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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Being Successful in College

Lori, Little things like this build up to become major areas of support for students. They really appreciate the investment you are making in them as humans and students. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Being Successful in College

Billie Kay, Good way to personalize your experiences to your students. This gives them a framework within which they can see themselves being successful just like you have been. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Being Successful in College

Billie Kay, I like your approach to working with older learners. You are helping them to build their confidence as they come back to the classroom after many years of being out of school. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Accommodating Learner Preferences

Astrid, Sounds like a good plan for keeping your students engaged and focused on the content. This way they are gaining different ways of integrating the cognitive material. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Accommodating Learner Preferences

Zekrayat, You are able to show students application and relevancy once they have covered the content in the lecture part as they move to lab and this greatly enhances cognitive retention. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Accommodating Learner Preferences

Stephanie, This is a good way to work through the format for your students. You are offering variety and different learning preference venues for your students. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Making Your Expectations Clear

Sandra, How do you do this with your students? Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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The Learning Environment Effect

Jacqueline, Not really clear on your meaning of this statement. Can you expand on this,please? Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Developing Clear Goals and Objectives

Don, I like your example and you are right on in terms of needing to have specific goals and objectives for the course. This keeps everyone informed and moving forward to a common goals. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Motivating Learners

Javaid, The key is motivation and you have addressed the basis for it very well. The students need to have shared with them a vision of the future so they will continue to see themselves as having potential. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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