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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The Learning Environment Effect

Hi Erik, I really like what you are doing with your class environment. The variety is great! You are moving your students around physically plus giving them breaks mentally. All this adds up to a positive learning setting that offers extensive ways to learn the course content. Gary

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REFOCUS...

Hi Tony, You make a good point. Student regression is easy to create if you become bored with what you are teaching. You have to bring excitement to the classroom each time you step into it. Gary

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Matching Content to Need

Hi Jamie, Not only are you making the course relevant for your students you are showing them application as well. Good job. Gary

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Matching Content to Need

Hi Mark, Good way to make the course relevant to the needs and goals of your students. Gary

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Matching Content to Need

Hi Caryn, I like you like case studies for my students. They really get into them and work hard to come up with solutions. I wish I knew more about biochemistry so I could make some suggestions for case studies but I know nothing about this field as evidenced by my grades in the subject when I was a pre-vet student. Gary

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Clarifying Your Expectations To Students

Hi Linda, Way to go in setting the stage for a successful course phase. You are covering the bases of introduction and requirements plus you are showing your concern for student success. This is a great way to start a course. Gary

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Becoming aware of retention strategies...

Hi Tony, As have I. If an instructor becomes too involved they can lost their way. We can show professional concern and try to help with solutions or refer students to places that can be of help and then we have to step away. If we lose our way that two people will have been lost, the student and a professional educator. That is a loss that doesn't need to occur. Gary

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Clarifying Your Expectations To Students

Hi Scott, Spoken like a well experienced educator. You can't give them too much information because in spite of best intentions on both sides of the desk there will still be questions about assignments, etc. By having the additional information available you are helping to reduce the confusion and enhancing their understanding of expectations. Gary

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Matching Content to Need

Hi Frank, Good approach in trying to show relevance to students that may not see it. If they can see how the new information that they are learning can be applied in other situations it helps them to appreciate it more. Sometimes as you say this is a tough sell. I teach several of these required courses so I have to work extra hard to help the students to stay engaged on what we are doing. Gary

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Matching Content to Need

Hi Walter, This approach is good because you need to have balance in your learning groups. That way everyone can benefit from being in a group as well as contribute. Gary

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