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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Matching Content to Need

Hi Stephen, The key to instruction is making a connection between the student and the content of the course. You are doing that as a result of the course activities that you are having the students complete. Good job with all of these efforts. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Matching Content to Need

Hi Herb, Great use of a variety of resources that keep both you and your students current with the field. This way they know the content you are sharing is relevant and current. Gary

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Clarifying Your Expectations To Students

Hi Nicholas, Good job of reinforcing the course requirements. This way your students get to see, read and hear the course requirements. This really helps with retention of what they need to complete in order to be successful in the course. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Making Instruction Relevant

Hi David, Yes, adult learners are looking for relevancy and application in relation to their life experiences. Anything instructors can do to create these connections will be valuable. The sharing of one's own life experiences are valuable as well, but with the qualifier as you mentioned to make the examples pointed and related to the content. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Teaching to Multiple Intelligences

Hi David, You are right on target with your instructional planning. As you know teaching is like any other field in that you have to know who you are working with and how they respond to your leadership. By knowing learning preferences you can more accurately plan for targeted instruction. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Clarifying Your Expectations To Students

Hi Charles, The bullet points are a good way to remove the mystery from what the course expectations are. This way from the very beginning the students can see what they must do and when they must do it. Gary

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Matching Content to Need

Hi Gabriel, Thank you for sharing your composition of your class for teaching Modern American History. Great way of dividing up your students and their research areas. I am sure you had a great experience with them as they reported out on their topics. This model can be used in many other settings so I am sure that other participants in this course will benefit from your sharing. Gary

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Clarifying Your Expectations To Students

Hi Jessica, Great job of outlining how you conduct the beginning of your class. This way the students will, as you say, have no excuse for not knowing the expectations and requirements. I like your stand on being in class on time. It is mine as well. We are training individuals to be successful professionals and in order for them to be successful they have to be on time each and every day. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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The Learning Environment Effect

Hi Peter, You are right on with the arrangement of the room making a difference in the discussion. I use the same format when I am conducting a case study or discussion. The face to face opportunity to see each other while talking helps to encourage everyone to participate. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Clarifying Your Expectations To Students

Hi Stephen, What a great way to balance the first day of class. You cover all of the bases while giving your students your expectations and requirements. They get to see and hear success stories and equipment they will be working with all. All of this serves to get them motivated for the coming classes. Gary

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