HIGH POINT, N.C., Nov. 17, 2009 ? Dr. Michael Smith, associate professor of information systems at High Point University, recently gave a presentation titled “Use of Teaching Cases in Information Systems” at the ISECON (Information Systems Education Conference)/CONISAR (Conference of Information Systems Applied Research) annual conference in Arlington, Va. The conference, which meets to allow information systems educators to share research on teaching as well as experiences and tips, was held Nov. 5 through 8.
As a board member of the EDSIG (Education Special Interest Group), Smith is also leading an effort to design and implement a clearing house of peer-reviewed multimedia teaching cases for information systems. He has been elected secretary of the group for the next two years.
“ISECON is a great venue in which to question assumptions about Information Systems education and to draw on each others? experiences,” Smith says. “It’s a very practical gathering. I always return with a notebook full of ideas to try.”
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