seminar
Interactive academic session
A seminar is a small group meeting for focused discussion or training, typically in an academic or professional setting.
Unlike lectures, seminars emphasize participation—students discuss readings, professionals workshop skills: a graduate seminar on Victorian literature, a leadership seminar for new managers.
The term sometimes applies to any specialized workshop or course.
Educational spoken presentation
- professorSenior university teacher
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
university · college · doctorate · PhD · graduate · postgraduate · undergraduate · coursework
Formal argument on issues
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- symposiumFormal expert discussion meeting
- colloquyFormal conversation or conference
roundtable · forum · exchange · deliberation · conversation · argumentation · consultation · brainstorming
One who talks
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- podiumRaised platform for speakers
- microphoneAudio input device
- projectorLight-casting display device
slideshow · PowerPoint · visuals · handouts · keynote · lecture · talk · address
Organized meeting for discussion
- workshopPlace for making or learning
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- networkingBuilding professional relationships
- presentationFormal display to viewers
webinar · corporate · leadership · development · certification · retreat · offsite · executive
lecture
Educational spoken presentation
- professorSenior university teacher
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
research · university · college · doctorate · PhD · graduate · postgraduate · undergraduate · coursework · tutorial
debate
Formal argument on issues
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- symposiumFormal expert discussion meeting
colloquy · roundtable · forum · exchange · deliberation · conversation · argumentation · consultation · brainstorming · panel
speaker
One who talks
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- podiumRaised platform for speakers
- microphoneAudio input device
projector · slideshow · PowerPoint · visuals · handouts · keynote · lecture · talk · address · demonstration
conference
Organized meeting for discussion
- workshopPlace for making or learning
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- networkingBuilding professional relationships
presentation · webinar · corporate · leadership · development · certification · retreat · offsite · executive · management
hands-on
Involving direct physical engagement
- interactiveAllowing mutual exchange
- intensiveConcentrated and thorough
- masterclassExpert-led intensive lesson
bootcamp · tutorial · practical · exercises · weekly · series · session · module · schedule · breakout
- eventsevent, events, party, parties, wedding
- group activitiesgroup games, voting, protest, group dance, group project
- collegecampus, courses, application, dorms, dorm room
- learning formatsworkshops, webinar, tutorial, tutorials, workshop
- learning resourcestutorials, library, textbook, guides, study guides
- lectureslecture hall, lecturer, TED Talks, lectern, podium
seminarlecture
Educational spoken presentation
keynote address · monologue · broadcast · sermon · webinar
seminarconvention
Agreed standard of behavior
conference · symposium · rally · public address · town hall meeting
- seminal workInfluential founding text
- online seminarRemote educational broadcast
- seminar roomSpace for academic discussions
- graduate seminarsDiscussion-based postgraduate courses
- seminal fluidSperm-carrying male secretion
- seminal textsInfluential foundational writings
seminal, disseminate, seminary, seminars, dissemination, seminarian, insemination, inseminate, disseminating