Gary Meers, Ed.D.

About me

I am an Education Advisor/Consultant for MaxKnowledge. I write courses that assist in the professional development of career college instructors. These courses range in content from the introductory level to advanced instructional development. I started my teaching career as an instructional technology teacher on the high school level, completed graduate school and then moved into higher education. I spent many years in the area of teacher training at the University of Nebraska. While at the University of Nebraska I stared working with career college instructors to improve their instructional delivery skills. As a result of these experiences I have been a consultant to career colleges throughout the United States and a number of foreign countries.

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Student Motivation Factors

Jill, This is where reality comes in to play. Your students are there to prepare for a career and you are showing them what is going to be available to them. This increases their understanding of what kind of future they are creating for themselves. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Student Feedback

Jill, It also gives you some insight as to how effective you are and if you need to make any adjustments to help make your instructional delivery even more targeted. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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The Human Factor in Retention

Kurt, Your last sentence says it all in terms of how the human factor impact student engagement. They do need to know you care and as a result you get a lot of reward from helping to shape their future career development. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Increasing Student Retention

Jill, Students like change of pace and variety in their instructional delivery. By offering both you are helping to keep them engaged and focused on what is being taught. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Understanding Learner Characteristics

Edwin, This is a good point because the more you know about your students the more accurately you can target your instruction. This will result in more engaged student and a greater level of student satisfaction. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Reasons for Enrolling

Jill, This is a very important bit of information. You can do a lot of instructional planning around this information as well as provide support when needed. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Your Instructional Style

Sandra, Like your list. I know if you expand your expertise in these areas you are going to greatly enhance your instructional style. I wish you much success in this effort. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Making Instruction Relevant

John-Howard, Thank you for these comments in relation to student understanding and professional growth. You are right on with you statements concerning the need for students to see the value of what is being taught and investing the time and effort to acquire the needed knowledge and skills. As you say if they don't realize this while students they will when they are out in the workplace and realize that they are in need of these competencies which they chose not to acquire. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Reinforcement as Motivation

Michael, You make a good point about fairness and consistency. Both of these approaches need to be in place if students are going to respect and follow you as the learning leader. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Student Feedback

Michael, Good point about the value of student feedback. It is an opportunity for us to expand and refine our effectiveness as instructors and customize how we work with students. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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