Sample Seminar Plan

Planning

Opening Discussion

Canvas participants' previous experience in relation to the topic.

Introduction

Provide a brief introduction to establish the context, perhaps one or two references to relevant literature and a mention of the departmental context.Link back to the participants contribution to the opening discussion.

Outline

• what it is you have been doing
• what you learned
• the conclusions you have reached.

Discuss

• use the questions you developed in the planning phase to provide sequence and focus to the discussion

Learning Outcome:

• what is that you want participants to learn?
• how can you help them do that?

Time:

• develop a time frame for the session.
• mixture of input, activity and discussion.

Input:

• Refer to the questions you developed in the planning

Input

Establish a series of sub topic headings that will enable you to quickly get back on track after a question or discussion and that will keep you moving through the material in a logical sequence

Learning reflection

Develop a key question that will enable people to discuss the relevance and possible application of your findings into their own practice or context

Evaluation

Develop two to three key questions that will enable the participants to tell you in what ways the seminar was useful to them.

Refer to: Making Judgments taking Action