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

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James Jackson

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Traits of Successful Instructors

Christopher, firs allow me to say thanks for your service to our country. Leading by example is a critical skill and keeping students engaged is essential to effective transfer of knowledge. Thanks for sharing and keep up the great work. James Jackson

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Traits of Successful Instructors

Sharon, outstanding comment about learning from our students. Any instructor that feels they have nothing to learn from their students should not be teaching in my opinion. One of the great aspects of teaching is the constant exposure to new questions and new ways of looking at older concepts. Students ask questions that can make us as instructors think differently and require us to be creative in our approach to teaching. We need to treasure the questions that we do not have immediate answers and thank those students that allow us to rethink out approach to teaching a specific subject… >>>

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Self-Doubt

Caroline, great point. Even though we may teach the same subject over and over again, for each new group of students it is their first time with the subject matter so we need to keep the information fresh and engaging. This is why it is critical that we continually find new ways to introduce various topics, as we keep things fresh in our own minds and find new ways to deliver the lesson plans, our students benefit because they can experience our excitement and energy versus noticing we are just delivering the same things over and over again. James Jackson

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Self-Doubt

RoQuanda, what are some of the techniques you use to assist students in overcoming their own self doubts? Thanks for anything you can share. James Jackson

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Self-Doubt

Shanika, great post and I totally agree that students benefit from understanding out own life stories. All instructors were students at some point in their lives yet at times many forget what it was like. Also, they assume all students learn or experience leaning in the same way they did and get confused when their singular tactics do not have a positive impact on their students. We all need to be mindful of what we experienced when we were students and also be mindful that not everyone learns in the same ways. Keep up the great work. James Jackson

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Self-Doubt

Scott, great job and thanks for what you do and leading by example. The term diligence is so critical in your post as it describes the level of effort that is needed at times to make a real connection and a difference with many of our students. Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing. James Jackson

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Self-Doubt

Christopher, great topic and regardless of personality types no one knows it all and we all have room for growth. I am reminded of a documentary about Albert Einstein where he talked about the joys of learning. He mentioned that regardless of the contributions to science he had made he still felt he had much to learn. Such a presence of mind is partly what made him so great and a true understanding that learning is life long. Self doubt is actually a good thing if it can drive us to continually learn and to also be willing to teach… >>>

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Self-Doubt

Scott, what are some of the techniques you use to make students feel special about themselves? Thanks for anything you can share. James Jackson

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Self-Doubt

Reynaldo, what a powerful story and one that really reflects the power we have as instructors. Dr. Joe Pace from The Pacific Institute reminds us that the teacher will appear when the student is ready and we rarely know when we have made a different for many students as it may occur after our formal sessions with students have come to a close. Your story is evidence that as an instructor you had a major impact on his way of thinking and how he is using what he learned to teach others. Great story and thanks for sharing. James Jackson

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Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation

Robin, what techniques do you use to get your students to me more involved in their own learning process? Thanks for anything you can share. James Jackson

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