Journal of Information
Systems Education

Submission of Teaching Case Manuscripts for Review Consideration

Call for Teaching Cases
The Journal of Information Systems Education (JISE) is seeking original Teaching Cases on current topics of special interest to IS Educators and Trainers. Teaching Cases that are suitable for use in the classroom will be considered for publication in the journal. All manuscripts will be refereed by a rigorous evaluation process involving at least two blind reviews by qualified academic, industrial, or governmental computing professionals. Submissions will be judged not only on the usability of the case in a class setting, but also on the readability and clarity of the Teaching Case and on the Teaching Notes that compliment the case.

The Journal of Information Systems Education solicits only original Teaching Cases that have not been previously published or submitted elsewhere for review/publication. In an effort to reduce the reviewing cycle time, JISE only accepts electronic submissions of manuscripts. To submit electronically, please include Word files of your submission as e-mail attachments addressed to editor@jise.org. In the body of your e-mail message include the author(s) name(s), contact information for the corresponding author, and the title of your submission. Your submission will be acknowledged promptly via return e-mail. All contributions must be submitted in English and will be printed without charge. See the Initial Submission Instructions presented below for the format and requirements of your initial submission to JISE.

All Teaching Cases selected for publication must maintain a high standard of content, style and value to the readership. An important criterion for acceptance of a Teaching Case for publication is the usability of the Teaching Case in a class room environment and its potential usefulness for advancing the quality of IS education or training.

Initial Submission Instructions for Teaching Cases
JISE only accepts electronic submissions of manuscripts. To submit a manuscript for the review process, you should send an e-mail with the teaching case and teaching notes as separate attachments to editor@jise.org. In the body of your e-mail message include the author(s) name(s), contact information for the corresponding author, and the title of your submission. Your submission will be acknowledged promptly via return e-mail. Your submission should be in Word format (.pdf submissions will not be accepted, as the Assistant Editor must sometimes edit the submission for the review process).

Treatment of Teaching Case and Teaching Notes
Teaching Case submissions should be submitted as two separate sections (files): Teaching Case and Teaching Notes. Each section should be a separate file.

The submission should start with the Teaching Case. The Teaching Case should generally include: Case Title; Abstract; Case Summary (one or two short paragraphs in length and it summarizes the content of the case); Case Text (the case itself); and References (if any). The Teaching Case should be suitable for use by students in a classroom environment. More guidance for writing Teaching Cases.

Teaching Notes must be included as a separate file. Teaching Notes usually contain the solution to the case, if appropriate, and notes for instructors using the case. If the Teaching Case is accepted for publication, the Teaching Notes will again be submitted as a separate file, as the actual Teaching Notes will not be published in JISE. This will prevent students from going to the library and getting “the answers” as proposed by the authors. The Teaching Notes should generally include: Case Title; Case Purpose/Objectives; Methodology (how the case was developed); Teaching Suggestions (specific suggestions to instructors for utilizing the case effectively); Discussion, Questions/Answers, or Proposed Solutions (see next paragraph for more on this section); Epilogue (if the writer has knowledge of what really happened, this should be conveyed in this section); and Conclusions.

Discussion, Questions/Answers or Proposed Solutions are for use by the instrutor using the case. Each question is followed immediately by a suggested answer. This discussion might also address common misunderstandings of students about the case, and features of the case that some insightful students will notice while others will overlook. Questions/Answers or Proposed Solutions for project-based (systems solutions) cases will include tables, charts, systems prototype screens, or diagrams that present the solution. For example, for a systems analysis and design case, the proposed solution might include data and process diagrams, a table listing of entities and attributes, and sample systems outputs. A programming case might include the program code.

General Submission Format
The initial manuscript should be double-spaced, contain a single column, utilize 12 point New Times Roman font, and contain 1" margins on all sides. The title should be centered across the top of the first and second pages, be of 18 point Times New Roman font, and have only the initial letters capitalized. Major headings are to be column centered, numbered (e.g. 1.), in a capitalized bold font. First level sub-headings are to be numbered (e.g. 1.1), in a bold font and left justified. No blank line is to appear between the first level sub-heading and the text. Tables and figures should be included in the text, approximately where the author thinks that they should appear. Manuscripts should be edited for spelling and grammar.

Page 1 of the Initial Submission
Page 1 of your submission should start the words "TEACHING CASE." The next line should contain the title of the Teaching Case. All authors, including authors' names, mailing addresses, and e-mail addresses should be identified on page 1. Authors' names should not appear anywhere else in the manuscript, except possibly as part of the reference list.

Page 2 of the Initial Submission
Page 2 of your submission should start the words "TEACHING CASE" and be followed on the next line by the title of the Teaching Case. This should be followed by an Abstract that does not exceed about 250 words. The Abstract is followed by the text of the Teaching Case.

Teaching Notes
Teaching Notes should be submitted in a separate file. The page should start the words "TEACHING NOTES" and be followed on the next line by the title of the Teaching Case. All authors, including authors' names, mailing addresses, and e-mail addresses should be identified on page 1 of the Teaching Notes. The actual Teaching Notes should follow.

Reference Citations
Reference citation ordering and format should follow published JISE articles. Reference entries should be ordered alphabetically (in text and Reference Section) according to authors' or editors' last names, or the title of the work for items with no author or editor listed. Any reference contained in the text must be included in the Reference section and vice versa. References in the text should be of the format: (Harris et al. 2005; Johnson 2006). Quotes from a source must include the page number (Johnson 2006, pp. 223). References must be complete. For authors, last names are given first, even for multiple authors. References to periodicals should include: Author, title, journal, volume, number, month, year, pages. References to books should include: Author's name (same style as above), title, publisher, city, state/country, and year. Page(s), or chapter(s) should be cited where an idea or concept was taken from a portion of the book. References to reports or proceedings: Author's name and title of report or proceedings (same style as above), report number, source, editor and/or publisher as appropriate, city and state/country of publisher or conference as appropriate, including date and pages. In the References section of the paper, all author names must be listed; under no circumstances may you use "et al." in the References section of the paper. Following are four examples. They include a journal an article, a book, a report/proceeding, and a web page.

Chappel, J. J. and Schwager, P. H. (2002) "Writing IS Teaching Cases: Guidelines for JISE Submission," Journal of Information Systems Education, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 287-293.

Applegate, L. M., Austin, R. D., and McFarlan, F. W. (2003) Corporate Information Strategy and Management, 6th Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, pp. 137.

Kruck, S. E. (2010) "Social Engineering," in Lexicon of Online and Distance Learning by Lawrence A. Tomei, (Ed.). Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield, pp. 567-568.

Initial Submission of Manuscripts, Teaching Tips, and Teaching Cases for the Review Process (2010), Retrieved May 1, 2010, from http://jise.org/Initial.htm

Paper Length
The paper should not normally exceed 30 double-spaced pages, including all sections, figures, tables, etc. However, the Editor reserves the right to consider longer articles of major importance to the IS field.

Other Information
For the review process, authors should not include any biography or picture. These will only be required if the manuscript is accepted for publication.

Electronic submissions should be sent to editor@jise.org.

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