Day 7 - Facilitate Individual Learning DEL403B

Well, thanks to Venjie, we now have a lot of bloggs for this course. I hope to be able to use this one to share resources and allow those who have missed a class to see what they need to do to catch up.

Yesterday we concentrated on the differences between individual and group facilitation, both the advantageas and disadvantages. The main advantages we came up with were the flexibility in the pacing and delivery style which could be adapted to the learners specific needs. The main disadvantages were the lack of group interactions, the possibility of a personality clash and the restrictions on the type of activities possible in a one to one setting. I think the scales are evenly balanced.

In the afternoon we explored mind tools at the following sites;
www.inspiration.com
www.thebrain.com
http://www.mindtools.com/
Venjie also contributed the following site, where you can obtain a great mind mapping tool as a free download at http://freewareapp.com/

The class then did a work-based Learning scenario in groups. Those who missed class can find this in their cluster 3 folder. The groups analysed a scenario and the took turns role playing until they had all played the part of client, trainer and observer. They then presented a report to the class about the coaching methods they had come up with to suit their particular scenarios.
Those who missed this exercise may be able to set it up at home with family members or friends and write a little report to go in their cluster 3 folder.