Facilitating Online Communities - Facilitation Definition #FOC08
I've been struggling to put into words what I personally believe facilitation is and what makes a good facilitator. I've finally found a good definition which resonates with my internal feelings of why I was successful at teaching in a blended course recently. Via the wikipedia entry for "experiential learning":
An experiential facilitator is one who is passionate about his/her work and is able to immerse participants totally in the experience, allowing them to learn from their peers and the learning atmosphere created. These facilitators stimulate the imagination, keeping participants hooked on the experience.
And:
An excellent facilitator believes in the creed, "You teach some by what you say, teach more by what you do, but most of all, you teach most by who you are."
Now off to read some more...