Teaching

• ISYS 6833, PhD, Theory Development.
• ISYS 6333, PhD, Individual-level Information Systems Research (2006 and 2015)
• ISYS 6333, PhD, Survey of Information Systems Research.
• ISYS 6123, PhD, Research Projects.
• ISYS 4003H, UG, Honors Research Project Preparation.
• BMGT798A, MBA elective, Business Application Development.
• BMGT798Z, MBA elective, Electronic Commerce Applications.
• BMGT406, UG upper-level elective, Electronic Commerce Applications.
• BMGT808I, PhD elective, Seminar in Information Systems.
• 3-day executive education on Electronic Commerce Applications, part of the 18-day E-Business Certification Program at American Management Systems.

• MM 6001, PhD, Research Methods
• ISYS 5723, PhD, Advanced Multivariate Statistics.
• ISYS 5723 included new exercises, new datasets and new assignments. The student learning improved significantly as a result.
•  ISYS 6733, PhD, Individual-Level Research
• ISYS 6333 included a one-day joint workshop with Dr. John Aloysius’ class on writing a journal article. I conducted this workshop to help students develop their papers for PhD courses.
• ISYS 5623, PhD, Statistical Analysis.
• ISYS 5423, MS, Systems Analysis and Design.
• ISYS 3293, UG, Systems Analysis and Design.
• BMGT798B, MBA elective, Business Problem Solving.
• BMGT726, MBA elective, Business Telecommunications.
• BMGT405, UG upper-level elective, Business Telecommunications.
• BMGT302, UG elective (now part of the core), Programming Business Applications.
• BMGT301 (now BMGT305), UG core, Survey of Information Systems.

• His PhD advisees, Sykes and Bala, have been ranked the top-two most-productive information systems assistant professors graduating since 2000 (Chen et al. 2015, Communications of the AIS; http://aisel.aisnet.org/cais/vol36/iss1/19/) in terms of publications in (a) MIS Quarterly and Information Systems Research; (b) UT Dallas journal list; and (c) Financial Times journal list.
• Microsoft Software Grant, $100,000 (for use in EMBA in College Park, MD and Beijing, China).
• Microsoft Software Grant, $60,000 (for use in BMGT302).
• Krowe Award for General Teaching Excellence, Smith School of Business, 2003.
• Celebrating Teachers Award (university-level award), University of Maryland, 2002.
• Krowe Award for Teaching Innovation, Smith School of Business, 2001, $2,000.
• BMGT406, Undergraduate E-commerce Course was featured in CNN in Spring 2000.
• Krowe Award for General Teaching Excellence, Smith School of Business, 2000, $4,000.
• Krowe Award for Teaching Innovation, Smith School of Business, 1998, $1,000.
• Highest average teaching rating at the entire Smith School in the AY 2002-’03 (first time the Smith School announced this).
  • Annual and Semester Teaching Excellence Recognition at the Smith School:
  • Highest teaching evaluations in the entire school for AY 2002-’03.
  • Fall 2002, Spring 2002, Fall 2001, Spring 2001, Fall 2000, Spring 2000, Fall 1999, Spring 1999, Fall 1998, Spring 1998, Fall 1997
• Notes: Prior to Spring ’03, the School only announced top-15%; in AY 2002-’03, a school-wide ranked list was published for the first time. Fall ’03 and Spring ’04 were semesters where I did not teach.
• First on the Maryland Business School faculty to use the web to enhance learning—in 1997.
• Quoted in local and national newspapers, including Washington Post, for views on IT education.
• Frequently selected by students as his/her “Favorite teacher” to campus dinners.
• Speaker, Ph.D. Student Teaching Workshop, 2001.
• Speaker, Ph.D. Student Teaching Workshop, 2000.

Teaching-related Articles

Syler, R.A. and Venkatesh, V. “Growing Doctoral Education in Africa: The Story of an Online Course at ICT University in Cameroon,” Communications of the AIS. (1^st round of review in progress; submitted: Dec 2017)

Venkatesh, V. “‘One-Size-Does-Not-Fit-All’: Teaching MBA Students Different ERP Implementation Strategies,” Journal of Information Systems Education (19:2), 2008, 141-146.

Other Teaching-related Activities in Academic Settings

• Guest lecture for 2 sessions (3 hrs each) in a PhD course on “Theories in Business” that I coordinated for ICT University, Cameroon, Africa, Summer 2017.

