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# Roles
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## Most common roles:
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| Role name | Alternative names | Function |
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| Facilitator: | Leader, Manager | - Makes sure that objectives are met<br>- Manages discussion<br>- Coordinates work or discussion of coordination<br>- Ensures that work is done<br>- etc. |
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| Scribe: | Secretary | - Takes notes of decisions taken<br>- Prepares report or coordinates report writing |
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| Presenter: | Summarizer, spokesperson | - Presents results to other groups / class |
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| Critic: | Sceptic, thinker, challenger | - Raises objections, counter-propositions<br>- Identifies what could go wrong |
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| Resource collector: | Librarian, researcher | - Finds and collects (appropriate) resources |
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| Time keeper: | Time/objective keeper | - Monitors time and planing<br>- (Optionally) also monitors if the project is on track |
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| Specialist: | | - This role (or several) are defined according to specific needs<br>- E.g. "lead developer", "analyst", art director. |
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## List of roles
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### Facilitator
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Alternative names: Leader, Manager.
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#### Functions
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- Keeps group on task and verifies that all contribute.
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- keeps the group on task.
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- assures work is done by all.
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- makes sure all have opportunity to participate and learn.
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#### Description
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They are the leader of the group. They have to share out the work, encourage their classmates, meditate in the problems and try to keep everyone in the group motivated.
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This student is in charge of organizing the final product of the project, be it a paper, a presentation, etc. That doesn't mean technical details, but of making sure that the project meets the standards set out by the instructor (often as a rubric), plus any extras stipulated by the group. These standards generally include punctuality and completeness.
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### Moderator
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Alternative names: Time Keeper.
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#### Functions
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- Monitors time and moves group along so that they complete the task in the available time.
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- Resolve conflicts.
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- Minimize interpersonal stress.
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- Ensure that members feel ‘safe’ to give opinions.
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#### Description
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Someone needs to make sure that the group stays on track and gets through a reasonable amount of material in the given time period.
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This person gets discussion moving and keeps it moving, often by asking the other group members questions, sometimes about what they've just been saying.
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### Scribe
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Alternative names: Secretary, Recorder.
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#### Functions
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- Takes notes of decisions taken.
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- Prepares report or coordinates report writing.
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- Takes notes on important thoughts expressed in the group.
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- Collect distributed notes and compels them.
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- Writes final summary.
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#### Description
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This person takes notes whenever the group meets and keeps track of group data/sources/etc. This person distributes these notes to the rest of the group highlighting sections relevant for their parts of the project.
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### Knowledge gatherer
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Alternative names: Resource collector, Librarian, Researcher, Content curator.
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#### Functions
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- Finds and collects (appropriate) resources.
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- Check facts against sources.
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#### Description
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Responsible for compiling and putting in a simplified way (map or diagram) all sources used during the tasks. The sources had to be put in a sequence about the use done. The sources had to be linked.
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### Devil’s Advocate
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Alternative names: Critic, Sceptic, thinker, challenger.
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#### Functions
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- Raises objections, counter-propositions.
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- Identifies what could go wrong.
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- Ensure the group avoids premature agreement.
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- Ask questions that will lead to understanding.
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- Push the group to explore all possibilities.
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#### Description
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Raises counter-arguments and (constructive) objections, introduces alternative explanations and solutions.
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> In common parlance, the phrase "**playing devil's advocate**" describes a situation where someone, given a certain [point of view](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_of_view_\(philosophy\) "Point of view (philosophy)"), takes a position they do not necessarily agree with (or simply an alternative position from the accepted norm), [for the sake of debate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arguendo "Arguendo") or to explore the thought further using valid reasoning that both disagrees with the subject at hand and proves their own point valid.
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[Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_advocate)
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### Explainer
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Alternative names: Summarizer, Checker.
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#### Functions
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- Re-emphasise the main points.
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- Check understanding.
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- Ensure that each member understands the task, their component and what they have to do.
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- Checks for clarity of understanding.
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- Says, _"Does this accurately reflect what we've done today?"_.
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- Says, _"Have I left out anything important here?"_.
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#### Description
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Every so often (perhaps once per question for a list of questions, or at the end for one question), this student provides a summary of the discussion for other students to approve or amend.
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### Reflector
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Alternative names: Parrot.
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#### Functions
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- Repeat the statements to verify the understanding.
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#### Description
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This person will listen to what others say and explain it back in his or her own words, asking the original speaker if the interpretation is correct.
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## Sources
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- [[knoledge-hydrant.pdf]]
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- [Group work roles](https://web.archive.org/web/20241109141456/https://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Group_work_roles)
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