Hello Marco!
We are replying to your last post but we decided to continue the dicussion under the topic discussion so we don't end up with a lot of open topics.
Reading your post makes us wonder about some of the things you mention.
You say that the facilitator may provide information about how the participants will work as a group... that is a very passive way of organisation for the learners. And then you add that the role of the facilitator may change in order to correspond to the group's purposes and goals... but are the group goals (when it comes to learning and skills development) the goals of each learner in their individuality?? We don't think so!
"The consensus among group theorists is that smaller groups, those of six or less, tend to be more cohesive and productive than larger groups." So you are basically saying that the fewer we are, working together, the best are our achievements. In that way, we dare to say that one learner on his own works much better and is more successful than if that same learner is part of a group.
Another thing: "we consider that group members regularly meet to study together"... it means that all of them need to adjust their lives, their priorities according to everybody else's availability. we see a lot of dependence there which is not the purpose of online education!
"The group tries to ensure that all members clearly understand the important points". So, even if 1 of them already understood all the points, that fast-paced learner has to wait until the other colleagues get there as well! how does that improve the learning process and keeps the motivation on a high level?
the girls!!! :)
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