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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Effective Retention Strategies

Eugene, This is a very good ongoing professional development plan. This way you can make constant improvement in your teaching while continuing to offer relevant content. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Instructors as Role Models

Michele, Good points. We need to be the model for our students in their content as well as employability development. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Creating Personal Support Systems

Bronzel, What are some ways that you have found to be successful in communicating with your students? What has worked best for you? Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Making a Positive First Impression

Christopher, So true and something we need to remind ourselves of each time we start a new class. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Accommodating Learner Preferences

Jacqueline, I think you have a very good plan for delivering your content and engaging your students. The more variety and activities you can incorporate the greater engagement is going to be. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Using a Well-prepared Syllabus

Christopher, Good points on the value of a well prepared syllabus. It is a powerful learning document that needs to be shared and reviewed with the students so that the course starts off on the same page from the very beginning. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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The Learning Environment Effect

Cecilia, This is always a tough sell because the administration does not want to spend money on things like classroom settings. You have a better chance of selling your needs to the administration if you tie the need directly to a learning deficiency. Also, for example using the dimming situation you mentioned, I would put a cost to the installation of a dimmer switch in the class. By having the cost available sometimes administrators will give the go ahead for the installation because the amount doesn't seem a lot. Then you can cost out the next thing you want. What… >>>

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Your Instructional Style

Mike, This is what good teaching is about. Helping them to make the connection between the real world where you worked and the content you are sharing with them. Your real life experiences also help them to see the value of what is being taught. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Your Instructional Style

Jennifer, Good strategy because if they don't feel comfortable they are going to withdraw and not be engaged. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Your Instructional Style

Jennifer, Good strategy because if they don't feel comfortable they are going to withdraw and not be engaged. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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