Making Teaching, Learning, and Even Meetings More Joyful Through Improv and Theatre Games

This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 9—11, 2024.

In-person

Are you tired of sitting and suffering through boring and unproductive meetings or dull lectures? Are you feeling blurgh in your teaching? Do you want you and your students and colleagues to become more receptive to new ideas, take risks, and feel more connected to one another? If you answered yes to any of these questions, come join us!

In this 90-minute workshop, we will share our experiences as educators, students, and staff in bringing embodied exercises, improv and theatre games into our practice. And, more importantly, we will lead you in some improv activities you can bring back to your respective contexts. These theatre games and exercises are designed to be quick, fun, and accessible to all.

Facilitators:

• Jude Walker, Associate Professor, Adult Learning & Education, Department of Educational Studies
• Erica Mohan, Adjunct Professor, Educational Studies, Faculty of Education (and Founder and Acting Director of Community Education Partnerships)

Bio of presenters: We are both educators with an interest in getting people into their bodies as a way to facilitate learning, foster individual and collective wellbeing, promote connection, and be more joyful. For more info contact: jude.walker@ubc.ca