An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough. One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feeling.

-- Carl Jung

Courses Taught at the University of Arizona

Doctoral Seminar:

      Special Topics in MIS – Behavioral Research Topics in MIS

Behavioral Methods in IS Research

Graduate:

      MBA IS Core class (Strategic Management of IT)

Business Foundations of IT (MS program)

Undergraduate:        

      Data Management

For a list of the other courses I have taught, please see my cv.

Documenting Teaching

Take a look at my teaching philosophy

While at Indiana University, I was involved in the course portfolio initiative as a campus leader.  Please take a look at my course portfolio for Data Management .  I would be happy to get any feedback you have on the portfolio.  If you use the materials or ideas, please send me a note to let me know if/how they worked.  If you have modifications to the ideas, please send them along as well!

For more information about course portfolios, visit the Peer Review of Teaching home page.

Teaching Publications

Brown, S.A. and Klein, B. “Are Cooperative Learning Techniques Fragile in Information Systems: An Examination in the Context of a Database Management Course,” Journal of Informatics Education Research, (8:2), 2006.

Massey, A.P., Brown, S.A., and Johnston, J.D. “It is All Fun and Games … Until Students Learn,” Journal of Information Systems Education, (16:1), 2005.

Vician, C. and Brown, S.A., “Unraveling the Message Quilt: A Case Study Examination of Student Interaction in Computer-Based Communication Assignments, Computers and Composition, 17, 2000, pp. 211-229.

Vician, C. and Brown, S.A., "Implementing computer-based communication into course instruction: Lessons learned and tips for the future," International Business Schools Computing Quarterly, (8:2) Spring 1996, pp. 20-27.