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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Understanding Learner Characteristics

Diego, The more you know about your students the more accurately you can customize your instructional planning and delivery. What are some ways that you gain information about your students from your students? Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Creating Personal Support Systems

Douglas, I use this mix as well with my student learning groups and have had great results. Thank you for sharing this suggestion. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Developing Clear Goals and Objectives

Karl, I agree about the need for specific goals and objectives for the courses. This is how you stay on course and keep your students progressing toward their career goals. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Instructors as Role Models

Tom, This is an important part of the developmental process for students. By you modeling the needed strategies you make sure that your students do not get lost within the process. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Motivating Learners

Karl, Well said and I like your example. The more we can help them to become thirsty for the content and the skills we are offering the more engaged they are going to be. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Expanding Your Instructional Abilities

Graham, You have a balanced approach with your sharing of diverse examples and stories from your field with your students. You are right about them perking up when you share a story of how they can make application of the content you are offering. Stories from the field like your are great motivators for students. Keep sharing them. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Using Graphic Organizers

Jon, This is a good support method to use because it helps students to put together content in a way that enables them to see both the big picture as well as the supportive parts. This is a great resource tool for them to develop skills in using. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Using Graphic Organizers

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Making Instruction Relevant

Jon, One of the enjoyable parts of being an instructor comes from responding to your last sentence. Identifying and then creating strategies that will capitalize on their experiences is a fun and creative opportunity for instructors to bring their best instructional skills to the classroom or lab. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Teaching to Multiple Intelligences

Nancy, Sounds like you have a good understanding of how to engage your students and appeal to their different learning preferences even while teaching is a pressure based situation. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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