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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Getting Shy Students Comfortable When Presenting

For shy or withdrawn students having to make a presentation in class can very stressful and in some cases down right painful. They would rather do anything but stand in front of their peers and present. There are some ways you can help them to build confidence in their abilities as presenters while having them participate in the process of knowledge sharing.

Divide your class up into small presenter groups of 3-4 students. Assign each group a topic and each student within each group a part of that topic. Set a specific presentation time, say 3 or 5 minutes. Already… >>>

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Strategies for Keeping Students Engaged in Learning

Hi Brad, How do you assign the students to do the chapter content? Do they do a lecture for a certain number of minutes? Do you use the a team of students to present the contents of the entire chapter or does one student present the entire chapter? Thanks for your input in advance. Gary

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Your Instructional Style

Hi Ben, What are some of the strategies you use in calling attention to the information in the students' books? Thanks in advance for your input. Gary

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Developing Clear Goals and Objectives

Hi Kathryn, What a great way to illustrate to the students the progress they have made in their goal development. Their mission statements give the purpose and direction and the review it their statements at the end show them they really are making progress as students. Gary

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Instructor REFOCUS

Hi Kenneth, I teach two sections of the same course back to back. Each course is three hours in length. I work hard at keeping fresh and trying to remember what I told each section. What are some of the techniques that you learned to stay fresh when you were acting. Thanks in advance for your input. Gary

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Student Feedback

Hi Dara, Good examples of how we can use student feedback to our benefit. By being willing to take the feedback and see improvement our instructional abilities will continue to grow. Gary

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Your Instructional Style

Hi Ginneh, I love hearing stories like yours. Thanks for sharing with us. The results of your efforts are better prepared students and more enjoyable teaching experiences for you. Gary

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Reinforcement as Motivation

Hi Elizabeth, You are right on with your comments. Students like to know as soon as possible on how they did on an assignment or quiz. The quicker we can get the results to them the quicker they can make adjustments in their efforts if they need to make improvements or chance to achieve success. Gary

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Developing Student Rapport

Hi Shawn, Right you are about the need for creating a connection with students. What are some ways you do that when starting a new class of students? Gary

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Motivating Learners

Hi Jeremiah, I like this approach. You are engaging the students in the learning process by sharing a fact or bit of information that catches their attention. I learned something about deer as a result of reading your comments as well so now you have me hooked as a learner. Gary

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