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- TE2 Model
- Implementing the Workshop
When you conduct a faculty technology workshop, there are many unforeseen variables. Often it is not possible to plan for every scenario and learner. For this reason, it is important to keep the following recommendations in mind.
Flexibility | Teaching Moment | Diversity | Download Workshop Form
- I.
The Key is Flexibility
- The actual workshop should be conducted
with as much flexibility as possible. Allow for instruction and learning
goals to emerge during instruction. Just as content cannot be fully captured,
learning goals cannot be fully pre-specified apart from the actual learning
context (Wilson, Teslow, & Osman-Jouchoux, 1995).
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- II.
Allow for the Teaching Moment
- As an educator it is vital to allow
for the teaching moment. Situations occur within the instruction where
the student is primed and ready to learn a significant new insight
(Winn, 1990) . Good teachers create conditions where
such moments occur regularly; then they seize the moment and teach the
lesson. This kind of flexibility requires a level of spontaneity and responsiveness
not usually talked about
(Wilson, Teslow, & Osman-Jouchoux,
1995).
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- III.
Be Prepared for Diversity
- While conducting the workshop, it is
important to consider multiple stages of expertise. Expertise is usually
thought of as having two levels: expert or proficient performance and novice
or initial performance. Be prepared to confront learners’ naïve,
intuitive theories and to scaffold their learning (Wilson,
Teslow, & Osman-Jouchoux, 1995).
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