A Journey to the Role of Facilitator: Personal Stories Unfolding Alongside World Trends

Leigh, E; Tipton, E; de Wijse-van Heeswijk, M

A Journey to the Role of Facilitator: Personal Stories Unfolding Alongside World Trends

Leigh, E Tipton, E de Wijse-van Heeswijk, M

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Publisher:: Springer
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Simulation Gaming Through Times and Disciplines, 2021, 11988, pp. 3-13
Issue Date:: 2021

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Leigh, E
dc.contributor.author	Tipton, E
dc.contributor.author	de Wijse-van Heeswijk, M
dc.date	2019-08-26
dc.date.accessioned	2022-07-05T00:51:43Z
dc.date.available	2022-07-05T00:51:43Z
dc.date.issued	2021
dc.identifier.citation	Simulation Gaming Through Times and Disciplines, 2021, 11988, pp. 3-13
dc.identifier.isbn	978-3-030-72132-9
dc.identifier.issn	0302-9743
dc.identifier.issn	1611-3349
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/158639
dc.description.abstract	Simulations and games for learning require expert management drawing on specialist skills and knowledge. Dick Duke’s 1969 [1] invitation to a ‘conversation about simulation’, initiated a process that has generated 50 years of thoughtful analysis of the design and use of simulations. In the early stages, facilitation was not high on agendas for discussion or research. However, the role of the facilitator has been receiving more attention, as the importance of effective management of simulation events receives more recognition. Awareness of the complexity of human interactions, and the ways in which simulation can both replicate and unsettle them, is leading to more research and attention being paid to the role of the facilitator. Using a trajectory of personal experiences beginning in 1969, this paper uses an auto-ethnographic approach [2] to review our own development as facilitators of simulations and games, alongside an exploration of the broader, evolving understanding of the role, and the increasing complexity involved in ensuring facilitators contribute effectively to current learning contexts.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Springer
dc.relation.ispartof	Simulation Gaming Through Times and Disciplines
dc.relation.ispartof	International Simulation and Gaming Association Conference
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/978-3-030-72132-9_1
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.classification	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing
dc.title	A Journey to the Role of Facilitator: Personal Stories Unfolding Alongside World Trends
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.citation.volume	11988
utslib.location.activity	Warsaw, Poland
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Professional Practice and Leadership
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pubs.consider-herdc	false
dc.date.updated	2022-07-05T00:51:42Z
pubs.finish-date	2019-08-30
pubs.place-of-publication	Switzerland
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.start-date	2019-08-26
pubs.volume	11988
dc.location	Switzerland

Abstract:

Simulations and games for learning require expert management drawing on specialist skills and knowledge. Dick Duke’s 1969 [1] invitation to a ‘conversation about simulation’, initiated a process that has generated 50 years of thoughtful analysis of the design and use of simulations. In the early stages, facilitation was not high on agendas for discussion or research. However, the role of the facilitator has been receiving more attention, as the importance of effective management of simulation events receives more recognition. Awareness of the complexity of human interactions, and the ways in which simulation can both replicate and unsettle them, is leading to more research and attention being paid to the role of the facilitator. Using a trajectory of personal experiences beginning in 1969, this paper uses an auto-ethnographic approach [2] to review our own development as facilitators of simulations and games, alongside an exploration of the broader, evolving understanding of the role, and the increasing complexity involved in ensuring facilitators contribute effectively to current learning contexts.

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