Assessment and Evaluation, Educator Presence, Faculty Development, Instructional Design, The Mindful Academic, The Mindful Professor 21 Aug 2025 When College Students Just Don’t Get It Have you ever left a class thinking, “That was crystal clear,” only to grade the first assignment and wonder if… Kellie Alston No Comments
Educator Presence, Enhancing Learning, Higher Education Faculty, Instructional Design, Self-Efficacy, The Mindful Academic, The Mindful Professor, Write with Me Series 27 Jul 2025 Reflective Teaching in Higher Ed: Why It’s Time to Make It a Weekly Habit Can we talk for a second about what it really means to teach in higher ed? I’m not just talking… Kellie Alston No Comments
Educator Presence, Higher Education Faculty, Instructional Design, Issues and Concerns 24 Jun 2023 4 Reasons You Need a Professional Learning Community Hello, HEO! If you are not aware, that is my acronym for those of us who teach college courses online.… Kellie Alston No Comments
Educator Presence, Enhancing Learning, Instructional Design, The Virtual Village 03 Apr 2023 Five Key Traits You Need to Thrive as a Higher Educator Welcome to this week's audio blog! I am excited to share five key traits you must possess to thrive… Kellie Alston No Comments
Enhancing Learning, Instructional Design, Student Engagement 13 Oct 2022 Using Visuals to Enhance Learning How do people learn? What do we, instructional designers and college faculty need to know about our students' memory stores… Kellie Alston No Comments
Educator Presence, FACE Method, Higher Education Faculty, Instructional Design, Self-Efficacy 11 Oct 2022 The F.A.C.E. Method| A Testimonial by Dr. Vernita Glenn-White In this video, Dr. Vernita Glenn-White, a former K-20 mathematics educator, shares how the F.A.C.E. Method Mini-Course offered strategies that… Kellie Alston No Comments
FACE Method, Instructional Design 10 Oct 2022 The F.A.C.E. Method and STEM Courses| A Testimonial by Dr. Jessye Talley In this video, Dr. Jessye Talley, Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Systems and Engineering at Morgan State University… Kellie Alston No Comments
Educator Presence, Instructional Design 09 Oct 2022 Promoting Students’ Success in Online Courses with Tutorials This audioshop discusses how Peloton uses tutorials to teach their customers how to maximize their product. Six types of tutorials… Kellie Alston No Comments
Assessment and Evaluation, Instructional Design 09 Oct 2022 Evaluating Every Learning Experience I have been enjoying being a Peloton customer so much! My mind goes to so many places as I am… Kellie Alston No Comments
Educator Presence, Instructional Design, Small Group Discussions 29 Jul 2021 Tales of an Online College Lecturer: Episode 1 When Academic Integrity is Lacking I am so glad that you have decided to spend some time with me on… Kellie Alston No Comments
Cooperation and Collaboration, Discussion Frameworks, Instructional Design, Small Group Discussions, Student Engagement, The Virtual Village 19 Feb 2021 5 Reasons Students Love Discussion Frameworks If you have been rocking with me, reading my blog, you know that I have been doing a series on Kellie Alston No Comments
Instructional Design 10 Feb 2021 5 Reasons Students Hate Discussion Board Forums Discussion Boards are a standard component in today's online college courses. They can be implemented well, but often are not… Kellie Alston No Comments
Cooperation and Collaboration, Discussion Frameworks, Instructional Design, Small Group Discussions, Student Engagement 05 Feb 2021 Do We Want Discussions or Content Conversations? Welcome, welcome, welcome! You have made it here just in time to experience the Discussion Frameworks Versus Discussion Boards Battle,… Kellie Alston No Comments
Assessment and Evaluation, Cooperation and Collaboration, Group Projects, Instructional Design, Multimedia, Student Engagement 22 Jul 2020 How to Use “The Manual” to Assess Learning in Your Online Course Have you ever heard someone say, “If you can teach a thing then you know you know a thing?” Well,… Kellie Alston No Comments
Cooperation and Collaboration, Group Projects, Instructional Design, Student Engagement 15 Jul 2020 Who Makes The Team? Every fall, I assign a group project that I call Who Makes the Team? I designed the project for my… Kellie Alston No Comments