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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Instructors as Role Models

Thomas, Good way to provide support to your students while dealing with a large enrollment. I like the way they help themselves and others as they work through their lab situations. This is how it is going to be once they are out in the work world. Gary

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Learning from Instructor and Student Introductions

Beth, I like this idea. Sounds like a lot of fun, is relaxing for students but yet yields a lot of information you to use as you work with each individual student during the class session. Gary

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Your Instructional Style

Sheila, You make a good point about the students. Each class brings a different set of learners so instructors need to have the skills to be able to adapt their instruction to meet their specific needs. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Expanding Your Instructional Abilities

Dan, All good way to increase your knowledge and professional development. The key is to continue in your growth as an educator. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Reinforcement as Motivation

Frederick, Students love stories as you know. So the more you can connect the dots between course content and real life experiences the more engaged students are going to be. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Instructor REFOCUS

Jorge, Good points. This approach helps instructors to once again value the opportunities they have to help individuals achieve their career goals. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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The Human Factor in Retention

Cynthia, A straight forward easy to understand approach to your students. If they put forth the effort you will help them progress in their knowledge and skills. This is what teaching is all about, but many times the students want the professor to do the work for them. Gary

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Increasing Student Retention

Cynthia, I like your plan. It shows that you value the students and that you are will to listen and respond to their comments as they move through the course. It is easy as you know to get lost in the online setting unless a professor like yourself has a plan to draw out the students. Good job. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Effective Retention Strategies

Yvonne, Key point that many students do not take to heart. A tutorial is just that. It is designed to help advance the knowledge and understanding of students not give them answers to tests. They have to put forth effort if they are going to be successful and many forget that element. Gary

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Preparing and Delivering Effective Lectures

Brenda, So true in terms of helping students to understand the components of the concepts that are being shared. The Tree Diagram helps them to see the core and then the supporting information around that core. Gary

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