MIS Community v3.0
The third major revision of the MIS Community site has been finalized and deployed. The theme of this version is an intense focus on realizing the ‘community’ people-centric vision: The home page...
View ArticleDigital badges recognize the professional achievements of MIS students
The Community platform introduces digital badges to recognize the professional achievements of FOX MIS students. To be awarded a badge, students will add a custom developed widget to their eportfolio....
View ArticleIT Career Fair promotes Fox School students’ e-portfolios
What better place for a career fair to go high-tech than one for IT-centric students? Temple’s Fox School of Business hosted its first IT Career Fair on Wednesday and, in another first, business...
View ArticlePortfolio points
port•fo•li•o (pôrt-fo¹lê-o´, port-) noun – The collection of materials which are representative of a person’s work: a photographer’s portfolio; an artist’s portfolio of drawings. As an entry-level IT...
View ArticleRedeem points at the newly launched FOX MIS store!
FOX MIS students have been accruing professional achievement points and badges all year long for IT-related work, participation in AIS, and e-portfolio contributions. Sure, these points ultimately...
View ArticleTemple Learning Platform at Loyola University and KIPP Charter School
What if there was a tool that created an educational environment that didn’t just teach but engaged students so that learning was communal—an interactive social activity, not a static one-way street of...
View ArticleProfessional Achievement V3
Professional achievement is professional development, career knowledge, leadership, networking, and readiness for the workplace. Professional achievement is different from academic achievement, both...
View ArticlePRO accelerates student professional development
MIS announces the successful rollout of version 4 of the Community platform professional achievement program. Since 2008, the program continues to break new ground in creating a structured measurable...
View Article3 Key Lessons I Learned in 5 semesters of College Course Gamification
Back in Spring, 2011 I decided to implement gamification for my Social Media Innovation course at Temple University Fox School of Business. Each semester I’ve add more components or tweaked the...
View ArticleGamification of College Student Professional Development
Two major trends are shaping higher education today. One is that attracting high quality students has become even more competitive. Second, the job market for college graduates is gradually improving,...
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