERS 

Special issue of the Journal of Information Systems Education (JISE) on

Special Issue on Flexible Teaching and Learning

Guest Editors:

Sigi Goode, The Australian National University, Australia sigi.goode@anu.edu.au

Robert Willis, Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada robert.willis@lakeheadu.ca

James Wolf, Illinois State University, USA jrwolf@ilstu.edu

The Guest Editors of the Journal of Information Systems Education (JISE) invite submissions for a special issue on Flexible Teaching and Learning to appear in the October 2007 (Vol. 18 No. 3) issue.

The IS teaching and learning community has seen substantial upheaval in recent times. Falling enrolments, coupled with fluctuating business and student requirements, heightened competition in the tertiary education sector and substantial technological development, have significantly affected IS teaching and research departments around the world.

These developments constitute an opportunity for IS educators to revisit the foundations of learning and teaching in the discipline, with a view to increasing flexibility of teaching, learning and delivery. Flexibility, in this sense, can relate to any of the following aspects of learning:

• Assessment
• Mode
• Pace and intensity
• Timing
• Location
• Content

For this special issue of JISE on Flexible Learning and Teaching, we invite the submission of high-quality, innovative, and insightful articles. Possible topics include but are not limited to:

• Innovatively engaging with students
• Alternative teaching and learning models (including alternatives to conventional lectures)
• Thinking flexibly about the future IS learning community
• Responding to changes in student information literacy and expectations
• Responding to changes in IS enrolments
• Using games to illustrate concepts, or to help students retain lesson messages outside the classroom.
• The use and effect of computer games in the classroom
• Case studies of flexible education
• Using new technology to enhance student experiences
• Philosophical issues in flexible teaching and learning

Timeline:

Initial submissions due:            April 20, 2007

Notification to authors:            June 20, 2007

Revised papers due:                July 20, 2007

Notification of final results:      August 14, 2007

Publication of the issue:            October 2007

Submission Guidelines:

Papers for this special issue are due on April 20, 2007. Prospective authors are encouraged to submit an abstract to the Guest Editors for preliminary feedback on the suitability of their planned manuscript. Please send your submission in Microsoft Word format by email to one of the guest editors by the due date.

Papers should not exceed 30 double spaced pages including all sections, figures and tables. All papers will be peer reviewed and are subject to editing for journal style, clarity, organisation, and space.

For more information concerning JISE submission guidelines, please refer to: http://jise.org/Submit.htm