To make easy or easier As used in communication: The increased ease of performance of any action, resulting from the lessening of nerve resistance by the continued successive application of the necessary stimulus, i e , hand over hand assistance
To assist in accomplishing objectives such as a group discussion on a particular topic or in a training context It requires active participation by the facilitator to engage and involve the others in accomplishing the objective
make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge" physiology: increase the likelihood of (a response); "The stimulus facilitates a delayed impulse
To facilitate an action or process, especially one that you would like to happen, means to make it easier or more likely to happen. The new airport will facilitate the development of tourism He argued that the economic recovery had been facilitated by his tough stance. = aid, assist. to make it easier for a process or activity to happen
Assisting someone to make something easier In this context, the 'something' done by others is learning, or more precisely, changing through and by learning Facilitating learning groups, therefore, means enabling learning to occur in the individuals and the group
the threshold needed to trigger a headache is lowered; may be initiated by many different factors including head or neck trauma, illness, poor posture, medication, or simply experiencing frequent headaches
Assistance provided to a group of people by an impartial party (facilitator) in order to help the group conduct a satisfying meeting or series of meetings
At some time, groups both large and small become bogged down or embroiled in conflict Our facilitators help groups restore and maximize their ability to work together by skillfully generating a rich level of participation; surfacing all perspectives, including less popular views; and guiding group members through proven problem-solving techniques which can be applied to both present and future issues
The process of providing a market for a security Normally, this refers to bids and offers made for large blocks of securities, such as those traded by institutions Listed options may be used to offset part of the risk assumed by the trader who is facilitation the large block order See also: Hedge ratio
act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something (neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action potential the condition of being made easy (or easier); "social facilitation is an adaptive condition
Assisting/guiding approach ("guide-on-the-side") to a learning situation; can be contrasted to the directive teacher-instructor ("sage-on-the-stage") approach (See Inglis, Ling, & Joosten (1999) pp 31-33) Heavily influenced by Humanistic psychology
is a process in which the parties (usually a group), with the assistance of a neutral third party (the facilitator), identify problems to be solved, tasks to be accomplished or disputed issues to be resolved Facilitation may conclude there, or it may continue to assist the parties to develop options, consider alternatives and endeavour to reach an agreement The facilitator has no advisory or determinative role on the content of the matters discussed or the outcome of the process, but may advise on or determine the process of facilitation
A process intended to make something easier Facilitation requires many important interpersonal skills, most of which center on initiating, maintaining, monitoring, and concluding different forms of structured group activities
A facilitator is a third party who helps the disputants to stay focused on working toward their common goals by following the agreed-upon ground rules The facilitator takes a less active role in helping the parties find a solution than the mediator would
A well timed intervention that makes it easier for people to speak openly, make a decision, resolve an issue or generate creative ideas It requires clarity of role, the skills and confidence to deal with disruptive individuals or difficult situations, and the ability to move a group forward towards an assessment of their own performance
(neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action potential
A collaborative process used to help parties discuss issues, identify and achieve goals and complete tasks in a mutually-satisfactory manner This process uses an impartial third party, the facilitator, who focuses on the processes and procedures of dispute resolution and decision-making The facilitator is impartial to the issues being discussed, rarely contributes substantive ideas and has no decision-making authority Back
A facilitator is a person who manages an online workspace The online facilitator's job mirrors that of the chair of a meeting Online facilitators also handle technical/administrative tasks-like managing access permissions to the workspace
A person knowledgeable in process improvement, problem solving and group dynamics who assists teams and team leaders Facilitators assist with the process and are not subject matter experts of the content being facilitated
The Facilitator is the stage director of the HyperForum He watches over the discussions and occasionally rearranges the elements to maintain structure and coherency of the growing body of material
(sometimes called the Key Facilitator) The Facilitator works with the DesignShop Sponsors (which may include members of the engagement team) and the Process Facilitator (representing the KreW) to design the DesignShop before it begins, manage the continuing design and execution of the DesignShop while it is happening, to bring closure to ideas and processes immediately following the event, and to open paths for progress to the next stages of work
A person who aids in acquiring and clarifying viewpoints of different participants during the modelling session with the modelling group, is responsible for structuring and documenting the results of the sessions
A person who makes it easier for others to learn and grow, or assists in and directs the implementation of processes, programs, and plans A facilitator determines the best way to make information available to the people involved by providing the knowledge, systems, or materials which enable persons to perform a task more effectively This is done by listening, asking questions, providing ideas, suggesting alternatives, and identifying possible resources A good facilitator is adept and experienced with people and people issues
A role for classroom teachers that allows students to take a more active role in learning Teachers assist students in making connections between classroom instruction and students' own knowledge and experiences by encouraging students to create new solutions, by challenging their assumptions, and by asking probing questions
(sometimes called the Key Facilitator) The Facilitator works with the DesignShop® Sponsors (which may include members of the engagement team) and the Process Facilitator (representing the KreW) to design the DesignShop event before it begins, manage the continuing design and execution of the DesignShop process while it is happening, to bring closure to ideas and processes immediately following the event, and to open paths for progress to the next stages of work
A person who conducts a project meeting, JAD session, or Formal Technical Review and understands the technical content of the product or process in question Facilitator duties include scheduling the room, writing the agenda, and selecting the reviewers for a Formal Technical Review
n One who provides the space (possibility) for the group to discover and create the essence of the group and assures it is maintained and nurtured In environments of high levels of effectiveness, this is creating an environment of education and, in elemental form, he/she may develop the group dynamic skills, guide the team in method or process analysis, and may promote improvement to the methods or processes (One who makes things easier )
A person specially trained who functions as the coach/consultant to a group, team or organization In quality improvement, the facilitator focuses on process while the team leader focuses on content A person specifically trained to assist teams in carrying out their projects A trained social or behavioral scientist, expert at helping small decision-making groups engage in a planned process change
A doctor, attorney, minister, or other individual who informally aids or promotes an adoption by making a person seeking to adopt a minor aware of a child who is, or will be, available for adoption
One who guides a discussion, activity, or course May be the instructor, a guest lecturer, or a student Not necessarily the same person for all course activities Facilitor and moderator are, at times, used interchangeably However, a moderator may be responsible for presiding over the entire course In an online student-centered environment, faculty facilitate active learning, problem solving, inquiry approaches, and team-based instructional activities or projects
A person who makes it easier for learners to learn by attempting to discover what a learner is interested in knowing, and then determines the best way to make that information available to the learner by providing the knowledge, systems, or materials which enable the learner to perform a task more effectively This is done by listening, asking questions, providing ideas, suggesting alternatives, and identifying possible resources
[1] general term synonymous with middle agent or more narrowly a family term for trader, matchmaker, broker [2] in the SRI Open Agent Architecture system, a facilitator is an execution environment for registered OAA solvables (like Prolog rules) As such it is a trader with general unification-based constraint support for task decomposition in that a solvable (rule) can break a task into subtasks
Assists in preparing the project agenda and establishing individual team member roles Assists in developing team processes and procedures Assists in keeping team members on track during meetings or other team events Work to balance individual team member participation during meetings or other team events Ensure that ground rules are followed during team meetings
Someone who takes responsibility for initiating, maintaining, monitoring, and concluding structured group activities The main role of a facilitator is to maintain the integrity of the process and attend to the needs of the participants while being as unobtrusive as possible
The online course instructor is often referred to as the course facilitator Online instructors do not retain their traditional "teacher-centered" roles from the onground paradigm Instead, they become the medium through which discovery learning is facilitated in a student-centered environment