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

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James Jackson

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Traits of Successful Instructors

Donna, I really like how you relate good rapport and clear expectations. Empirically I have noticed a very strong correlation between how an instructor sets out the ground rules day one of a class and continues to stick to their guns throughout the course. There are situations where extreme circumstances need to be handled on an individual basis and I feel there is room for such situations. Using compassion for extreme situations can strengthen the relationship between an instructor and an entire class of students. Regards, James Jackson

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Traits of Successful Instructors

Great comments Merle. In the business world this is called being fair but firm. Showing compassion as an instructor will assist in building great relationships with your students. Enforcing the rules fairly and evenly will gain you respect by your students. The difficult part can be when to be firm, fair, or compassionate. I have actually used end of course evaluations and surveys to collect data points on these from my students to get a more qualitative understanding of their perceptions of my teaching style. After reading and learning from such instruments, I make adjustments until I found a style… >>>

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Self-Doubt

Billy, can you share a time when you used the techniques you mentioned to assist a student that was exhibiting traits of self-doubt? I am very interested in the background information, your methodology and any results you can share. Thanks for any information you can provide. Regards, James Jackson

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Self-Doubt

Thanks for your post Michael. Can you share a time when you directly worked with a student that had self-doubt and what role you played to bring the student forward and believing in them-self? Thanks for any information you can share. Regards, James Jackson

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Traits of Successful Instructors

Excellent point Merle. As an instructor, you are the leader in the classroom and we have all heard of leadership by example. It is up to the instructor to model the way and be a constant reminder to students of proper behavior and proper attitude. Regards, James Jackson

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Self-Doubt

Thanks for your comments Emilee. Experience an becoming familiar with something can be great ways to reduce the level of self-doubt. By offering up well thought out questions and strategically designed quizzes, you have been able to move your students beyond the fear factor level of test taking and have provided them a better understanding that testing is key to their learning and higher level understanding of the course material. Regards, James Jackson

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Traits of Successful Instructors

Very well stated Hernand. The popular saying, "it is better to give than to receive", comes to mind as I read through your post. Being an educator is about what you give to your students more than what you get back. Building respect and trust is incredibly vital to the overall success of a lesson plan. If your students respect and trust you they will more likely learn from you. Regards, James Jackson

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Traits of Successful Instructors

Thanks for sharing your thoughts Jorge. I really like the comment you made about coming to class prepared. Being prepared may be one of the most under rated skills in education today. Students will get so much more out of a well designed lesson plan and expect their instructors to be prepared to motivate along with educate. Experienced instructors can manage their lesson plans quickly while it may take less experienced instructors a longer period of time but both situations require the same attention to detail. Regards, James Jackson

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Improving Classroom Management

Daniel, can you provide some more information as to how your question/answer sessions allow you to better manage your classroom? I want to make sure I fully understand what you are saying and what techniques you are using to enhance learning in your classroom. Thanks for any information you can share. Regards, James Jackson

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Improving Classroom Management

Mynor, can you elaborate a bit on your materials? Effective teaching requires a two way communication to take place and the creation of PowerPoint Presentations while potentially helpful in classroom management is only one part of the larger environment. Be careful in how you manage your message just as much as how you manage your classroom. Reply back with some of your techniques for getting students engaged and actively learning in your classroom. Regards, James Jackson

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