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

Hi Quynh, Good strategies all in being successful both with the new course and the one you have previously taught. The steps you are following are going to help you be successful in reaching your students while providing them with support as needed. Gary

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Application of New Knowledge

Hi Tonya, Great job of bringing application to their learning. I am sure your students really enjoyed having the opportunity to take their new information outside and use it. This is what helps them in seeing the relevancy to their learning. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Teaching to Multiple Intelligences

Hi Homer, Good plan. This way you will be touching on the different learning preferences that your students have and that will assist in keeping them focused on the course content. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Adapting Your Instructional Strategy

Hi Sharon, Sounds like you are using a number of different strategies to get the content across to your students. By using the different techniques you are appealing to their learning preferences while also keeping them engaged. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Strategies for Keeping Students Engaged in Learning

Hi Amanda, Good point about student engagement. You need to get them to invest in the course because they realize their success will contribute to their future. Once they get a hold of this concept they will put forth the effort required to meet the course expectations. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Effective Retention Strategies

Hi David, Finding the instructional balance in your class is always a challenge. You make good points about how you need to find that balance as you do your planning and delivery. By keeping this in mind you will be able to adjust as you need to to keep your students engaged throughout the course. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Comprehensive Planning for Instructional Success

Hi Amanda, Good comments about planning early and the advantages of doing so. The idea that by knowing what you are going to do in advance gives you insight into how to do it even better is a good one. This will increase your effectiveness as an instructor while reaching students at a much higher rate. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Sharing Comprehensive and Clear Course Requirements

Hi Amanda, Right you are about clear and concise information about the course requirements plus holding the students accountable for their destiny. They need to make the connection between course success and effort and when they do they have greatly increase the potential they have for success. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Sharing Comprehensive and Clear Course Requirements

Hi Chuck, I like both of your approaches. This gives the students the big picture as well as having them personalize the course by listing their own goals. This really helps them focus on the course content. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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The Human Factor in Retention

Hi William, Another very good point. Knowing you have an instructor that is interested in you and your success really helps as a student when you have some struggles. You want to be successful because of the faith the instructor has in you. This is what rapport is about in teaching. Gary

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