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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Kent, Observing other instructors is a great way to learn new delivery methods as well as see how others manage class room environments. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Jaime, Great to hear! Keep up the professional development and growth. The results benefit both your students and yourself. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Natalie, You have a great opportunity to expand your instructional delivery options through the professional development that is being provided by your college. The results are going to be engaged students and a focused instructor. A win win for everyone. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Djuna, This is how you grow as a professional educator. The more we know about instruction the more options we have when it comes to planning our instructional delivery. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Glenn, You have a very diverse and interactive approach to your instructional delivery. This is what students like as you know because they like variety and change of pace. You are offering both in this format. Keep up the good work. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Jason, Observing other instructors can be a great way to expand your knowledge of how to deliver content and manage a class. The more observations we have the more options we have from which to chose how we run our own classrooms and labs. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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James, This is what application learning should be about. The development of critical thinking and problem solving is important for students to acquire as they prepare to enter their career areas. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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MALCOLM, Tough area to teach as you well know. I teach a gen ed course as well so I can appreciate what you are facing. Your use of examples and applications are a good way to encourage engagement in a subject that many students are fearful about. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Krystal, The more connections you can make between the work place and the course content the more value your students will associate with the course. This increases their engagement as well as excitement for what is being taught. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Greg, Good points about how we present ourselves to our students. If we are not passionate about our content nor excited about teaching then we are going to have challenges from our students. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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