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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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Making Your Expectations Clear

Hi Stacy, Way to go in establishing the base of understanding for your students. By researching and writing about academic integrity you are showing them it is important to you, the course and their success in the class. Well done. Gary

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Effective Retention Strategies

Hi June, Thank you for your comments about we can engage our students and increase their knowledge retention rate while increasing their program completion rate as well. I to am challenged by the students coming to me without the basic academic skills needed to be successful in my class. It takes some creativity to get them settled into the class while increasing their basic skills to the point of success. Also, thanks for pointing out the misspelling. It got through our proofreaders and took an eagle eye like yours to find. Will get it taken care of immediately. Gary

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Teaching to Multiple Intelligences

Hi David, Thank you for your insight and comments about how you are using multiple intelligences in your instructional planning. Thank you also for the recommendation for the "Head First" book series. They are great as you mention and I know will be of much help to other instructors that use them. We are always looking for additional resources that we can use to improve our instructional delivery. Gary

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Adapting Your Instructional Strategy

Hi Klaus, I know you are going to develop some keen insight into your students and how to approach them by watching how they function in the classroom. Let me know how your observations work in terms of learning improvement. Thanks. Gary

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Strategies for Increasing Student Motivation

Hi Jean, This is what "connecting the dots" is all about in learning. You are showing your students that they are learning content and skills that will help them create a future for themselves. The more of this we can do the more motivated they will to complete their program. Gary

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Increasing Student Retention

Hi Mohd-Ibrahim, Good advice for all instructors to follow. We need to keep this in mind each time we step into the classroom. Gary

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Motivating Learners

Hi Ellory, I teach the same type of course. It is required as a part of their certification process so they come into the class with a bit of an attitude. It is 3 hours in length from 7 until 10 pm. So it is fun to try and engage all of the students in the learning process whether they want to be in the course or not. This lets me be creative in my activities and projects. I really appreciate your excitement about your field and how much you like to teach about it. This makes the job a… >>>

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Strategies for Increasing Student Motivation

Hi Lynn, This is a good way to get the students into the field and talking with those that are working where they want to be upon graduation. The more realistic information they can get the better prepared they will be to enter and succeed in the field. Also, when you have them do such interviews they bring back to the classroom so much information that they is always a lot of discussion that follows. Gary

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Expanding Your Instructional Abilities

Hi Lubna, Good point. The more you know the more comfortable you can be in sharing the information. Keep current and continue to learn and you will grow as an effective and efficient instructor. Gary

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Making a Positive First Impression

Hi All, What are some of strategies you have found most effective in making positive first impressions? Thanks in advance for your input. Gary

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