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

Lisa, Relevancy and application are two critical elements of the learning process. The more you can get students to see and use both the greater their engagement is going to be. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Offering Varied Instructional Delivery

Joan, Very true and important to the learning process. By appealing to the different learning preferences of your students you are going to increase their engagement while expanding their content retention. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Making Your Expectations Clear

Nelida, Good way to gain the trust of your students and start the process of earning their respect. Knowing that you care about them and their success goes a long way in establishing a positive learning environment. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Making Your Expectations Clear

Joan, I use the separate handout method as well for the reasons you outlined. I am a big advocate for using grading rubrics and this way I can share the rubric and any current information that I want to put in the hands of my students in a clear and concise manner. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Making a Positive First Impression

Efrain, I commend you for your effort due to your other commitments and the shortness of the class sessions. Keep up the good effort. Something I use for shorter courses are 5X7 cards and have students make name tents from them. At the first class meeting I give the students the cards along with a wide variety of colored markers. They put their names on the cards using the different colors to set out their names on the cards. They pick up the cards each time the class meets and put them on their desk and/or work area. This way… >>>

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Comprehensive Planning for Instructional Success

Joan, So true and critical to the instructional planning process. Without every step the effort will have gaps that impact the learning process of students. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Motivating Learners

Joan, Thank you for these comments about motivating learners. They are right on because the reflect the need for passion for the field and enthusiasm about teaching it. Combined you will have engaged students. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Teaching to Multiple Intelligences

Irina, Good way to plan your instructional delivery. This way the preferences are being targeted and the students are being engaged. A win win for everyone. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Motivating Learners

Sonja, It is so important to keep encouraging students. They can easily let life challenges take them out of school and your encouragement on ongoing basis can help counter the impact of these challenges. In addition, the more real world experiences you can share with them the greater value they will attach to their courses. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Teaching to Multiple Intelligences

Joshua, One thing I would suggest would be to do role playing and case studies with your students. These activities will let them use their different intelligences as they work through cases and then role play how they have reached successful solutions. Not knowing your exact situation I am offering this suggest because I have used it when I was assigned to a temporary classroom and had to move frequently. Using this strategy I was able to keep my students focused and moving forward in the course while moving almost every other day. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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