Xavier Tavarez

In the summer of 2013 I designed, developed and then taught MIS5122 – Enterprise Architecture for IT Auditors.  We had a significant number of students trying to get into the ITACS program that did not have any […]

While I have taught a number of variations of MIS5001, in the summer of 2013 I was tasked with designing and teaching a special section of this course tailored for the College of Health Professionals Health […]

The fall of 2015 was another big semester for MIS2101.  As the course coordinator for MIS2101I took the lead on the implementation of a completely redesigned course (originally redesigned by Professor Steven […]

MIS3504 – As part of the program redesign in 2011, I worked with another faculty member to redesign MIS201, our systems analysis and design course and launched the new course as MIS3504 – Digital Design and Inn […]

As part of the 2011 program redesign, what was known as MIS120 was completely redesigned in the spring of 2011 and renamed MIS2501 – Enterprise IT Architecture.  The work done on this course has been recognized by […]

This was an extremely innovative course where students were assigned to one of three teams, the project management team, the functional team or the technical team, and worked as an organization would work in […]

In the spring of 2006 I develop and taught a new course for the graduate school that focused on business continuity planning, disaster recovery, and information security. After the events of 9/11 and recent […]

In the spring of 2006 the MIS department, with the support of the Fox School, initiated the Mobile Interactive Student (MIS) pilot.  As part of this pilot each student in MIS120 was issued a Pocket PC.  The d […]

This paper, co-authored with Amy Lavin, shared with the academic community our approach to teaching an intro MIS course using no textbook, a flipped classroom and activity based learning to transform a traditional […]

This paper, co-authored with James Moustafellos, shared with the academic community our use of studios and vertical studios in MIS education.  While studios and vertical studios are common in schools of Art and […]

This paper, co-authored with David Schuff, compared the then mainstream curriculum taught in MIS programs around the world with the MIS program taught at the Fox School which was radically redesigned in 2011 and […]

This paper described a technology project which I worked on with a high-performing undergraduate student where we utilized virtual machine technology to create a virtual network that was used to demonstrate […]

Welcome to MIS2101, Information Systems in Organizations.  We will not be using Canvas for this class.  Instead we’ll be using this site which is hosted by Community.MIS.Temple.Edu.  This site is built on Wo […]

Welcome to MIS2101, Information Systems in Organizations!  I am confident you will find this to be a challenging but very rewarding experience this semester.
We will not be using Blackboard or Canvas as our […]

Welcome to MIS2901, Honors Information Systems in Organizations.  We will not be using Blackboard for this class.  Instead we’ll be using this site which is hosted by Community.MIS.Temple.Edu.  This site is bu […]

Welcome to MIS2101, Information Systems in Organizations!!
We will not be using Blackboard for this class.  Instead we’ll be using this site which is hosted by community.MIS.Temple.edu.  This site is built on W […]

Welcome to MIS2101, Information Systems in Organizations.  We will not be using Blackboard for this class.  Instead we’ll be using this site which is hosted by Community.MIS.Temple.Edu.  This site is built on Wo […]

Welcome to MIS2101, Information Systems in Organizations.  We will not be using Blackboard for this class.  Instead we’ll be using this site which is hosted by Community.MIS.Temple.Edu.  This site is built on Wo […]

Welcome to MIS2101, Information Systems in Organizations.  We will not be using Blackboard for this class.  Instead we’ll be using this site which is hosted by Community.MIS.Temple.Edu.  This site is built on Wo […]

Welcome to MIS2101, Information Systems in Organizations.  We will not be using Blackboard for this class.  Instead we’ll be using this site which is hosted by Community.MIS.Temple.Edu.  This site is built on Wo […]