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Future-Oriented Facilitation Studio
Renee Tan (Dr) & Priscilla Pang (Dr)
7 hours
*The fee is inclusive of prevailing GST and subject to changes.
Course Dates
For groups of at least 16 people, customised run dates are available, contact us for more details.
2026 Scheduled Runs
Registrations open 2 months before each class start date.
• 16 Oct 2026
• 24 Nov 2026
Training hours: 9am - 4pm
Assessment hours: 4pm - 5pm
What Is This Session About?
Singapore's TAE sector is being asked to do more than deliver content. It must help working adults adapt, reskill and apply learning in fast-changing workplaces. That means training that draws on what learners already know, and connects directly to how work actually gets done: through dialogue, peer learning, and collaborative problem-solving. This CPD equips adult educators with future-oriented facilitation methods that meet this need, helping them move from delivering content to facilitating the ways of thinking, communicating and working that matter on the job across workplaces.
What Does The Session Cover?
This CPD comprises three components: a full-day, in-person Experience Workshop; three practice rounds using an AI-based learntech application; and two 30-minute coaching sessions. In the Experience Workshop, participants first experience future-oriented facilitation techniques — generative dialogue and emergent scenarios — from a learner's perspective, before unpacking what makes them effective and practising how to apply them in their own facilitation contexts. Participants also learn to use Lumina, IAL's proprietary learntech resource, to analyse a facilitation segment they conduct themselves, gaining practical, data-informed insights into their future-oriented facilitation practice. After the workshop, participants continue using Lumina across three of their own facilitation sessions, generating analyses of how they've integrated future-oriented techniques into practice. Two coaching sessions then guide them through their reports, helping them identify specific ways to strengthen their practice.
^ Assessment: Formative Assessment(s), Assignments/Presentations/Practical Performances)
^ Completion: Upon 100% attendance and meeting Assessment requirement, learners will receive a Certificate of Completion from IAL (and other partners where applicable)
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About the Speaker
Priscilla Pang (Dr)
Associate Professor and Principal Researcher, SUSS-IAL
Dr Pang brings deep expertise in education and applied linguistics to drive innovation in adult and workplace learning. Her research on workplace discourse, professional identity, and research methodologies bridges theory and practice, delivering impactful results. She explores how talk shapes workplace dynamics and identities, yielding fresh insights for growth-oriented cultures. She has a proven track record teaching learners from high schoolers to executives. She has taught graduate seminars on qualitative methods, supervised graduate students and junior researchers, and developed deep-engagement workshops on pedagogy and curriculum for adult educators. Currently, she focuses on sociotechnical pedagogy—treating social interactions and technologies as intertwined forces to transform learning design and outcomes—while advancing co-intelligent human-AI models. She contributes actively in scaling innovative practices across the training and adult educator sector, blending pedagogy, analytics and reflective strategies to elevate professional development.
Renee Tan (Dr)
Associate Professor, SUSS-IAL; Assistant Executive Director, IAL; Director, Research Division, IAL
As the Director of the Research Division, Dr Tan leads IAL’s research efforts to inform policy and practice in the CET sector. She also leads IAL’s efforts in community experimentation and translational research in the Adult Learning Collaboratory. In her previous role as the Director of the Centre for Innovation and Development at IAL, Dr Tan was responsible for the planning and strategising of programmes and initiatives to facilitate the rollout of iN.LEARN 2020, and encouraged the taking root and adoption of learning innovations. Having held various positions at former Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) and within IAL, Dr Tan’s previous portfolios have also included leading the professionalisation and growth of the TAE community, through initiatives such as the Adult Education Network and Adult Education Professionalisation.
Dr Tan holds a Doctorate in Education from the University of Bristol, Master and Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English Literature from the National University of Singapore, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Education from the National Institute of Education.
