Facilitation
Creating the conditions for collaboration, dialogue, and growth.
Facilitative Teaching
Facilitative Teaching extends active learning strategies and methods by applying facilitative mindsets and tools to the learning environment, creating conditions where students develop not just knowledge, but the human capacities and core professional skills that are in demand in the current workforce landscape.
Traditional pedagogy is currently evolving from "Sage on the Stage" (instructor-centered) to "Guide on the Side" (student-centered activities), but in the AI age, we need a third evolution: Facilitative Teaching. By intentionally designing learning experiences with facilitation in mind, learners cultivate critical human skills while applying content in relevant contexts and scenarios. Facilitative Teaching is the intentional design of learning experiences that cultivate the human skills such as collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking.
The PICCA Framework
Developed by Voltage Control, PICCA defines the core competencies of facilitative teaching -- the specific practices that bring facilitation principles into learning experiences and create conditions for human capabilities to flourish.
P
Purposed
Clarity of Intention
I
Inclusive
All Voices Valued
C
Clear
TransparentCommunication
C
Crafted
Intentional Design
A
Adaptive
Responsive to Emergence
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EDUCAUSE Review Article
Forthcoming 2026
Facilitative Teaching for Transformational Learning in the Age of AI.
K. Wojdak & E. Skogsberg
This article explores how facilitative teaching, as an extension of current active learning strategies, is not just pedagogically sound—it's strategically essential.
Conference presentation: Building the Collaborative AI Competencies Students Actually Need. K. Wojdak & E. Skogsberg, AAC&U Conference on AI in Higher Education. Atlanta, GA.
Research in progress: Facilitating AI-augmented collaborative competencies. Implementation of research protocols in fall 2026 doctoral Learning Design course.
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