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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Motivating Learners

What are some ways you can help your students to become motivated and excited about your course?

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Instructors as Role Models

What are some ways you can model behaviors that will help your students to succeed in their career field?

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Instructors as Role Models

What are some ways you can model behaviors that will help your students to succeed in their career field?

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Instructors as Role Models

What are some ways you can model behaviors that will help your students to succeed in their career field?

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Understanding learner characteristics...

Hi Dominic, Right you are. Plus, I like to use my years of experience as a teacher to problem solve new solutions to the learning patterns of students. It helps to keep me excited about what I am doing. Gary

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Your Instructional Style

Hi Elizabeth, I think you are going to enjoy sharing them with your students. They aren't much effort but they really benefit the students because they are focused and current. Gary

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Clarifying Your Expectations To Students

Hi Elizabeth, Your students are receiving a comprehensive set of materials with the three components. This should really help them to get started in the course with a clear idea of what they are going to be doing. Gary

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Clarifying Your Expectations To Students

Hi Robert, Thank you for this excellent discussion on the reasons for using a grading rubric. You are dead on in your analysis. I use a rubric in all of my courses for the reasons you stated. In doing so it reduces many questions from the students because the earning of points is clearly spelled out within each category. I want to support your comment about the call from the parents and lawyers. The past three years have been a challenge because parents (helicopter parents as they are called) are calling about their son or daughter all the time. The… >>>

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Understanding learner characteristics...

Hi Warren, Right you are about knowing the characteristics of the students. You make a very good point about providing support without coddling the students. They are being prepared to enter into and succeed in a career area. As a result they have to be mature enough to in addition to the knowledge and skills to be competitive. They aren't going to be coddled when they are in the work place. Gary

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Understanding learner characteristics...

Hi James, Right you are concerning the need for a comprehensive knowledge base in terms of teaching strategies. The ability to cope with the unexpected is a real plus for educators. As you say the more you can develop this skill the more effective you will be. Gary

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