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The main learning outcomes of this module have been working to understand the purpose of the job role of a Learning Mentor, and the focus on inclusion within their practice, largely based on policy as well as personal responsibility.
The first assignment required the group to work together to produce an interview type scenario for someone applying to become a learning mentor, this meant everyone had to work together as an equal part of the team with the aim of producing a high quality piece of work. This however was more difficult than it first appeared, with contact being limited and members of the group arriving to meetings late, this may have been because no one individual was set a specific role except for the final interview, this meant there was no ‘gate-keeping’ meaning no one was ensuring everyone was participating equally, meaning many people were promising to produce information and not providing it, this among other things includes myself (Jaques, 2008). Due to the difficulty with contact, organising time to meet and produce our work became a difficulty, so when we finally started meeting regularly there was a strong sense of urgency due to the limited face to face time we had, affecting our work as result, if we had started meeting sooner we may have found it easier and less stressful researching and producing the results. Another issue with contact was the online forum that was put in place to show our work, though this helped a little with archiving information, it did cast an unreliable balance on what was happening, the consensus on the forum by some was it was very easy to be portrayed as not participating enough, regardless of the input on the final product. Deeper discussion and reflection between each group mem...

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