Facilitator Guidelines

Before the session begins

• Account for all presenters and presentations.
• Make sure all presenters have their presentations ready to avoid delays in transition time.

During each presentation

10 minutes

• Set the stage.
• Introduce yourself.
• Introduce the speaker.

After each presentation

4 minutes

• Audience members may ask questions.

You may offer feedback/guide discussion on the following.

• A general assessment of the presentation/topic
• The paper's contributions and strengths as well as its weaknesses
• Questions about assumptions, methods and interpretation of findings
• New ideas or perspectives to improve the paper
• What they may consider the relevance of the topic to academia
• The paper’s use for practitioners and/or educators
• Additional or alternative theoretical perspectives
• What other literature streams may also be pertinent to aid the paper
• Future direction