Dr. Ryan Meers

About me

I have a passion for education and especially for ensuring that all of us continue to apply what we have learned. I am excited about the opportunity that the Lounge provides for all of us to discuss how we are applying what we have learned & to share those great ideas.

I have had a varied background from secondary education to corporate training & now working in the career college sector. But while I have moved in different circles it has always been surrounding my passion of education. I look forward to our conversations.

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http://www.maxknowledge.com/faculty.php?id=11172

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Dr. Ryan Meers

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The Effective Presenter

Terri, All of these are definitely invaluable skills for a presenter & if done appropriately come fairly close to guaranteeing a successful presentation. Dr. Ryan Meers

Dr. Ryan Meers

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Growing Yourself as a Learning Facilitator

Patricia, This is a great idea & to me illustrates one of the best ways to improve our instruction: observing others. It's amazing what we can pick up simply by spending a few minutes observing another instructor. Dr. Ryan Meers

Dr. Ryan Meers

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Growing Yourself as a Learning Facilitator

Erica, Great example of continuing to learn & update your skills. When we share these experiences with our students we demonstrate that we are interested in improving ourselves as well. Dr. Ryan Meers

Dr. Ryan Meers

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Understanding Diverse Learners

WENDY, I agree that by engaging each of our students at the individual level we have a much greater chance of identifying the learning diversities we have. Dr. Ryan Meers

Dr. Ryan Meers

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Evaluating Individual Effort While Working with a Group

Kimberly, This is true but it is so important that we utilize group projects as much career fields now have some type of group work involved. Dr. Ryan Meers

Dr. Ryan Meers

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Challenges of Using Students Groups

Alan, I too use this approach in my group projects & have found it to be somewhat helpful in distributing the work among the group members. Dr. Ryan Meers

Dr. Ryan Meers

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Locating Yourself in the Classroom

Tracey , These are some great strategies for all of us to take note of in engaging our students & keeping the class moving forward. Dr. Ryan Meers

Dr. Ryan Meers

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Working with Students with Learning Disabilities

Shanna, Yes, unfortunately when students are not feeling successful or frustrated the easiest thing for them to do is to simply skip class which only makes things worse. Dr. Ryan Meers

Dr. Ryan Meers

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Understanding Diverse Learners

Thomas, I appreciate the way you have broadened the idea of diverse learners to account for the many ways in which our students are diverse & realizing this does impact their learning. Dr. Ryan Meers

Dr. Ryan Meers

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Strategies for Working with Students with Learning Needs

Alan, again you've hit it on the head. The key is to get these students the help they need, if we possibly can, & still expect quality work from them. Dr. Ryan Meers

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