Gary Meers, Ed.D.

About me

I am an Education Advisor/Consultant for MaxKnowledge. I write courses that assist in the professional development of career college instructors. These courses range in content from the introductory level to advanced instructional development. I started my teaching career as an instructional technology teacher on the high school level, completed graduate school and then moved into higher education. I spent many years in the area of teacher training at the University of Nebraska. While at the University of Nebraska I stared working with career college instructors to improve their instructional delivery skills. As a result of these experiences I have been a consultant to career colleges throughout the United States and a number of foreign countries.

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Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Making the Course Relevant

Hi Chris, I agree with the work experience factor. This really helps to make it "real" for the students. They can see the application and relevancy of what you are teaching this way. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Adapting Your Instructional Strategy

Hi Denise, All good examples of how we can help students to acquire and internalize new information. By showing them effective storage and retrieval methods we are helping them to become more effective and efficient learners. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Application of New Knowledge

Hi James, You make a good point about relevancy and application needing to be a part of teaching. By showing students how they can use the new content and skills they will be able to store this in such a way that they can make it a part of their working memory when needed though it often requires repetition and practice over a period of time. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Expanding Your Instructional Abilities

Hi Laura, You are very fortunate to be able to start your teaching career this way. You were able to observe and see how someone sets the bar high and achieves success with students. This gave you a standard upon which you could measure your own professional progress as an educator. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Your Instructional Style

Hi Nathalie, You are giving your students not only good and accurate content but a career model to follow as well. This is important for students to see if they are going to become excited and enthused about the field like you. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Instructor Enthusiasm

Hi Janet, You are on the right track with your questions and use of different strategies to engage and excite your online learners. We are still learning how best to impact students through online technology even though online learning has been around for a number of years. The key is to get the human factor across in a technological environment. All of us that teach online need to continue to share information so we can develop a host of "best practices" that will work for instructors. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Strategies for Keeping Students Engaged in Learning

Hi Curtis, The key is variety and varying of the flow. By using the different delivery methods you listed are are doing that in a way that keeps the class moving forward and students learning. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Accommodating Learner Preferences

Hi Eric, Good way to keep the class flowing and the students engaged. You are offering your students variety and that is very important as you well know in keeping students engaged and forward focused. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Students as Class Members

Hi Jeffrey, Well done. This strategy really helps the students to "connect the dots" of what they are learning in the classroom and what they will encounter in the real world upon graduation. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Making Your Expectations Clear

Hi Robert, I like the way you prepare and then execute the class. You are demonstrating professional behavior and skill on every level. This way your students can see a model of someone in their field from which they can take much knowledge. Keep up the good work. Gary

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