The Vienna School-Based Teacher Development Project (SBP) is an inservice training project, established in Vienna in 1991 to meet the need for an entirely new form of teacher INSET. This article describes the background which led to the creation of the SBP, and explains the importance that the Project has come to have for the teaching of English in the Vienna area, and for the many teachers it ...

Blended Learning, a learning facilitation that incorporates different modes of delivery, models of teaching, and learning styles, introduces multiple media to the dialog between the learner and the facilitator. This paper examines online communication as the link between established theory of learning and literature on e-learning in order to better understand the appropriate use of blended lear...

MFSD8/CLN7 gene encodes for CLN7, a putative lysosomal transporter (major facilitator superfamily domain containing protein 12) protein on chromosome 4q28.1–q28.2, localized to the lysosomal membrane and belongs to the major facilitator superfamily (MFS) [12]. Although this protein is ubiquitously expressed, high transcript concentrations have been identified in specific brain locations, such a...

Several types of learning environments have been classified under the umbrella term of CSCL (ComputerSupported Collaborative Learning). Literature has acknowledged the importance facilitators have in CSCL environments. Nevertheless these environments still lack support to the activities carried out by facilitators during learning activities. In this work we address the needs of supporting the f...

Online problem-based learning (PBL) environments afford many opportunities to engage in collaborative knowledge construction. Activity theory is a suitable framework to study such environments and the processes learners go through when using these environments. Two complementary perspectives are blended in this paper in an attempt to create a comprehensive picture of learning using an online PB...

Methods Three on call Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) crews (HEMS physician, HEMS crew member and pilot) participated in a simulation exercise on management of a patient with potential symptoms of Ebola virus disease. A HEMS physician trained as a simulation training facilitator facilitated the simulation. Goals for the simulation exercises were: correct management of the patient, c...

Background: Pre-dialysis education that leads to decisions on treatment has traditionally been ad hoc, with programmes lacking a theoretical or evidence basis. A multidisciplinary and service user participatory action research study developed and delivered a self-efficacy, theory based pre-dialysis education intervention. A core principle of action research methodology is critical reflection. A...

Given the increased demand for group work, it has been argued that strong facilitation skllls will be critical for successful business interactions. Yet many of us view meetings as time consuming and unproductive exchanges and few of us have had any formal training in designing and facilitating meetings. This paper presents the results of a study on the importance of critical facilitator role b...

Practice facilitation has proven to be effective in improving the quality of primary care. A practice facilitator is a health professional, usually external to the practice, who regularly visits the practice to provide support in change management that targets improvements in the delivery of care. Our environmental scan shows that several initiatives across Canada utilize practice facilitation ...

Hormone concentrations in blood and total 12 h urine values were compared between 40 postmenopausal women with breast cancer and 40 control women in a study which carefully controlled for the possible confounding effects of age, weight and pregnancy history by individually matching cases and controls on these factors. Breast cancer cases had received only surgical treatment for their localised ...