Working out the difference between online teaching and

facilitation

Sarah Stewart Educational facilitator, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin

eLearning ConsultantCreative Commons 2010

http://sarah-stewart.blogspot.com

Separating facilitation from teaching/assessment in the course “Facilitation Online”

http://sarah-stewart.blogspot.com/2010/01/working-out-difference-between-teaching.html

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As facilitator, I walk the learning journey with students

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I ask questions to stimulate discussion, summarize themes,

organize events and support students

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As teacher, I am the ‘expert’

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I design the course, devise assessment and have the ‘power’

of pass/fail

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and

?

Can I be

Advantages of separating teaching and facilitation

• Equality of relationship between students and facilitator which supports learning

• Objective assessment by teacher

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Disadvantages of separating teaching and facilitation roles

• Facilitator restricted by program devised by teacher• Teacher may not have the knowledge of students to

make marking of assessment ‘holistic’

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What do you think?

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