• Presenters: Denise Leonard, PhD & Elina Salminen, PhD
• Improv is a powerful theatrical tool that can enhance public speaking and enrich teaching practice. This interactive workshop will introduce foundational improv techniques that help instructors stay present, flexible, and responsive. Participants will consider how these approaches can support student collaboration and risk-taking, and will engage in simple, low-stakes activities to experience how improv can be applied in the classroom—no acting experience required!
• Objectives:
  • Describe how improv techniques can support presence, flexibility, and responsiveness in teaching.
  • Reflect on how improv-based activities can promote student collaboration and risk-taking.
  • Practice applying improv principles through simple, low-stakes classroom activities.

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