Online Group Facilitation Training

Aims & objectives

- To develop competences in 25 youth workers and teachers in the facilitation of groups in the online environment, with a focus on multicultural groups
- To provide tools for promoting learning by fostering dialogue within groups
- To familiarise youth workers and teachers with digital tools for online learning
- To promote the potential and attractiveness of online learning using non-formal education methods

Target group & international/intercultural composition of the group & team

The training involved 25 youth workers and teachers from Greece, Italy, Spain, Turkey and Ireland.

Training methods used & main activities

- Participatory and co-learning approach (e.g. participants created their own grounds rules, shared their own experiences from online teaching)
- Group work in mixed groups (e.g. for dealing with case studies in the facilitation of groups)
- Practice sessions for practising the tools acquired during the training, including feedback sharing
- Identification of learning outcomes through reflection questions and comparison with expectations
- Icebreakers and energisers

Outcomes of the activity

Beneficial, enjoyable, useful, and meaningful were some of the single words that the participants described the training during its final day. They also mentioned that now they are:
- more competent and confident in communicating and facilitating
- more aware of facilitation competences such as neutrality, active listening, critical thinking, self and group awareness
- equipped with knowhow on giving feedback
- more active listeners
- more digitally skilled

Dissemination of training activity: https://web.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0nMeuzHi4QwH6ikUnwGtm6oyAGk6Bf2r4p2u6owCog1NeAEnKq4d1M4UfW2GTYTpnl&id=109386111769878

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

I was solely responsible for developing the training's content and for delivering it.

I worked on this training for 4 days as a full time trainer.

Testimonial of the reference person

Very good feedback from the evaluation forms of the participants.