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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Reasons for Enrolling

Stacy, Right you are about the value of having this information. The more we know the more accurately we will be able to customize our instruction to meet student needs. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Reasons for Enrolling

Melissa, I think this is a great tool for student encouragement and motivation. There is a level of personal accountability that goes with filling out the card and putting their name on it. A simple way of helping them continue their forward progression to their career goals. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Pixie, I agree that having this information helps instructors to be able to connect more with students and support their learning needs. In addition this forms the foundation for the development of rapport with students. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Reasons for Enrolling

Amanda, Having this information really enhances the instructor's abilities to make a connection with the students to support the human side of career development. This forms the foundation of rapport between the instructor and students. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Strategies for Keeping Students Engaged in Learning

China, I am a big fan of such a format. I think using student learning groups to work on projects and have some fun playing games that reinforce the content really increases the retention of the information and application of new competencies. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Strategies for Keeping Students Engaged in Learning

Christopher, You have a good balance to your course structure. Learners like variety and change of pace and you are doing all of this with your format. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Strategies for Keeping Students Engaged in Learning

Tasheema, I agree because I teach from 4 until 10 pm so I have 6 hours to keep students engaged after they have worked all day. So I use a lot of different activities as I know you do to keep them focused for the duration of longer classes. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Preparing and Delivering Effective Lectures

David, I like both of these approaches because they help the students to expand their critical thinking and problem solving skills. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Offering Varied Instructional Delivery

Reinaldo, Yes, they do and as a result we need to plan our instruction to be offered in a variety of different ways. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Accommodating Learner Preferences

GERAR, Good example because it is so true. Students need to be able to see relevancy and application to what they are being taught if it is to have value to them. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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