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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Understanding Learner Characteristics

Hi Stephanie, You make a good point about how you can apply this information to enhance your delivery of instruction. Gary

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Instructors as Role Models

Hi Amanda, Spoken like the true professional you are. This is what modeling and managing instruction is all about. Gary

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Learning from Instructor and Student Introductions

Hi Donna, With these efforts you are going to be able to more accurately target your learning strategies, plus you will be able to customize and provide additional support for your students. Gary

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Developing Clear Goals and Objectives

Hi Randall, You make a good point about making sure to cover everything so the students can do what they need to do in the lab. It is a point of accountability for everyone. Gary

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The Learning Environment Effect

Hi Randall, Good points about instructional supports. We need to be able to adapt and shift our instructional delivery based upon what is occurring in the classroom like training aids not working. Gary

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Adapting Your Instructional Strategy

Hi Cecilia, Good way to bring all of the students into your class discussions and learning format. Gary

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Offering Varied Instructional Delivery

Hi Justin, Good point about different learning preferences and something we need to always keep in mind as we prepare our instruction. Plus, the variety as we know helps to keep our students engaged. Gary

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Offering Varied Instructional Delivery

Hi Nicole, Your last sentence really reflects on the fun part of teaching. We get to use many different learning strategies to reach our students and that helps to keep us engaged as well as the students. Gary

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Offering Varied Instructional Delivery

Hi Diana, Good point. The diversity of our students and their learning preferences contribute to enhanced learning opportunities for everyone with proper instructional planning. This planning also enables us to use our creativity in teaching. Gary

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Effective Retention Strategies

Hi Matthew, Good grade rubric. I like the way you have it laid out and it is consistent as well as fair for your students. Thanks for sharing it with us. Gary

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