Hosting a workshop day with 35 adult apprentices on the Digital Learning Designer programme always presents challenges due to varying levels of expertise. With two facilitators in the room, we wanted to provide additional support when team members were unsure of core concepts or subject matter. I went laptop-free for the session to leverage social interaction, but anticipated that the different skill levels would generate many questions.
Development: Developed from creating multiple GPTs for personal workflows and using Microsoft Copilot as a learning assistant during online courses
Core Concept: Built a GPT to function as a centralised knowledge base containing all key session information
Facilitate learning: Face-to-face sessions often result in missed ideas, suggestions, or important points that learners need to revisit
Functionality: Learners can ask for explanations, seek clarification, and explore topics deeper
Availability: Provides support when the team doesn't have immediate answers or the facilitator isn't available
Set-up: During the session it took time to let everyone become aquanited with the tool
Access: Using a GPT I noticed can exclude certain participants as they had to create accounts to get access
The tool received very positive feedback from learners in the groups for support during the session. They thought it was a novel and beneficial tool to work alongside.Â
I was able to gather data on the audience's reaction post-learning, which was that it was a favourable tool that helped with learning. Overall, this tool opened my eyes to the ways facilitators can use mobile phones and custom GPTs to support learning in large groups