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

Jessica, well done incorporating your experience as a student to your students. Such a relationship will help your students relate to you and see that they are just like you and need to be dedicated like you. Thanks for sharing. James Jackson
Jessica, getting to know your students can be a great tool in determining who needs discipline and who needs assistance. The longer you know your students the longer you can better understand their behaviors. James Jackson
Kathleen, games are a great learning tool. Can you share some of the specific games you have used and which ones have provided more success than others? James Jackson
John, thanks for sharing your techniques. I am interested in how you ensure the appropriate learning objectives are being measured when students can decide which questions they can answer. Thanks for any information you can share and this topic is very interesting to me and other readers. James Jackson
Pandora, confidence can be a factor but do not eliminate others such as just not knowing how to study, not knowing best ways to approach a test or a possible learning disorder. James Jackson
Mary, great job working with students early to provide good test taking skills. After providing such training you can more easily determine if they may have a learning disorder or are just not interested in the topic. James Jackson
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Ray, good analogy. I would agree that tardiness is a major topic within higher education. Another approach is to ask yourself what value do you provide in the first few minutes of a class that inspires students to be on time? James Jackson
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Robert, leading by example and always being prepared for class is a key element to achieving student learning outcomes. Great topic to bring forward and is directly related to student confidence. Students gain confidence in knowing their instructor is a professional, knowledgable and willing to transfer their knowledge. James Jackson
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Tierra, you need to think in a broader sense with respect to adult education. You are not so much teaching to different age groups as you are to different learning styles. Focus your efforts on understanding the learning style preference of your students and then take maturity level into consideration. I have taught to 55 year old adolescents and 25 year old adults. My first focus is always to understand their learning style then their maturity level. Hope this helps. James Jackson
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Emilie, this is a very common issue for younger instructors. It is good to remind them you are not teaching them to be adults you are providing them with information you know and they need. You are a subject matter expert which is regardless of age. When I first started out as an instructor I was teaching computer networking to senior staff that were 20 years my senior in age but used systems that were no longer being supported. My focus as their instructor was to be a subject matter expert and knowledge transfer agent. I tried to get away… >>>

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