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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Matching Content to Need

Hi Jena, Great strategy! The reason students enroll in a career college in the first place is driven by the "compelling why". Relevancy and application is what it is all about. Your students get this from the beginning to the end. Gary

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Clarifying Your Expectations To Students

Hi Suzanne, You hit upon the key of your introducing your students to your course. The caring aspect. The method you use lets them know you want them to be successful and that you are going to do all that you can to help them with their career goals. Keep up the good work. Gary

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Clarifying Your Expectations To Students

Hi James, Good way to start a new class. This is a good way to start the development of rapport with your students and they get to know each other better. Gary

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Becoming aware of retention strategies...

Hi Vivian, What have you found to be the most effective way of getting feedback from your students? How do you use this feedback to make changes in your instructional delivery? Gary

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Motivation techniques...

Hi Vivian, You are doing a good job of creating a vision of the future for your students. As you know sometimes students get lost in the schooling process to the point they don't remember why they started college in the first place. These reminders really help them to stay engaged in the learning process. Gary

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Understanding learner characteristics...

Hi Vivian, Well said. You have a very clear understanding of the learning needs of your students. I am sure they benefit greatly from this understanding and do well in your classes. Gary

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Understanding learner characteristics...

Hi Rick, Enjoy your smaller classes. You are very fortunate in that you get to know your students so well. Most of us teach larger classes and as a result we have work harder to get to know our students and meet their learning needs. Gary

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The Learning Environment Effect

Hi Edward, You have expressed a common complaint with the time change. I have found it also effects my students for a few days as they adjust to the hour's difference. Gary

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Understanding learner characteristics...

Hi Jerry, This is a great way to use your students as instructional resources. They can help and share with each other while learning how to work with each other. Gary

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Understanding learner characteristics...

Hi Doreen, Being able to meet the individual learning needs of your students while keeping the course moving forward is the challenge every instructor faces. This is I think one of the enjoyable parts of our work as well because we get to use our creativity to develop strategies for our students. Hope this is your situation as well. Gary

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