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Dear AIS Community,
I am pleased to present the 23(1)st issue of the Journal of IT
Case and Application Research (JITCAR). This is a special issue on
online education and is co-edited by Dr. Shailendra Palvia and Dr.
Vic Matta. This special issue is dedicated to analyzing the
evolution of traditional in-class education towards blended,
hybrid, flipped, synchronous online, asynchronous online, and
combinations thereof, the pace of which has been accelerated by
the pandemic Covid-19. Please note that for regular issues of
JITCAR, it is required that the underlying research methodology is
case and application-based. But, for Special Issues, all research
methodologies are acceptable.
The contents of this issue are as follows. The Editorial Preface
article is written by Dr. Bhavik Pathak and Dr. Shailendra Palvia.
The first research article is co-authored by Dr. Sumedha Chauhan,
Dr. Parul Gupta, Dr. Shailendra Palvia, and Dr. Mahadeo Jaiswal,
while the second research article is co-authored by Dr. Anahita
Sanandaji and Dr. Saeed Ghanbartehrani. Expert Opinion report is
written by Dr. Shailendra Palvia, and the Book Review is presented
by Dr. Vic Matta. Special Issue editors are allowed to get their
articles reviewed for possible publication in a Special Issue.
However, the double-blind review process for such articles is
completely handled by the EIC (Editor) for full integrity. Summary
information on these items is as follows.
In the editorial preface article titled, "Taxonomy of higher
education delivery modes: A conceptual framework," the authors
focus on how the education landscape has changed almost overnight
from the in-person mode to online due to the onslaught of the
ongoing pandemic, Covid-19. It discusses how the increased
dependence on online platforms for course management and video
conferencing requires these systems to be as seamless, user
friendly, and inclusive as possible. The article provides a
taxonomy of various higher education delivery modes along the
dimensions of efficacy and efficiency. The article calls for
establishing a "gold-standard" for online classes, serving as a
benchmark for fully or partially online classes.
The first research article is titled, "Information technology
transforming higher education: A meta-analytic review." The
research study based on a meta-analytic review of 72 quantitative
peer-reviewed articles investigates how contextual factors of
learning environment, the field of study, intervention period, and
application type moderate the IT's impact on learning outcomes in
higher education.
The second research article is titled "An evaluation of online
flipped instruction methods during the Covid-19 pandemic." The
research paper presents a novel framework to transform
face-to-face classes into online flipped instruction for
Information Systems (IS) courses. According to the authors, the
proposed framework uniquely combines a backward design approach
with flipped classroom methodology customized for online
education. The framework was successfully applied to the IS
courses offered in two colleges in a public university in the US
during the Covid-19 period. The study measured the online flipped
course elements' effectiveness based on the students' feedback and
developed design considerations and teaching tips to be used
during and after the Covid-19 era.
The Expert Opinion report narrates an interview with Shekhar
Chandra, leadership consultant with YouLEAD and President of
SolveitNOW. Shekhar Chandra was nominated for the WEF (World
Economic Forum) Tech Pioneers award in 2008 for creating
proprietary technologies in Personalized Contextual Web Search and
Mobile Transliteration Technologies. In the interview, Shekhar
Chandra provides insight into how the value proposition of
SolveitNOW improved due to the elevation of online education as
the new norm due to the ongoing pandemic Covid-19.
The book review report provides a detailed critique of the 2016
book titled "Teaching in the Online Classroom: Surviving and
Thriving in the New Normal," authored by Doug Lemov and the Teach
Like a Champion(tm) team, and published by Jossey Bass. Dr. Matta
suggests that the book provides helpful suggestions for effective
online education. He further suggests that the book makes home the
point that it is critical to align the in-person education style
with the content in the online environment. For effective
teaching, in this new online-only world, relationships are built
first and foremost through effective teaching. The goal is not
that the students love their teachers but that they love learning
with their teachers.
The special issue is packed with valuable guidance on how to adapt
to the new-normal forced upon us by the pandemic Covid-19. I hope
you will enjoy reading all the items in this issue.
With best regards,
Sincerely
Gaurav Bansal, Ph.D.
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of IT Case and Application Research
(JITCAR)
Association for Information Systems (AIS) Distinguished Member
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
www.uwgb.edu/bansalg
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