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 Joel, For the subject area that you teach what have you found to be the ideal class size for maximum interaction from students and your ability to meet the needs of the students. Gary

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Your Instructional Style

Hi John, Knowing student learning preferences or styles can really benefit you when it comes to planning your delivery. This knowledge shows you how to balance and format your lectures, demonstrations and group work. Keep up the good work. Gary

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Your Instructional Style

Hi Abundio, You make a good point about keep notes on what worked and what didn't plus the feedback from your students. This way each time you teach a class you can improve on your ability to instruct. Gary

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Clarifying Your Expectations To Students

Hi Jan, Having an understanding of clear expectations helps everyone, both students and teacher to get off on the right foot at the beginning of a new class. This way the students can spend time being focused on the course content rather than wondering what you want from them. Gary

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Becoming aware of retention strategies...

Hi Stephen, The WIIFM aspect of learning is a powerful one. We have to keep working at showing the students that there is a clear return on investment (ROI) for them if they work hard and gather all the knowledge and skills that they can while in school. Gary

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Motivation techniques...

Hi Tony, I can only imagine all of the experiences and stories you have to share with your students after 25 years. I am sure your students see you in a different light when you share something from your past that helped to bring you to their classroom. As you say it really helps to motivate them to keep working hard so they can get into their career area as soon as possible. Gary

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Matching Content to Need

Hi Joseph, Thank you for all of the good information you included in your forum response. You have shared some strategies that I know other participants can benefit from. You have a real good grasp of transference and application for your students. You are getting them to look around and see how and where they can apply their newly acquired knowledge and skills. Gary

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Matching Content to Need

Hi Chuck, Good to hear about the new vehicles that you get to use. These types of hands on opportunities will help your students to have the skills needed for career success. Gary

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Matching Content to Need

Hi John, What are some of the key ways you see using instructional style and student learning styles to improve content delivery? Do you have some examples that have proven to be successful for you that you can share? Gary

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Matching Content to Need

Hi Chuck, Well said. You have to create a blend between learning new content real world application and hands on skill development. What strategies have you found to work most effectively for you in this process? Gary

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