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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Offering Varied Instructional Delivery

Hi Angela, Good examples of why we need to offer our students variety in the learning process. They need to be able to use the different opportunities you present to capitalize on their own preferences. Gary

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Accommodating Learner Preferences

Hi Mazen, Good instructional planning. By knowing learning preferences as you mention you have a base upon which to build your instructional delivery. Gary

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Making Your Expectations Clear

Hi Angela, This is so important and so true. Clear concise information reduces student frustration and increases engagement. Gary

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Your Instructional Style

Hi Mazen, All go ideas for getting the students engaged. Thanks for sharing them with us. Gary

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Your Instructional Style

Hi Toni, Good way to show application and relevancy of content. This creates the needed connection between the classroom and the work world. Gary

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Your Instructional Style

Hi Marie, What are examples of the extra work that you use to help student understanding? I think this information would be of help to other instructors. Gary

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Offering Varied Instructional Delivery

Hi Rodrigo, You make a number of good points about how to approach the planning for and delivery of instruction. Variety appeals to the different student learning preferences and assists in bringing excitement to the classroom. Gary

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Offering Varied Instructional Delivery

Hi Justin, Your last sentence captures the essence of how we need to meet the needs of our students. By helping them know how they learn best we can target our instruction and the students achieve learning success. A win win for everyone. Gary

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Offering Varied Instructional Delivery

Hi Bronwen, Good point. Adults are looking for ways they can be successful in the course especially if they have been out of school for a number of years. By offering variety you are letting them see how they can learn the material by using their life experiences and the different learning deliveries. Gary

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Offering Varied Instructional Delivery

Hi Dr. Dunlap, So true. Variety in instructional delivery is a must. This will help to keep their interest and focus. If we don't offer variety as we all know they will be zoned out for the duration of the class. Gary

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