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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Your Instructional Style

Jennifer, Empowerment is a great motivator and you are providing the experiences that will help the students to feel such. Good strategy for student engagement. Gary

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Teaching to Multiple Intelligences

David, Great to hear. You are going to be able to more accurately target you instructional delivery as a result of this approach. Gary

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Understanding Learner Characteristics

Helen, Yes, they can. This is a part of targeting instruction to meet the needs of that current group of students. Gary

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Accommodating Learner Preferences

Marshall, Good way to introduce your personality into the classroom while sharing accurate content with your students. Gary

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Making a Positive First Impression

Daisy, Good way to kick off a positive and supportive class for the students. You can then build on that positive first impression from there. Gary

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Instructors as Role Models

Alexander, This is so important and something all instructors need to remember as they work and interact with students. Gary

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Defining Instructional Professionalism

Verna, The key is as you mention being able to "read" the students and then respond to their learning needs. Gary

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Making Instruction Relevant

Sharon, These life experiences when shared help the adult learner feel that he/she is contributing to their instructional development and not just occupying space. Gary

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Valuing Student Opinions

Sara, By showing the students you care about them and their success while working to expand your expertise as an educator you will develop into the instructional delivery specialist you want to want to be before you know it. Gary

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Application of New Knowledge

Sherry, Good way to coordinate different learning preferences into your approach. This way the students have varied opportunities to acquire the knowledge and skills required. Gary

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