Four members of a Public Involvement in Research group (PIRg) contributed to preliminary discussions about the research and three were involved with many of the subsequent stages of the research process including the facilitation of discussion groups with residents.
The rest (7.2%, N = 19) listed other factors that helped in their learning including the style of delivery, humour, facilitation of discussion, stepping off podium and speaking to participants, emphasis on main points and sharing of personal experience from a fellow researcher.
RENEWAL South Africa has benefited from the active facilitation of discussions amongst researchers and government officials by HEARD, the Centre for the Study of AIDS at the University of Pretoria (CSA) and the Nutrition Directorate in the National Department of Health.
The work would require several stages: translation and abridgement of legal texts into short texts in plain language; translation of simple text into local languages; design of publications using images, cartoons and good graphic styles; and, facilitation of discussions at community level based on the texts.
Both the procedural facilitation of the discussion and the instrument for content analysis were based on Garrison's 'Practical Inquiry model of Cognitive Presence'.
The moderator used the drawings for the facilitation of the discussion during the first session [ 18, 19].
Finally, special consideration must also be paid to the design and facilitation of course discussions.
Skilled facilitation of interactive discussions with individuals, families or groups regardless of feeding intention, which cover the practical and emotional realities of breast and formula feeding and involve parents who have had feeding difficulties and not always lived up to ideals.
In our study, students doing the online variant said that they did not feel the need for synchronous facilitation of their discussions by a tutor, and it is likely that the advantage of not having to travel or meet together at a prearranged time suited to meet the tutors availability outweighed any disadvantages experienced in not having immediate and direct contact with a tutor.
Whilst highlighting the importance of the 'independence' of the CAB and of the CAB members, CAB members also recognized the key role played by SMRU in the establishment and in the sustainability of the CAB both in practical terms through the provision of transport, meeting rooms and so on, but also in terms of facilitation and leadership of discussion in what is a diverse and low-income setting.
The investigator is a 2011 FAIMER Institute fellow, and as part of this fellowship, had training and experience in facilitation of ML Web online discussion.
