ISW Around the World

A very successful professional development initiative for educators, the Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) was created in British Columbia, Canada in 1979. Since then, hundreds of educators have served as ISW Facilitators offering ISWs in colleges, institutes, universities, polytechnics, hospitals, government departments, non-profits, and training organizations around the world.

Places where Instructional Skills Workshops have been offered are listed alphabetically below within geographical clusters.

North America

Canada*

Mexico

United States**

Africa

Ghana

Kenya

Namibia

South Sudan

Tanzania

The Gambia

Asia

Bangladesh

China

Chinese Taipei

Hong Kong

India

Pakistan

Philippines

Thailand

Vietnam

Caribbean & Central America

Bahamas

Cuba

Grenada

Jamaica

Eurasia

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Russia

Europe

England

Finland

Germany

Netherlands

Switzerland

Middle East

Jordan

Kuwait

Qatar

United Arab Emirates

South America

Brazil

Chile

Guyana

Peru

Oceania

Australia

New Zealand


Instructional Skills Workshops have been offered in many locations within Canada and the United States:

*Canada: Provinces & Territories

  • Alberta
  • British Columbia
  • Manitoba
  • New Brunswick
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Northwest Territories
  • Nova Scotia
  • Ontario
  • Quebec
  • Saskatchewan
  • Yukon

**USA: States

  • Arizona
  • California
  • Connecticut
  • Florida
  • Hawaii
  • Illinois
  • Michigan
  • Ohio
  • Texas
  • Utah

In some areas, all three tiers of the ISW program are offered, namely Instructional Skills Workshops (ISWs), Facilitator Development Workshops (FDWs) and Trainer Development Workshops (TDWs). In other areas, the ISW has been offered, but an ongoing program (with trained ISW Facilitators and FDW Trainers) has not yet been established.

Although the ISW has been offered in many countries, it is not necessarily currently offered in each place listed above.

We are continuing to collect information on ISW offerings around the world.

If you are an ISW Facilitator or FDW Trainer who has offered an ISW or FDW at an institution or organization that is new to the ISW Network, please contact us to add this information to our global ISW database.

If you are interested in establishing the ISW program at your institution or organization, please contact us to find out how to participate in the growing global ISW community.