Note: New and early career faculty will be given priority for registering for this workshop. If you are interested in participating and available on all three dates, please email Sara Fulmer (fulmers@uoguelph.ca) to register.

Registration is also available for the December ISW, open to faculty, instructors, staff, post docs, graduate students (register).

This Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) is a three-day, in-person intensive workshop.

This ISW runs on August 17, 18, and 20, from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM each day. Due to the nature of this workshop, each person is expected to commit to be on time and stay for the full day's activities on all three days.

The Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) is offered within a small group setting (four to six participants per small group) and is designed to enhance the teaching effectiveness of both new and experienced educators. During the three-day workshop, you will design and conduct three 10-minute "lessons" and receive verbal, written and video feedback from the other participants who have been learners in the lessons.

Using an intensive experiential learning approach, you will be provided with the following:

• Information on the theory and practice of teaching adult learners
• Selection and writing of useful learning objectives with accompanying lesson plans
• Techniques for eliciting learner participation
• Suggestions for evaluation of learning

The workshop encourages reflection and examination of your teaching practices with feedback focused on the learning process rather than on the specific content of the lesson. Effective feedback skills, practiced in the workshop, are useful for educators in both the classroom and institutional business environments. The ISW leads to participatory learning and the building of community that can transfer back into the classroom and the institution.

Participation in a workshop creates an opportunity for faculty to learn about the unique culture and value system of the organization, and to build communities around teaching.