James Jackson

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

david, nothing wrong with getting involved, actually the more you know about your students the more you can assist them. The issue is not to get in the way of their education. They need you as a guide and not another friend. A friend will allow you not to reach your full potential, a guide leads by example and takes students outside their comfort zones with an Intelligent Heart. James Jackson
Caren, well stated. Do you perform any actions on the first day of class to set expectations for your busy students? Thanks for any information you can share. James Jackson
Chuck, do your students remain with you for an entire day? If they review the morning and take a test later that day then this suggests an all day classroom? Thanks for any clarification you can provide. James Jackson
George, issuing any form of assessment without the value of it being used as a learning resource builds fear into students. Assessments that are used to reinforce a desired learning outcome and are ultimately reviewed so as to clearly convey objectives are much more sticky to the brain versus just an assessment where the only return is a grade. James Jackson
Arleen, great distinction. The focus of any assessment is to measure how far from a goal you may be with your students and then allow you as an instructor to modify the lesson plans so you can navigate and get the classroom back on track. The more you share with your students the purpose of quizzes and exams the less threatened they will be in using those instruments. James Jackson
Erica, well done. Better to guide them to why the information is important versus blunt force teaching techniques. The more the students feel the information will be useful and important to them the more they will learn. Keep up the great work. James Jackson

Great site with best practices concerning teaching and learning.

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Thanks for the kind words concerning the ED113 course Reynaldo. Please continue to provide feedback and let us know how we can make the course even better.

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Susan, what are some of the specific techniques or methodologies you will be looking to implement or change with your next group of students? Providing specific examples helps others to think outside of their own boxes and to add to their own tool kits. Thanks for anything you can share.

Eric, what learning actions to you connect with your quizzes? Do students just take a quiz and then receive a score or is time provided to discuss the questions and allow students to discuss their answers? Thanks for anything you can share. James Jackson

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