Melanie Shaw

About Melanie Shaw

Melanie Shaw has over 20 years of educational experience, ranging from classroom teaching to counseling and administration. She has vast experience in online education, including faculty training, course development, instructional supervision, online teaching, and dissertation advising. Melanie has served as a Student and Faculty Ombudsperson, Foundation Course Faculty, Curriculum Director, Lead Research Faculty, Vice President of Retention and Student Success, and Director of Faculty Development. Melanie is also an Educational Consultant and Executive Editor for the eLearning Institute. Melanie is the author of two books: Alternative Teacher Certification: A Remedy for Teacher Shortages and The Essential 10 Guide to APA Formatting. She has also written numerous articles and chapters, such as “Evaluation of Adjunct Instructor Workload and Employment Conditions in Higher Education,” “Activities to Integrate Internet Usage in College Foreign Language Classes,” “Want to Teach Online? Seven Things You Should Know,” “Distance Learning Course Activities: Best Practices for Asynchronous Delivery of Online Course Content,” and “A Tale of Two Courses: A Case Study of Transition from a Traditional to an Online Course.” She is currently working on several research projects, including an analysis of instructional approaches in the online classroom. In addition to her publications, Melanie has presented at the United States Distance Learning Association Conference, the Sloan Consortium International Conference on Online Learning, the Ubiquitous Learning Conference, and the International Conference on Learning. She was awarded Teacher of Honor by Kappa Delta Pi and won the Teaching Excellence Award at Colorado State University – Global Campus.

Experience

1. Faculty

   United States University

   Sep 2019 — Present

   Teach online courses. Create online courses.

Education

• Princeton High School

  High School Diploma

  1986 — 1990

• University of West Alabama

  Master of Science (M.S.), School Counseling, 4.0/4.0

  2004 — 2005

• Excelsior College

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Liberal Studies and Music, Cum Laude

  1999 — 2003

• Grand Canyon University

  Master of Education (M.Ed.), Educational Administration, 4.0/4.0

  2006 — 2007

• Northcentral University

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Education: Curriculum and Teaching, 4.0/4.0

  2005 — 2007