Name
Virtual PCW: Lessons from Jazz - A Workshop in Improvisation Skills for Facilitating Great Sessions
Date & Time
Sunday, May 22, 2022, 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Chris Burns Paul Haidet Richard Plunkett
Description

Facilitation, whether in Team-Based Learning or in other forms of teaching, is a complex, adaptive challenge. Whereas other aspects of education (e.g., curriculum design, development of assessments) can often be guided by checklists or multi step processes, facilitation is emergent and improvisational. For example, in this workshop, we will introduce 20 well-defined facilitation behaviors that teachers can use, however, how and when to use a given behavior is contextually determined, and depends on conditions created by the students, the teacher, and the design of the session. A three-hour time window for this workshop will allow us to more completely explore the improvisational contexts in which great facilitation occurs, and to dig deep into the topic with participants to ensure an experience that will result in new teaching strategies and behaviors when participants return to their home institutions. The workshop includes two directed listening exercises that cannot be completed within a 90-minute focus session.

Location Name
Virtual
Full Address
The Hilton Denver City Center Hotel
1701 California Street
Denver, CO 80202
United States
Virtual Session Link
Session Type
Pre-Conference