The Ally Advantage

The Ally Advantage

By Mariah BurkertReligion & SpiritualityChristianityEducation
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The Ally Advantage episodes

  • Workshop Re-Release | Put the "Pow!" in PowerPoints

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    In this workshop re-release episode, join Mariah Burkert as she explains how to simplify students' PowerPoint creation process. Get ready to be equipped to design elegant, effective presentations with efficiency!

    Resources mentioned in this workshop:

    • Lights, Camera, Record: The Art of Multimedia Presentation
    1 hr 4 min
  • Learning How You Learn: Part 2

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    In this episode on The Ally Advantage Podcast, Chantelle Patschke, Dr. McClenton, Kristin Slone, Hannah Kahn, and Mariah Burkert continue their conversation about how people learn!

    They consider how their learning strategies shifted from undergraduate to online schooling, debunked common myth about learning styles, shared tips for students starting their first course, and left students with one thing they want adult learners to remember as they practice some metacognition and build on their knowledge of their own learning style.

    24 min
  • Bible Break with Kristen - 9/9/2026

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    You don't want to miss this week's Bible Break--join Kristen Slone for an insightful encouragement on Jesus' words about the many rooms of the Father's house.

    4 min
  • Learning How You Learn: Part 1

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    In this episode on The Ally Advantage Podcast, Chantelle Patschke, Dr. McClenton, Kristin Slone, Hannah Kahn, and Mariah Burkert gather round the table to learn about how we learn! They kick off the conversation by describing something they each learned really well and how did they learned it. Then, they discuss how they learned in high school, and how that changed (if at all!) when they started their undergraduate work.

    Stay tuned for Part 2!

    25 min
  • Workshop Re-Release | Cracking the Code: How to Read and Understand College Assignments

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    In this workshop re-release episode, join Kristen Slone as she explains how to understand assignment directions. She focuses on the common components of assignment prompts as well as decoding keywords to understand what instructors are actually requesting. If you've ever read assignment instructions and thought, "What is my professor asking me to do?!", this workshop is for you!

    To see the video version of this workshop, check out the Ally Center YouTube page!

    All of the resources mentioned in this workshop are available from this page:

    • Calendars & Productivity
    53 min
  • Ideal Study Space: Part 2

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    In part 2 of their discussion on creating an ideal study space, Hannah Kahn, Dr. McClenton, Kristen Slone, and Mariah Burkert name their top distractions (and how they eliminate/circumvent them!), how they create a sense of mental clarity, what they would create as an ideal study space if time and money were of no object, and final words of advice for students as they seek to create their own ideal study spaces.

    Resources discussed in this episode:

    • Setting Boundaries
    20 min

About The Ally Advantage

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The Ally Advantage: Where support meets strategy—and students thrive!

The Ally Center is Lancaster Bible College’s hub for innovative academic services, resources, and accessibility by which…