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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Strategies for Keeping Students Engaged in Learning

Kim, This is such a great way to get all students involved and feeling comfortable in the class. Your change of pace and instructional variety help to keep the attention of the students and enhance their engagement. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Defining Instructional Professionalism

Jamie, As you say this is critical for the benefit of your profession as well as your students. They need to know as well as learn to practice the highest level of professionalism if they are to be successful in the field. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Understanding Learner Characteristics

Susan, Your approach is student centered and this is how it should be. By checking for understanding you can make any needed adjustments while keeping the students progressing in the material. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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The Learning Environment Effect

Kim, By helping your students to connect their current training to their future you are increasing the value of your courses to them. This is what will yield an ROI for them as they progress through their course work. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Motivating Learners

Kim, With attitude like you have and the dedication you have for your field and students you are going to do fine in being the learning leader you need to be. I wish you continued success in your teaching and student interaction. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Developing Critical Thinking Skills

Barbara, I agree with you about the need to referring back to knowledge and then bringing it forward as it applies to the current topic being studied. This is how the connection will be made in the memory back and stored for use at a future time. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Strategies for Keeping Students Engaged in Learning

Elaine, I teach in the evenings from 4 until 10 pm so I can relate to your efforts in your longer classes. You are offering variety and change of pace and that is what will keep the students engaged for the duration of the time. Your class sounds like fun. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Adapting Your Instructional Strategy

Diane, Glad that you have expanded your knowledge base in this area because the more all of us instructors know about this area the more effective we will be in our instructional delivery. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Instructors as Motivators

Megan, Gen ed courses can be tough to sell to students. You are doing a good job by connecting the dots between math and application in the medical field. The more connections the more value they will see in what you are teaching. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Increasing Student Retention

Jeanie, It makes me sad when I see a student with potential not catch fire and be excited about my field. I like you am very excited and honored to be able to share my knowledge and content with students. The really is that not all students will be as excited about the field as we would like them to be. When I have such students I work hard to get them engaged so that I can feel proud that at the end of the course I have done all that I can to help them move forward in their… >>>

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