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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Application of New Knowledge

Hi Sherry, Congratulations on making your course content relevant and real. I am sure your students enjoyed talking about the Black Friday ads and how they impacted the buying public. Now on to Cyber Monday. Gary

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Developing Student Rapport

Hi Jonathan, Well said. Gary

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Developing Student Rapport

Hi Jonathan, Good choice of a word. I think we fulfill this term in a lot of what we do because we are "coaching" them as they prepare to enter the big game (work world) and be successful. Gary

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Valuing Student Opinions

Hi Jonathan, Thank you for these good points. Instructors need to "own" the classroom and they can do that by moving around and focusing on different students. This really helps to keep the dynamics of the class working for effective learning. Gary

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Students as Class Members

Hi Cynthia, Thank you for sharing a number of very effective learning strategies. These methods can be used by instructors in many different settings and with diverse learning groups. Gary

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Instructor REFOCUS

Hi Jonathan, Good advice that we all need to heed. I teach two sections of the same course back to back. So I need to remain excited and fresh throughout the semester as well as throughout the each class section. I work hard at this because I want each class to feel that I am speaking to them and that my content is tailored to their learning needs. Gary

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Instructors as Role Models

Hi Peggy, Good point about sharing information that shows the students that you understand where they are coming from. We all are former students ourselves, even if our students don't believe it. So we do understand their situations and are there to be supportive and help them be successful if they will put forth the effort. Gary

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Making a Positive First Impression

Hi Peggy, Thank you for this good advice for how to start a new class off in the right direction. Be clear, specific, organized and ready to present and you will have laid the foundation for making a good first impression on the students. Gary

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Effective Retention Strategies

Hi Cynthia, This is what professional development is all about. We need to continually seek new information, strategies and input to keep our skills developing so we can be more effective instructors. Gary

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Effective Retention Strategies

Hi Tamara, Good point. We need to know the causes so we can create the interventions. By displaying the human factor and keeping our students engaged in the learning process we are going to be able to understand them better and create supports that will help to reduce their school leaving. Gary

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