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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Your Instructional Style

Mayra, Keep looking for such opportunities to change the pace and flow of your class and as you gain more experience you will get comfortable with integrating these different instructional support. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Your Instructional Style

Diana, We have two courses in the MaxKnowledge library of courses dealing with the use of social networks that might help you expand your expertise and use in this area. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Defining Instructional Professionalism

Douglas, Right on in terms of what an professional instructor really show be like. The human factor has to be an integral part of an instructor's personality in the classroom. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Defining Instructional Professionalism

Cory, Your definition is right on in terms of being defined by you the instructor. This definition needs to be kept foremost in our minds as we approach the classroom. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Motivation Through Relevancy and Application

Barbara, This is where application of the content comes into place. The more examples and case studies the students get to work through the more relevancy they see in the course. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Student Feedback

Barbara, Thanks for sharing this idea with us. The more feedback we can receive the more improvement we can make in our instructional efforts. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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The Human Factor in Retention

Barbara, As a result of your attitude the students are going to become excited about having the chance to be a part of a class that has both application and relevance to it. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Being Successful in College

Nisa, A good comprehensive strategy for helping your students to be successful in your course. This type of support is so important. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Being Successful in College

Barbara, Encouragement goes a long way in helping to reinforce learning and keeping students engaged. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Developing Clear Goals and Objectives

Vincent, Yes, it is. This way they won't become frustrated because they don't know what the expectations are for the class. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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