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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Jennifer, another thing to consider is the learning of the student that jumped ahead. Did you provide any ability for the student to earn extra credit for providing any value added information to the classroom discussions? Dr. Joe Pace from The Pacific Institute has often stated in his over 20 years of work in Higher Education that the teacher will appear when the student is ready and it appears you have a student that is eager to learn so I would find a way to tap into their energy and use it to add value to the classroom and to… >>>

Carol, the more you can help students with how to recall the information and provide assistance with associating the information with real-world situations the better your students will be able to use these techniques during testing. James Jackson
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Rose, great that your student can feel comfortable making mistakes in a controlled classroom where learning can take place. Mistakes in an actual work environment can be more costly. James Jackson
Christine, assessments can be used to support the learning outcomes and help students build confidense if used correctly. I like your approach. James Jackson
shannon, there are many ways in which assessment tools can be used to support the learning process versus having students fear the actual activity. I like your positive approach. James Jackson
Sandra, you made a great connection here. Have the practice what they will expect in the actual activity. Afterall is that not our focus on career college anyway? James Jackson
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Carol, great exercise and thanks for sharing in the results. James Jackson
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George, do you share any statistics or common themes from prior student groups? For example, in one of my classes I share that students that complete ALL assignments, participate in class discussions and complete all course assessments average over 90% in course grades while those that do not complete all graded items average below 70%. Since I began this technique my students increased their completion rates and overall course grades, James Jackson
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Robert, great point. What techniques can you share about what you do to provide coaching and/or encouragement to your students? Thanks for anything you can share. James Jackson
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Sandra, practice can be a great technique towards building confidence. Be careful to assume practice is the only factor. Some students have deeper issues that will require more effort from the instructor than practice alone can overcome. James Jackson

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