Metalog© Check List – Getting started using the tools

What am I trying to achieve through using the tool?

Establish a learning team, actively and dynamically shape the learning process
Build trust in the group
Develop skills such as communication and empathy
Shape change and initiate development (personal, within the group, within the system)
Improve conflict resolution skills, teamwork skills

But also: get the day off to an energetic start, focus the group on a specific topic, work through specialist content, enable the group to get to know each other, and so on.

How do I present the work assignment, the rules? (Staging)

The rules are visible to everyone
D Define roles: facilitator, observer, time manager, and so on.
Give the learning project an appropriate, meaningful name: e.g. “We are going to build a skills tower” (Tower of Power with facilitation cards).

What can I do if the group gets stuck? (Interventions)

The process is interrupted and, as facilitator, I ask the following questions: “What has gone well so far? What has not gone so well? What would it be a good idea to change? The group then continues the activity.
As facilitator, I give the group feedback from outside about how I perceive the situation.
I make rules easier or harder, reduce or extend the time allowed, etc.

 

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What questions can I ask after the performance stage (reflecting on the experience)

What was the key to solving the task?
What was each individual’s personal contribution?
What moments were difficult?
What other competencies would the group have needed?
Imagine the group had the opportunity to do the task again, what would it do differently?
What role did each person have during the task?
What is the “take away” for our everyday lives? And so on.

What agreements, goals and learning paths can be developed and specified with the group? (Reflection: building bridges to everyday life)

For example: Agreements
The following discussion rules shall apply to us this year: ...
For example: Goals
In future, we want to meet once a week.
For example: Learning paths
For me personally the learning experience was especially important, so I will ..... I will do the following tasks. And so on.

How will I record the results of the reflection?

On a flipchart?
On the board?
On facilitation cards?
On photos or as a photo collage?
Will the group develop goals and write them down? And so on.