Sixth post
In this final blog post the focus is reflections on the past weeks in the ONL181 course and PBL group 4 - in particular this post will highlight facilitation in collaborative learning in an online context (situated facilitation). Situated (Lave and Wenger 1991), because facilitation is viewed as situated, that is, it is important to acknowledge the context, and that different factors or series of conditions play a role in how facilitation is shaped and re-shaped (Kolmos et al. 2008). In this case online learning is the context. A reason for focusing on facilitation is the limited time we (PBL group 4) spent on reflecting on the role of the facilitator. In topic four we wanted to combine scenario one and two (to discuss the role of facilitator in online blended course design). But since we ended up focusing on the Gilly Salmon’s five-stage model we did not spend very much time discussing facilitation. Yet in PBL facilitation is central. It is by combining the practices of su...