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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Feeling Accepted Helps with Success

Greg, These are great examples to share with our students. As humans we have made our share of mistakes but if is hoped that we have learned from these mistakes and get better at doing our jobs. By sharing these stories we are trying to help our students to avoid making the same mistakes that we did. They will make enough of their own. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Feeling Accepted Helps with Success

Eduardo, This is critical so they students will stay in the course. Knowing they have a supportive instructor and are accepted by their peers goes a long way with a student as he or she progresses through a course. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Feeling Accepted Helps with Success

Margaret, Good strategies. Students really like doing these types of activities as they reinforce the value of the content and lets them make application of the concepts they are learning. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Feeling Accepted Helps with Success

Sonia, This is very important for adult learners. They are concerned about being successful as well as being able to compete with the younger students. Early success and instructor support goes a long way in helping them to see that they can be successful. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Accommodating Learner Preferences

Roger, Congratulations on making your content come alive. I love hearing stories like this because you are connecting the dots for your students between what they perceive as irrelevant content to application of viable content. This is what teaching should be about. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Accommodating Learner Preferences

Nancy, This has been my experience as well. They want to be able to connect the content with their lives and futures. This give value to what they are learning. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Accommodating Learner Preferences

Amy, What are some strategies that have worked well for you as you incorporate these different deliveries? Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Accommodating Learner Preferences

Sheryl, This sounds like a informative and fun way to start off a class. I am sure your students really enjoy this introductory time. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Strategies for Increasing Student Motivation

Bruce, This is so important! They have to see themselves as being successful in their career area. Many students have a hard time seeing themselves out in the career even though they have chosen to prepare to enter it. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Making Your Expectations Clear

Amy, Good way to establish the ground rules so there is not misunderstanding as to how the course is going to operate. Then it is a building process from there. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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