Facilitator
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 FACILITATOR |
Individual who is responsible for helping trainees to learn, not by presenting information, but by listening, asking questions, providing ideas, suggesting alternatives, and identifying possible resources. Facilitators are found in face-to-face and self-instructional delivery as well, but their responsibilities are very different for these delivery systems. The facilitator role is:
To focus on providing a direction to the group when the leader fails to fulfill their role To stimulate and encourage constructive debate between group members To support members of the group, helping them to bring information, and to build new ideas To participate when the group is interacting poorly or in the wrong direction, by promoting new discussion To promote team building in a cohesive, interactive, and productive way
To regulate and maintain order of the group discussion, discouraging participants from talking at the same time To protect members, and ensure that all contributions to the discussion are treated equally To deal with problems, and to control people within the group, allowing everyone to participate freely To manage the time, and adhere to the meeting timetable ensuring completion of the agenda
The facilitator is neutral, and pragmatic, because he takes a detached look at the discussion He encourages feedback, to promote discussion of each point [1] |
References
- ↑ Rapid Instructional Design, Learning ID Fast and Right. George M. Piskurich, 2006, http://www.see.ed.ac.uk (7 March 2008)