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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Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Teaching to Multiple Intelligences

Ted, I know you are going to appreciate the results you get with this approach. The more variety you can offer your students in the learning process the more opportunities they have use their different intelligences to acquire and apply the content. This results in higher student satisfaction and success. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Adapting Your Instructional Strategy

Kelly, You do have a challenge with both the volume and type of content you are teaching. With the ideas you expressed here an a positive approach to your instructional planning you will be able to support your students in their learning efforts. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Adapting Your Instructional Strategy

Eric, You make a good point with the snowflake example. We need to remember this as we do our instructional planning. When we do we will be able to educate the entire class of students but in a customized way. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Adapting Your Instructional Strategy

Ted, Good points and the validate why we need to offer our instruction in a variety of different formats. The more senses and learning preferences we can appeal to the more our students will be engaged. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Reinforcement as Motivation

Holly, Prompt feedback is a very good motivator as it shows the students where they are at in the course quickly. This way students can correct things they have cost them points and expand on those things that gained them points. This is a win win situation for them. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Instructors as Motivators

Stacy, The more examples you can share the more value your students will associate with the content. They through the stories can see both application and relevancy to what they are studying. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Effective Motivation Techniques

Daniel, This is because you are listening to them and you care about them as human beings. This is the human factor in teaching. This sets the stage for a very successful class because the students know they have a dedicated and professional learning leader. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Valuing Student Opinions

Holly, Listening to students is one of the most valuable forms of support you can provide them. Knowing you are listening and that you value their input helps students to stay engaged and focused on being successful. In addition they respect you for your efforts and this is so important for an instructor to have. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Student Feedback

Amanda, This feedback can be so helpful because by getting it you can make any adjustments that might be needed to keep the course on track and prevent the loss of some students. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Increasing Student Retention

Holly, You have a good rotation going for you. You are sharing content and checking for understanding frequently. This strategy will help you to stay on the same page with your students and provide support when needed to those students that didn't the concept that was just covered. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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