Education
- Ph.D. in Organization and Management
- Capella University
- M.B.A. in Business Administration
- The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Positions Held
2003 - 2004
Mount Olive College
Assistant Professor-Computer Information Systems
1999 - 2003
Gardner-Webb University GOAL Program
Business Administration-Adjunct Faculty
2001 - 2003
Catawba Vally MagnIT Program
1996 - 2003
Catawba Valley Community College
Business/Computer Faculty
Intellectual Contributions
Impact of Opern Educational Resources on Course DFWI Rates in Undergraduate Online Education
Cassandra S Shaw, Kathleen Irwin, Doris L Blanton
June 28, 2019
The International Journal of Open Educational Resources
Impact of course quality on student academic performance
Cassandra S Shaw, Kathleen Irwin, Thomas Schaefer, Larry A Patrizi
January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2018
International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning
Forum Quality or Quantity: What is Driving Student Engagement Online?
Cassandra S Shaw, Kathleen Irwin
September 2017
Online Journal of Distance Learning (OJDLA)
Faculty Personality: A Factor of Student Retention
Cassandra S Shaw, Xiaodong Wu, Kathleen Irwin, Larry A Patrizi
April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2016
Online Journal of Distance Learning (OJDLA)
Faculty Personality: A Factor of Student Retention
Cassandra S Shaw, Xiaodong Wu, Kathleen Irwin, Larry A Patrizi
April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 4, 2016
Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration
Impact of the internet on curriculum design in the North Carolina Community College
Kathleen Irwin
March 2009
Stocks Market Reaction As An Early Signal of Success: The Announcement of New Coke
Laurence Blose, Kathleen Irwin, Eddy Nivens
Decision Sciences Institute
Presentations
Legal Issues in Distance Education
Catawba Valley Community College Professional Development Training
Internet Technologies vs. E-Commerce: Building Successful Technology Programs in the New Millenium
League of Innovation
.asp for U and Me
North Carolina Computer Instructors' Conference
E-Commerce Online...On a Budget
North Carolina Computer Instructors' Conference
What Every Professor Needs to Know About Blackboard
North Carolina Computer Instructors' Conference
Impact of course quality on student academic performance
Online Learning Consortium (OLC)
November 14, 2018
Impact of course quality on student academic performance
E-Learn World Conference on E-Learning
October 17, 2018
Impact of course quality on student academic performance
APUS-CTL
September 25, 2018
Forum Quality or Quantity: What is Driving Student Engagement Online?
ACBSP International Conference
June 8, 2018
Forum Quality or Quantity: What is Driving Student Engagement Online?
ACBSP Region 2
November 4, 2017
Forum Quality or Quantity: What is Driving Student Engagement Online?
APUS - CTL
November 1, 2017
Faculty Personality: A Factor of Student Retention
APUS Research SIG
July 19, 2017
Faculty Personality: A Factor of Student Retention
ACBSP International Conference
June 25, 2017
Faculty Personality: A Factor of Student Retention
Brown Bag Presentation
March 9, 2016
Keeping it Real in a Digital Age
ACBSP National Conference
June 28, 2014
Are Faculty Making the Grade with Web 2.0?
SITE Conference
March 19, 2014
Keeping it Real in a Digital Age
ACBSP Regional Conference
November 1, 2013
Media Contributions
Scholar of the Week
Scholar of the Week-Team Award Winner
January 2017
Social Media - Blog
Certifications and Licensure
March 2007
Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Master Certification
Certiport / Microsoft
March 2003
IC3 Certified
Certiport / IC3
January 4, 2018
CITI - Social & Behavioral Research - Basic/Refresher
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program)
March 29, 2015
CITI - Social & Behavioral Research - Basic/Refresher
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)
WOW Certified Associate Webmaster (CAW)
Awards & Honors
June 14, 2015
Scholar of the Week-Teamwork Award 2015
American Public University System
Led team of 16 full-time faculty in their participation in Scholar of the Week initiative.
November 2, 2013
ACBSP Regional Conference-Best Presentation Award
ACBSP
Presented on the topic of technology integrated facilitation and creative faculty assessment. As classrooms move into a mobile domain, it becomes more important to assess R.E.A.L.--a model for Web 2.0 integration--efforts across a spectrum of activities in the online environment.
2008
UOP Southeast Region Outstanding Academic Leadership Award
2007
UOP Southeast Region Academic Leadership Award