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Facilitated learning


Facilitated learning
Facilitated learning is where the students are encouraged to take more control of their learning process. The trainer's role becomes that of a facilitator and organiser providing resources and support to learners. In turn the participants learn with and from each other as they identify and implement solutions to challenges, problems or other developmental issues. They might also set their own objectives and be responsible for learning assessment.
Advantages and disadvantages of facilitated learning
Facilitated learning is based on the premise that the more responsibility a student takes for his/her own learning, the more effective the training or education will be.
The advantages are:
  • Learners use skills like synthesis and analysis
  • The learner is actively involved
  • Learners interact with and learn from each other
  • There is no need for large amounts of learning materials
  • Learners can work in an environment similar to that of the real world
  • A variety of learning methods are used
There are some disadvantages:
  • Facilitated learning can be  more expensive
  • The pace of instruction is based on the group rather than the individual learner
  • The teacher’s role is not clearly defined
  • There is a need for extra facilities to allow for group work etc
  • The learning is relatively time consuming in proportion to the amount of material covered
  • Facilitated learning is not appropriate in some cultural contexts
Delivery of facilitated learning
As already noted, the teacher’s role in facilitated learning is to create and manage collaborative learning experiences, or group learning in which exchanges between instructors and learners and among learners occur over a period of time.
Facilitated courses and learning experiences usually take place over a series of weeks and may include:
  • On-demand tutorials, presentations, and keynote addresses
  • Online or face-to-face group discussions and exchanges
  • Handouts, readings, and links to relevant Websites
  • File and link sharing
  • Surveys and polls
  • Virtual real-time or physical classroom sessions, lectures, seminars
  • Brainstorming sessions (virtual or face-to-face)
  • Group activities such as role play and games
  • Field trips
  • Projects and case studies


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