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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Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Instructor REFOCUS

Joe, Thank you for your good comments about how to help students reset their brains when they start to wear down in a course. With some effort the energy can be regained and the enthusiasm for the course will start to rise and the students will be able to get to the end of the course excited about what they have been learning. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Increasing Student Retention

Willie, I like the way you lay out your course expectations. This way the students can clearly see what the expectations are and what they are going to need to do in order to be successful in the course. This reduces confusion and gets them to focus on the specifics of the course. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Understanding Learner Characteristics

Willie, Good way to start off a new course. This lets you know why they are enrolled and it has then start thinking about why they are in the course as well. This type of reflection early on in the course helps students to see the value they are going to get from being in such a course. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Strategies for Increasing Student Motivation

Emeline, Stories like this are important to share as they make the connection for students to the application of content being taught. They see relevancy via these stories and this increases their motivation levels. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Sharing Comprehensive and Clear Course Requirements

Emeline, Yes, this is essential. Otherwise students may be confused and frustrated about what the course expectations really are. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Making Your Expectations Clear

Emeline, Good way to be clear in what the course expectations are and how the course is going to operate. The Q&A session lets them find out about how they will need to preform in order to be successful in the course. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Making a Positive First Impression

Anthony, Key point all instructors need to remember as they start a new course. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Developing Clear Goals and Objectives

Anthony, What are the ways you share the course goals and objectives with your students? Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Defining Instructional Professionalism

Mary Ellen, With the earning of respect the foundation is laid for the development of rapport. It is at this point teaching really starts to be fun because you have students that are engaged and focused on the course content and want to develop the skills needed for success. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Understanding Learner Characteristics

LARRY, This is an important part of "reading" a class of students so you will know how and where to provide support. This also helps with the development of rapport with them so they will be engaged for the duration of the course. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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