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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Using Graphic Organizers

Paul, This is when teaching is really fun. I like it when students start to take over their own learning processes and seek to develop a way of taking in new information in varied ways. As you are using graphic organizers you are getting these types of results from your students. This has to be exciting for both you and your students. Keep up the great effort of bringing out the creativity in your students. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Making Instruction Relevant

Paul, You raise a very good point about expectations and preparation. Preparation requires effort and once a certain level of competency is achieved then expectations can start to kick in and they need to be shaped by individuals in the field that can give realistic information about how they can develop their careers. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Teaching to Multiple Intelligences

Paul, You have a very good understanding of how the different intelligences influence how individuals process information. Your instructional planning has you providing at critical times the right type of example or information to enhance the learning of each student. Well done. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Teaching to Multiple Intelligences

Karl, I wish you success as you expand your delivery format and appeal to the different intelligences through which your students process information. Everyone involved, both students and yourself are going to benefit from these efforts. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Teaching to Multiple Intelligences

Richard, Thank you for these comments because you have shared a very comprehensive approach to instructional planning. By following your formula students will be able to work within their learning preferences while being engaged and focused on the content being offered. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Adapting Your Instructional Strategy

Irwin, Your approach is so important for learning to be reinforced and content retained by students. The key is making the connection between semantic content to episodic memory where it is retained within some type of contextual framework. You are doing such with your approach. Good work. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Adapting Your Instructional Strategy

Paul, Your method is a good way to help make an abstract concept more real to the students. They get to apply their knowledge about ethics in a way where they see the value of using ethics to enhance their professionalism and increase their status of high level service to clients. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Adapting Your Instructional Strategy

Karl, Thank you. I wish you much success as you adapt their instructional strategies. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Reinforcement as Motivation

Diana, Great idea! We all need to keep in mind that adults are just taller children. They like working for and earning prizes such as candy bars. You are making the review process a fun activity that involves sharing and competition. A win win for everyone. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Motivation Through Relevancy and Application

Vanessa, Key word is relevancy and you have found a good way to bring it into play for your students. This makes the content more real as they progress through the learning process. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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