Role-Play as a Tool for Post-Secondary Education | Continuing Education

Course description

Course participants will be introduced to the history of role-play and its relationship to adult education theory and praxis in Canada and abroad. Different types of role-play (e.g., spontaneous student-to-students role play, carefully planned live actor simulation, and forum theatre scenarios) will be discussed as will the benefits and potential challenges related to each approach.

Course details

Hours: 6

Credits: 1

Prerequisites: None

Corequisites: None

Build courses into a credential

This course is part of the following micro-credential(s):

Role-Play: An Active Learning Tool

Credit transfer

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Registration dates

Not all courses are offered each term.

Spring 2025 registration is now open.
Fall 2025 registration opens July 21, 2025.

Delivery options

In person: classes held in person on a campus/site in a classroom/lab/shop/studio for the course duration

Online - Asynchronous: 100% online delivery, no scheduled day or time course requirements with the instructor, assigned due dates

Online - Synchronous: 100% online delivery, scheduled day and time course requirements with the instructor, assigned due dates

Hybrid: any combination of in person, timetabled, on campus, online, and hyflex delivery