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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Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Understanding Learner Characteristics

James, A way to introduce different learning opportunities, thus the use of different learning preferences is to offer variety in your delivery and activities. You can share content via your lecture and then use small groups, role playing, case studies to reinforce the material and get the students using the content that has just been covered. This will enable them to work in their different learning preferences while making applications of their newly acquired knowledge. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Being Successful in College

Catherine, A well prepared syllabus is the road map that the students will be following during the course so it need to be clear, concise and understandable. This gets everyone off to a good start with reduced confusion. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Supporting Problem Solving Skills

Kenny, Like your method. This is a very real and practical way of helping your students to develop their problem solving skills in a way that gets them ready for when they step on to their jobs and have to trouble shoot and solve a wiring problem that will lead to customer satisfaction. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Using Reflective Thinking

Traci, Good caution for students to remember. Thank you for sharing it with us. As we know if you over analyze too much nothing ever gets done. There comes a time that action is required. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Defining Intelligence

Lisa, Great definition of intelligence and your inclusion of emotional intelligence is good as well because I believe that it is a critical part of the processing effort when one uses intelligence. It is not how smart you are but how you are smart that makes the difference in being successful in life. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Student Motivation Factors

Grant, I think this type of reflection with your students helps them to see their field in a more diverse way. They start to realize that they soon will be in this field and that it can provide them with both professional and personal satisfaction. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Effective Motivation Techniques

DOUNIADEH, Your support of the learning efforts of your students is to be commended. This is how they build confidence while gaining in skill development. Keep up these most important ways of providing motivation to and for your students. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Valuing Student Opinions

Patricia, This is one of the big reasons I love teaching so much. I get to work with and learn from students with such diverse backgrounds. Not many jobs that let you talk about your field and interact with others while giving you a paycheck. A win win deal in my opinion. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Increasing Student Retention

Grant, Students like change of pace and variety in their instructional delivery. You are doing both in your approach and the results are engaged students and enhanced learning. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Feeling Accepted Helps with Success

Patricia, I know it is hard to convince students that in class is the best place to make a mistake. Students have an expert to guide them through the mistake and help them see why it was made. This is how they grow in their knowledge and expertise. The model in education is that students to earn points or grades need to do everything right the first time. There need to be a shift in this model and show the students that through their mistakes they can grow and their evaluation will come when they complete the course and become… >>>

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