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

Jacqueline, This is a supportive and comfortable approach to the class. This way all students can acquire the needed content if they are willing to put forth the effort. You are focusing on their different learning preferences so they can use their processing abilities to learn the material. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Making Your Expectations Clear

Sandra, This is a good sharing experience for everyone. While this is going on the students and you can start to understand each other and get comfortable with how the course is going to operate. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Using a Well-prepared Syllabus

Jacqueline, This is important information for instructors to have and follow. The syllabus is the road map (GPS) for the course so it needs to be concise and clear for the students to follow and understand. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Your Instructional Style

Sandra, Instructors need to be responsive to the learning preferences of students. By doing so you get to be creative with your instructional planning and delivery. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Your Instructional Style

Helen, This is a good resource to have available so you can create customized instruction for your students based upon what you learn from their learning style assessment. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Expanding Your Instructional Abilities

Peter, Great to hear about your professional development efforts. Keep looking for ways to gain new insight and information about how to expand your instructional expertise. Welcome to a wonderful profession and I wish you much success in your classes and with your students. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Using Graphic Organizers

Carol, This bridge to real world application is so important for students to be able to walk across. They need to develop their critical thinking skills because they will be using them for the duration of their health care career. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Teaching to Multiple Intelligences

Carol, So true. Students like variety and change of pace in their learning opportunities. By using different venues of delivery you are offering the different ways of processing information and storing it in their minds. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Adapting Your Instructional Strategy

Carol, This is what connects theory and practice. Having such life experiences and seeing how they can be used as learning platforms is important for students to know and use. This way they can connect the dots between content and application and it will be remembered just as you say. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Reasons for Enrolling

Jeff, I am always amazed at the diverse life experiences my students bring into class. The more I learn about their backgrounds the more I can use them as resources for the course content. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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