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

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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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Classroom Discipline

James, silence can be a great tool to regain control within a classroom environment. Direct eye contact with those not behaving in an appropriate manner is also effective. James Jackson

James Jackson

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Classroom Discipline

Scott, I understand what you are saying and I also understand your desired outcome. I do have to say however this simply is not always the case. Just being over the age of 18 does not make anyone an adult, or at least in the sense we tend to think within the context of Adult Education. If your course is focused on weeding out the less capable students then I can see how the process you describe will do the trick but if your focus is to get them to behave like your vision of an adult, not sure I… >>>

James Jackson

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Classroom Discipline

Pietro, outstanding example of redirection and adaptive teaching. By listening and then feeding back information to the student, you were able to change their way of thinking, their behavior and move them forward towards producing the results you modeled within the classroom. Thanks so much for sharing. James Jackson

James Jackson

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Traits of Successful Instructors

Tracy, respect is earned and is never given freely so you have hit upon a very critical topic. There are some within our profession that feel because they are the teacher that students MUST respect them and this is simply the wrong posture to take. Students will respect those that earn their respect so our focus as instructors is to earn their respect daily. James Jackson

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Self-Doubt

Ed, great job focusing on what you learned about your students to know which ones needed some extra encouragement to get them more involved with the group. This comes with knowing your students and challenging them to live a little outside of their comfort zones. James Jackson

James Jackson

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Fear Factor with Tests

Susan, there are many alternatives to traditional tests but some form of assessment is typically needed. As assessment can be the successful completion of a project or review of a case study where the student identifies the correct and incorrect pieces of information. This is not to suggest that tests need to be eliminated but just wanted to bring forward that many instructors across the country and throughout the world have had great success in achieving learning outcomes with out the use of tests as we tend to think of them. James Jackson

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Self-Doubt

David, many time we as educators are also the only positive influence in our student's lives. May not be fair or even what you expected when you got involved in education but it does represent our reality. Thanks for your dedication and willingness to be an agent of change. James Jackson

James Jackson

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Self-Doubt

daniel, what a fantastic attitude and I can guess your students tend to do better in future courses than many of your peers that do not share your passion and desire to impact a change in your student's behaviors. Job well done as far as I am concerned. : - ) James Jackson

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Self-Doubt

Angela , yes and you obviously "get it"! We as educators need to understand our students and learn where they get their support to be successful. For some and at some institutions, for most, students get the bulk of their support from their instructors. We are not just educators we are also life coaches. James Jackson

James Jackson

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Self-Doubt

Tenisha , great example of adaptive learning and the results of a progressive curriculum. We expect students to be able to accomplish more at the end of their programs versus the beginnings. James Jackson

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