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Melanie Shaw has over ten years of educational experience ranging from classroom and graduate level teaching to counseling and administration. She is currently an Associate Professor of Curriculum and Outcomes Assessment at Northcentral University and an adjunct professor at Colorado State University Global and Ozarks Technical Community College. In addition, Melanie is an Education Consultant for the national healthcare staffing organization, Temps Inc, and the Executive Editor for the eLearning Institute.

Melanie’s primary research interests include teaching and learning, alternative teacher certification, curriculum, and distance learning instructional practices. She is the author of the book, Alternative Teacher Certification: A Remedy for Teacher Shortages. She has also written numerous articles including, Instructional Strategies for Multiage Classrooms; 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; A Tale of Two Courses: A Case Study of Transition from a Traditional to an Online Course; and Where in the World is Mr. Maraca? For her dissertation, Melanie explored national and state-run alternative teacher certification program to assess the impact of non-traditional teachers on teacher shortages in five U.S. states. She is currently working on several research projects including an analysis of instructional approaches in the online classroom, and a comparative case study of achievement outcomes for students in an identical face to face and online course.

In addition to Melanie’s publications, she is also an accomplished public speaker. She has presented at the Sloan Consortium Conference, the Ubiquitous Learning Conference, International Learning Conference, the Department of Defense Education Association Music Conference, and Music in Our Schools Assemblies. She has served as the Speaker in Residence for the Evening at the Arts program in Germany, and Melanie won first place in the nation for extemporaneous speaking at the OSHA Conference.

Melanie received a Ph.D. in Education with a specialization in Curriculum and Teaching from Northcentral University, a master’s degree in Education Administration from Grand Canyon University, and a second master’s degree in School Counseling for the University of West Alabama. She received her bachelor’s degree in Liberal Studies and Music from Excelsior College. She holds teaching certificates in online teaching, elementary education, and guidance counseling