The Post-Doc Option

I recently had the opportunity to discuss this topic with Nick Berente,Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business. Upon earning his PhD,he spent two years in a post-doc position at the University of Michigan’s School of Information before landing a tenure-track position at Georgia. Nick was gracious enough to share his experiences as a post-doc and offer up the following advice: . . . →Read More:The Post-Doc Option

Interview with Mike Smith

Interview with Mike Smith –Associate Professor of Information Systems and Marketing,Heinz College,Carnegie Mellon University

Michael D. Smith is an Associate Professor of Information Systems and Marketing and co-director of the Center for Digital Media Research at Carnegie Mellon University,with appointments at the Heinz College’s School of Information Systems and Management . . . →Read More:Interview with Mike Smith

Looking for a Teaching and/or Research Position in the IS Field?

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Then you’ve arrived at the right location! The 5 most recent IS teaching/research job positions are now displayed on the right-hand column of our site. This information is regularly updated,so keep checking back to see if there’s a job for you!

Teaching with Web technology

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From ISWORLD this week. This is an interesting list.

Subject:Re:Experiments with Facebook and LinkedIn –Progress report From:“Larry Press”<lpress [at] csudh.edu>Date:Sat,3 Nov 2007 14:12:15 -0700 X-Message-Number:3

Simha wrote:

>experiment to “to learn and share your knowledge about [Web 2.0] tools,>and their role in higher . . . →Read More:Teaching with Web technology

Staying atop the relevancy issue…

Cheers people,

in terms of teaching and in terms of research…How do you make sure that the message you are trying to convey,that the knowledge you transfer at your course,and that the research you are pursuing,is actually practice-relevant? What are the mechanisms you employ to ensure you teach relevant things? How . . . →Read More:Staying atop the relevancy issue…

What videos do you use for teaching?

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(graphic from Warriors of the Net)

In the era of YouTube,the number of videos available on the Internet is intimidating. Whereas finding a relevant video available for teaching used to be a challenge,I find myself facing the opposite problem –how do I sift through the many video sites . . . →Read More:What videos do you use for teaching?

Working as an Educator

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The last couple of days have been extremely sad with the unfortunate massacre that occurred at Virginia Tech. This must be an incredibly difficult time for our fellow community members enrolled in the PhD programs at Virginia Tech.

As doctoral students are usually trained to become teachers at higer-education institutions,I’d like . . . →Read More:Working as an Educator