The Role of Facilitators in Blended Learning: Theory and Practice

Abstract

This monograph is designed for bachelor students, master students, and Ph.D. students of the educational program «Foreign language: two foreign languages», and «Translation studies» and for everyone who assists groups to learn, whether formally or informally, through workshops, courses or Massive open online courses (MOOC), as a facilitator, teacher or trainer. The purpose of the monograph is to create communicative competence among trainees, including professional-specialized competence to provide a skilled facilitator approach. This monograph relies on descriptions of how to use MOOC, and Web 2.0 tools in the training process, to show the strategies for successful facilitation and how to become a skillful facilitator. This research is funded by the Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the topic «Facilitators in Advanced Training of Teachers in Blended Learning: Efficiency Assessment, Methodology, Vectors of Competence Development» (2021–2023) (IRN AR09260118).