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

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Christine, how do you define adult? Be careful to associate age as a factor of being an adult. You may encounter 25 year old adults as well as 40 year old adolescents. Sharing the traits of what adults do and how they are successful may be very valuable to your more adolescent students. James Jackson
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Charles, Career Colleges see more and more students with various learning disorders. Taking the additional time and patience can go a long way towards helping a student reach success. Thanks for sharing. James Jackson
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Joni, helping students move outside their comfort zones is a critical skill set with most instructors today. The ability to coach is as important as the ability to teach. James Jackson
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Kanidrus , do you provide any examples of individuals or situations that help students better associate with your message? James Jackson
Joni, well stated. Really drives the issues home when you consider you will be the recipient of your student's acquired skills at some point in time. Very humbling experience. James Jackson
Robert, I know of no greater reward than recognition by my fellow instructors and the praise of my students. No amount of money could ever replace these feelings. Thanks for sharing. James Jackson
Lynn, use different questions but from the same level of bloom's taxonomy and same domain of topics. An example would be as follows: If blue and red make magenta what would be the impact of adding a hint of white? New question: What color description would result from the mixture of green and blue with a hint of black? Notice the sentence structures are similar, domain of topic is identical and expected outcome of the questions assume students know primary and secondary colors and influence of white and black. James Jackson
Joni, instead of a guessing game why not create a study guide that highlights the main points of the course materials? James Jackson
Theresa, always be fair but firm and be the number one cheerleader for your subject matter and profession. Great post. James Jackson
Jo, what you describe looks like a very effective use of assessments to enhance the learning process. Thanks for sharing. James Jackson

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