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

James Jackson

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Fear Factor with Tests

Jeanne, unconventional is GOOD as our students today and very unconventional. I also like the idea of taking students a little out of their comfort zone. I do not know the source but I was tinkering around the Internet one day and came across a very cool diagram where there are two circles One small circle is labeled "Your Comfort Zone" and another large circle separate and to the left was labeled "Where the magic happens" and it really hit home with me and was a great description of where much of the research on teaching and learning has taken… >>>

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Fear Factor with Tests

april, how is the quiz presented? Do students know it is practice before then begin or are they under any impression that the quiz will count towards their course grade? Thanks for anything you can share. James Jackson

James Jackson

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Fear Factor with Tests

Earle, well stated. Assessments are intended as part of the learning process and should be used to move students forward and not backward. James Jackson

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Traits of Successful Instructors

Lionel, great use of silence and impacting attached verbalization as to remind them how important listening is as a skill. It is also critical we as instructors understand the changes in our student body and more active lesson plans are taking the place of lecture. If you find yourself dealing with students that interrupt your lectures it may be time to flip the responsibility and focus on our lesson plans as another alternative. James Jackson

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Classroom Discipline

Angela, outstanding leadership by example. In the business world there is a saying to be fair but firm and I feel this applies to teaching as well. James Jackson

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Traits of Successful Instructors

Jacqueline, Well stated. For students to be engaged it is critical that we as instructors be interesting but even more importantly is we show we are interested in our students. James Jackson

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Fear Factor with Tests

Vicki, thanks for sharing this great technique. Do you also discuss what caused students to select the wrong answers? Sometimes this can be easily overlooked but is a critical part of the learning process. James Jackson

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School Discipline

Donald, is this policy enforced during the admissions process? In order for your policy to be fair students should not be admitted if they have tattoos or rings that would not allow them into the classroom. James Jackson

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Classroom Discipline

Virginia, great post and thanks for sharing. Just goes to show the importance of acting quickly on your classroom rules. The real critical issue here is making sure all students are aware of the policies and the consequences. You never want a student to have a legitimate complaint that they did not know the rules. In some classrooms students even sign documents of understanding. These are not contracts but simply a document stating they understand the rules and the consequences of the classroom. James Jackson

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Small Groups

Sarah, sounds like you have made great use of your space. Another option is to have students use some of the collaboration and cloud based resources Online. They can share their ideas and strategies and this also provides you with a written transcript of their thinking process and how each member of the team made contributions. There are many resources available such as Google Drive and Google Docs, OpenClass, and Citrix Podio just to name a few. James Jackson

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