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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Making Your Expectations Clear

Heather, Like the way you start your class. Having a clear understanding of expectations and consequences goes a long way in getting students settled into a course. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Making Your Expectations Clear

Abdul, Good way to get the class to understand the expectations, policies and requirements of the course to come. This will get them on the same level of understanding about the course. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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The Learning Environment Effect

Heather, Important to help students to see the environment they will be working in. So the more you can make your class and/or like the job setting the better. This way they will get a realistic picture of their career placement after graduation. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Developing Clear Goals and Objectives

Sharon, Right you are in relation to clear and concise goals and objectives. Without them the class will be adrift and students will be frustrated since they won't know what they expectations are. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Your Instructional Style

Sharon, The key to instruction is the connection between the learner and the instructor. You are right that without that connection little or no value is going to be associated with the content being delivered. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Your Instructional Style

Sharon, This is a professional development model that can yield great results. The more input on how you are perceived the more accurately you can refine your presentation persona. These suggestions are going to be helpful to many other instructors. Thanks. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Your Instructional Style

Heather, Good way to see continual improvement and expanded expertise as an instructor. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Critical Thinker Characteristics

Christine, Good point. Can you expand on how you see wise use of time fitting into critical or reflective thinking. Thanks for input on this. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Critical Thinker Characteristics

Ali, Good definition. This is how students should approach situations so they can become effective problem solvers. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Adapting Your Instructional Strategy

Robert, Great to hear of the value you got from this module. I am excited for you and your continued teaching success. You have a great understanding of how the learning process works as well as how you can engage your students throughout each class session. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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