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Designing Facilitation Resources - continued
Step 2: Planning My Facilitation Resource
A facilitator in a learner-centred classroom organizes resources in a way that guides
learners and helps them learn how to learn (Nanjappa & Grant, 2003). The following
facilitation strategies are used in learner-centred classrooms:
- Small group activities, such as creating graphic organizers, role-playing, and engaging in dramatizations, ensure that learners understand core concepts.
- Guidance and modeling of skills critical for the project provides learners with
opportunities to practice new skills in meaningful contexts.
- Additional activities and skills development based on formative assessment during the project, address content and skills challenges.
As you view examples of facilitation resources, think about your own style as a facilitator. Look for ways in which you can move to a facilitator role and provide appropriate scaffolding so that learners can take a more self-directed, active role in their learning.
- Browse sample presentations, publications, spreadsheets, and web-based resources.
- Access teacher-created blogs and wikis on the Web..
- Take notes on any ideas you find that you could use in your project.
Step 3: Creating Facilitation Materials
- Keeping your planning ideas in mind, create a new document, presentation, or web-based resource to support the facilitation of your project. If desired, modify any existing support material.
- Depending on which ICT tool you choose to use for the creation of your
facilitation material, refer to the following resources, as needed:
- The Intel® Help Guide to assist you in the creation of a document, spreadsheet, or presentation
- Online resources (FAQs, forums, and getting started instructions) for creating a wiki or blog
 Save your facilitation resource in the facilitation folder in your Portfolio folder.
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