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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Accommodating Learner Preferences

Jeff, Good strategy. This reinforces what has been taught and helps the students to move the content they have just covered into their working memories. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Accommodating Learner Preferences

Yolanda, What are some way you bring dynamic interaction into your classroom and with your students? Thanks for your input on this. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Strategies for Increasing Student Motivation

Lauren, Connecting the dots between class content and career application is so important. The more examples you can share with your students the more value they will see in the content being taught. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Making Your Expectations Clear

Jeff, Thank you for sharing this strategy with us. I think it is a graphic way to show students the course requirements and when certain course events, such as exams are going to occur. This should reduce their saying they didn't know when something was due or that they were having a quiz. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Making Your Expectations Clear

Yolanda, So important to keep students engaged throughout the course. Knowing how they are being evaluated is so important. I always use a grading rubric so I can point specially to where they earned points and where they need to improve. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Using a Well-prepared Syllabus

Debra, Well describe in terms of the value and pay off of having a well prepared syllabus for both the students and you the instructor. A syllabus can reduce student frustration and questioning because the information is there for them to see, internalize and process. This sets them up for class success if they will put forth the effort. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Making Your Expectations Clear

Kareneen, Good pattern of repetition and reinforcement. This way the students can learn the information as well as develop the skills through the scaffolding process. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Making a Positive First Impression

Samuel, I teach from 4 until 10 pm so I can appreciate your challenge. My students are tired from working all day and our class is 6 hours long. So I like you have to have a lot of different learning strategies planned out to make sure I keep them engaged and focused for the duration of the class. This takes a lot of planning I have found. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Using a Well-prepared Syllabus

Lauren, Well said concerning the value of a well prepared syllabus. This is a guiding document that students can refer to throughout the course to reinforce what they are covering and what your expectations are. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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The Learning Environment Effect

Jeff, These types of instructional settings are very difficult to work in. I can appreciate your challenge of trying to keep your students focused on your class while hearing distractions from the other class. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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