MWAIS 2009 Conference

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Conference Program Schedule

May 22, 2009 (Friday)

Note: TCB location refers to the Technology Classroom Building, which is located toward the west end of the DSU campus.

7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Trojan Center Marketplace

Conference Registration
Note: Conference registration booth will be available in the TCB Lobby after 8:30 a.m.

 

Trojan Center Marketplace

Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

TCB 111

Workshop: Using Adobe Connect in the Virtual Classroom

Leah Pietron, University of Nebraska - Omaha

Paul van Vliet, University of Nebraska - Omaha

 

Karl E. Mundt Library 201

Panel: IT in Banking and Finance

Kevin Streff, Dakota State University (Moderator)

Chuck Cinco, Premier Bankcard, LLC

Scott Erkonen, Home Federal Bank

Nick Pullman, Citigroup

Erik Osterkamp, Secure Banking Solutions, LLC

 

TCB 109

Research Presentations

Session Chair: Rajeev Bukralia

  • Customer Acceptance of Biometric Technology in the Hospitality Industry
Janea Triplett, Dawn Laux, Andy Luse, Li-Shan Tao
  • Grid Computing in a Healthcare Environment: A Framework for Enterprise Design and Implementation
Charles Brust
  • Improving Emergency Response Decisions by Using Web 2.0
Janea Triplett, Erin Holliday, Patrick Kreymborg, Samuel Ramos

10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

TCB Auditorium

Keynote Speaker – Kevin DeWald, Department of Health

11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

TCB Auditorium

MWAIS Business Meeting

11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Karl E. Mundt Foundation

Box Lunch

1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Karl E. Mundt Library 201

Panel: IT in Healthcare

Surendra Sarnikar, Dakota State University (Moderator)

Dorine Bennett, Dakota State University

Arlyn Broekhuis, Sanford Health

Scott Weatherill, Horizon Health Care, Inc.

Kevin DeWald, Department of Health, South Dakota

Patti Brooks, Avera Queen of Peace

Patti Carmody, Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society

 

TCB 109

Research Presentations

Session Chair: Paul Weist

  • A Comprehensive Information Technology Risk Assessment Audit Framework for Small- and Medium-Sized Financial Institutions
Petter Lovaas, Kevin Streff
  • Driving Satisfaction with IT Services and Investment in IT through Business-IT Alignment
Michael Bohlmann, Michele Lee Gribbins
  • Do Modular Products Lead to Modular Organizations? Evidence from Open Source Software Development
Gang Peng
  • Website Complexity: Objective vs. Subjective Measures
Yi “Maggie” Guo, Dianne Hall


 

TCB 111

Research in Progress Presentations

Session Chair: Cory Heidelberger

  • Web 2.0 in Higher Education: Collaborative Learning
Hwee-Joo Kam, Pairin Katerattanakul
  • Sharing is the Key to Create a Community of Learning in Higher Education
Te-Wei Wang, Chih-Chen Lee

  • Longitudinal Examination of Student Attitudes Towards Enhanced Instruction with Tablet PC
Mark Moran, Jack Walters, Rick Puetz

  • Research Methodologies used in Knowledge Management: A Literature Review
Rao Nemani, Steve Creason
  • Distributed Model Management Systems: A Proposal for an Ontology-based Approach
Ruba Aljafari
  • Resource Optimization for Small Business Company: Balance the Data Accuracy and Storage
Yanliang Qi, Yang Zhang
  • Attention-based View of Knowledge Integration in Virtual Teams
Elahe Javadi

2:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Karl E. Mundt Library 201

Panel: Perspectives on Publishing

Ilze Zigurs, University of Nebraska - Omaha (Moderator)

Matt Germonprez, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire

Yi “Maggie” Guo, University of Michigan - Dearborn

Stacie Petter, University of Nebraska - Omaha

 

TCB 109

Research Presentations

Session Chair: Wayne Pauli

  • Examination of E-Learning Success in the Higher Education Environment: A Case Study
James Stapleton, Charles McAllister, Dana Schwieger
  • The Impact of Technological Embeddedness on Household Computer Adoption
Gang Peng, Ying Wang, Rammohan Kasuganti
  • Virtual Teams: Towards Improving Work Effectiveness through Collaboration Process Structure Training
Dawn Dittman

4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

 

Transportation to Social Event Venue (Lakes Lodge)

Note: Vans will leave from Karl E. Mundt parking lot cat 4:30pm and at 4:40pm to Lakes Lodge via AmericInn hotel and Super 8 Motel.

5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Lakes Lodge

Social Hour

6:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.

Lakes Lodge

Keynote Speaker – Hesham Ali, University of Nebraska-Omaha

6:45 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Lakes Lodge

Dinner

8:15 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

 

Transportation shuttles from Social Event Venue (Lakes Lodge)

Note: Vans will leave from Lakes Lodge to Karl E. Mundt Library parking lot via AmericInn hotel, and Super 8 Motel.



May 23, 2009 (Saturday)

7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Trojan Center Marketplace

Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Karl E. Mundt Library 201

Panel: AACSB, ABET, and ACBSP College and Program Accreditation; Similarities, Differences, and New Standards: Impacts for Stakeholders – Faculty, Students, Administrators, and Employers

Rassule Hadidi, University of Illinois - Springfield (Moderator)

Hesham Ali, University of Nebraska - Omaha

Omar El-Gayar, Dakota State University

Ron McNeil, University of Illinois - Springfield

Rick Puetz, Dakota State University

 

TCB 111

Research in Progress Presentations

Session Chair: Dawn Dittman

  • Predictive Modeling to Improve Retention of Online Students
Rajeev Bukralia
  • Is This What I Signed Up For? Undergraduate and MBA Perspectives of On-line Classes
Sheila Miller, Kristy Lauver, Dawna Drum
  • An Overview of Barriers to the Adoption of Electronic Medical Records
Kenneth Pinaire
  • Emotional and Social Intelligence in Project Management
David Bixby
  • Factors Affecting the Effectiveness of e-Mentoring Program in Non-Profit Organizations
Peter Knight,  Wei-Jun Zheng
  • Building Virtual Iowa in Second Life: A Case Study
Daniel Power, Susan Wurtz, Dale Cyphert, Leslie Duclos
  • An AHP-based Decision Making Framework for IT Service Design
Paul Weist

 10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

TCB 103

Doctoral Student Session

Moderator: Hesham Ali, University of Nebraska - Omaha


TCB 109

Research Presentations

Session Chair: Ashish Gupta

  • An Approach to IT Adoption in Micro-enterprises: Insights into Development
Mehruz Kamal, Sajda Qureshi
  • Generating User Stories in Groups
Aaron Read, Erin Gallagher, Cuong Nguyen, Gert-Jan de Vreede
  • Scholarly Personal Narrative as Information Systems Research Methodology
Cory Heidelberger, Tobias Uecker
  • The Digital Divide: An Investigation of Native American Undergraduate Population in South Dakota
Wayne Pauli, Mark Moran

 

TCB 111

Research Presentations

Session Chair: Mark Moran

  • My Guild, My Team: Applying the Technology Capabilities of Massively Multiplayer Online Games to Virtual Project Teams
Dawn Owens, Deepak Khazanchi
  • Comparing Sense of Classroom Community and Learning Satisfaction in a Virtual World Learning Environment
Chi Zhang
  • Utilizing Visualization Mechanisms to Improve User Performance during Cyber Defense Competitions
Andy Luse, Janea Triplett

11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

TCB Lobby

Box Lunch (Pick and go)