• Short course (3 days) on: “Theory Development” for PhD students, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Jun 2017.
• Short course (2 days) on: “Theory Development and Writing” for faculty members, Tsinghua University, Nov 2016.
• Short course (1 day) on: “Mixed Methods Research” for PhD students and faculty members, Monash University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Oct 2016.
• Short course (2 days) on: “Theory Development and Writing” for faculty members, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, Sep 2016.
• Short course (1 day) on: “Theory Development and Writing” for PhD students, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, Sep 2016.
• Short course (1 day) on: “Theory Development” for PhD students and faculty members, Swansea University, Sep 2016.
• Short course (1 day) on: “Theory Development” for PhD students and faculty members, Hong Kong Baptist University, Sep 2016.
• Short course (½ day) on: “Theory Development” for PhD students, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Dec 2015.
• Short course (3 days) on: “Theory Development” for faculty members, Telecom ParisTech, Paris, France, Oct 2015.
• Short course (1 day) on: “Advanced Theory Development” for PhD students and faculty members, Monash University (Malaysia), Jul 2015.
• Short course (1 day) on: “Theory Development” for PhD students, University of Mannheim (Germany), Aug 2014.
• Short course (1 day) on: “Theory Development” for PhD students and faculty members, Monash University (Malaysia), Jul 2014.
• Short course (3½ days) on: “Readings in Healthcare IT” for PhD students, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Jun 2014.
• Short course (½ day) on: “Theory Development and Writing” for PhD students, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Mar 2014.
• Short course (½ day) on: “Theory Development” for PhD students and faculty members, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Jun 2013.
• Short course (3½ days) on: “Theory Development” for PhD students, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Jun 2013.
• Short course (1 day) on: “Writing Empirical Journal Articles” for PhD students and faculty members, Australian National University, Jul 2012.
• Short course (3½ days) on: “Individual-level Research” for PhD students, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Jun 2012.
• Short course (1 day) on: “Theory Development,” for PhD students, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Apr 2012.
• Short course (2 days) on: “Theory Development and Writing” for PhD students, Australian National University, Jul 2011.
• Short course (3½ days) on: “Research Methods” for PhD students, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Jun 2011.
• Short course (2 days) on: “Road to Success: A Guide for Researchers in the Behavioral and Social Sciences,” Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Mar 2011. (listed earlier under book-related presentations)
• Short course (3½ days) on: “Managing Research Programs and Writing Papers” for PhD students, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Jun 2010.M/li>
• Short course (2 days) on: “Theory Development,” March 2010, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
• Short course (3 days) on: “Data Analysis” for PhD students, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, May-Jul 2009.
• Short course (1 day) workshop on: “Theory Development,” Australian National University, May 2009.
• Short course (2 days) on: “Theory Development,” Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Mar 2009.
• Short course (3 days) on assorted research topics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, May-Jul 2008.
• Short course (3 days) on assorted research topics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Jun-Aug 2007.
• Short course (3 days) on assorted research topics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Jun-Jul 2006.
• Short course (3 days) on assorted research topics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Jun-Jul 2005.
• Short course (3 days) on assorted research topics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Jun-Jul 2004.
• 1½-credit (20 hours) course on: “Internet-enabled Technologies: Challenges and Business Opportunities,” Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India, February-April 2006.
• 3-credit course on: “Management Information Systems,” Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland, August 2004.
• 3-credit course on: “Introduction to Information Technology and E-Business Fundamentals,” Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland, June 2004.
• 3-credit course on: “Introduction to Information Technology and E-Business Fundamentals,” Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland, June 2003.
• 3-credit course on: “Management Information Systems,” Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland, March 2003.
• 3-credit course on: “Electronic Commerce Applications: Evaluation, Design, and Development,” Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland, December 2002,.
• 3-credit course on: “Introduction to Information Technology and E-Business Fundamentals,” Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland, June 2002.
• 3-credit course on: “Electronic Commerce Applications: Evaluation, Design, and Development,” Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland, December 2001.
• 3-credit course on: “Electronic Commerce Applications: Evaluation, Design, and Development,” Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland, July 2001.
• Speaker, Ph.D. Student Teaching Workshop, Smith School of Business, 2001.
• 3-credit course on: “Electronic Commerce Applications: Evaluation, Design, and Development,” Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland, June-July 2000,.
• Curriculum design for 18-day electronic commerce executive education series for the Smith School—for delivery at American Management Systems (AMS)—Smith School won the contract and is now delivering the e-commerce certification for AMS executives, Feb 2000.
• Speaker, Ph.D. Student Teaching Workshop, Smith School of Business, 2000.
• 3-credit course on: “Business Telecommunications,” Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Mikkeli, Finland, November-December 1999.
• 3-credit course on: “Introduction to Internet Technologies and Web Application Development,” Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland, June-July 1999.
• 3-credit course on: “Business Telecommunications,” Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Mikkeli, Finland, November-December 1999.