James Jackson

James Jackson

Location: chicago, il

About me

James is the Senior Associate at JAJ & Associates, Adjunct Faculty and eLearning Consultant at MaxKnowledge and member of the Board of Advisors of Dream Catchers Global. James was the Associate Provost of Faculty Development, President of the Online Division at Harrison College and the Director for the Center of Technology Resources for Indiana Business College. Because of his extensive background in technology and his entrepreneurial spirit and passion for assisting aspiring business owners, James has provided his leadership/project management skills in many start-up operations mentoring dozens of young leaders over his career. All providing great growth opportunities for his stakeholders.

James has developed more than 50 courses and dozens of programs in the areas of technology, business, progress management and general education. James has been an instructor for more than 15 years during which time he provided training to over 500 trainers and more than 5000 students. His academic background includes a Masters of Education in Occupational Training and Development and is currently working on his doctoral dissertation in Higher Education Administration emphasis on Strategic Enrollment Management. James enjoys working with students and assisting them through complex concepts which he is able to turn into easy to understand and usable skills.

A full profile of my professional career is available on LinkedIn:

http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesajacksonjr

Connect with me on LinkedIn and here in the Lounge.

Interests

my family, golf, tennis, swimming, and participating in youth sports.

Skills

faculty development, elearning, program and curriculum development, project management, business analysis and technology integration

Activity

Darryl, great post. I highly recommend experimenting and recording your results. It will also be very beneficial to include the demographics of your student profile in your record keeping as you will want to compare your student information with your delivery techniques. Regards, James Jackson
Jacqueline, good point about discussing student concerns with other instructors. Anytime the learning process can be a collaborative process within a grouping of faculty members, the students really benefit overall. Regards, James Jackson
Barbara, that is a really creative suggestion. It inspires the students to take good notes, keep them organized and takes a lot of the fear away that they can go through and answer the questions they already know and then can go back the last 10 minutes and use their notes. Would also like to hear from others what you are doing to be creative with test taking and to use assessments as an extension to the learning process. Regards, James Jackson
Discussion Comment
Donald, you will find various levels of participation in group activities. One technique is to setup a system where students grade each others participation in some type of anonymous way so you do not get into peer pressure to provide a higher grade than some of the students may deserve. Once students know that part of their grade will depend on how their peers grade their participation, you should see a higher level of participation. Regards, James Jackson
Discussion Comment

Jodie, sounds like you figured things out. Each group of students will bring its own set of challenges so in the case you mention, you were able to focus the group activities during a time in class where after the group activity is over the students are reading to move on to the next class session. You can also establish some ground rules before the group activity even starts. You can even share with the students that the activity is so engaging that they will not want to break away from the activity but in order to achieve the course… >>>

Kathy, as I think back to the best instructors I had the privilege to have in my classes, they all were very open about their passion for the subject matter. They really made learning fun and relevant. Regards, James Jackson
Pandora, you mentioned a very key element with your reference to listening. An effective instructor will be a great listener and take appropriate action on what they learn from the listening process. Good listening will require another skill of asking clarifying questions. Regards, James Jackson
Maria, great post. Relationship building is key. If your students trust and respect the instructor then the learning objectives will be reached. James Jackson
Kathy, a good policy is to treat your students the way you want to be treated. A rude student does not validate a rude response. Always be professional regardless of how your students act as you are the model you want them to follow. Regards, James Jackson
Kathy, can you explain some of the techniques you use in the classroom to build a relationship with your students? James Jackson

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