Facilitating vs. Teaching
Facilitate:
“To assist (a person); to enable or allow (a person) to do something, achieve a particular result, etc., more easily.” (Oxford English Dictionary 2018)
Facilitator:
“A person or organization assigned to facilitate progress towards a specific objective, esp. one whose role is to foster communication or understanding within a group of people, or negotiations between various parties; a mediator; a coordinator (esp. of a conference, discussion group, etc.).” (Oxford English Dictionary 2018)
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Teach:
“Impart knowledge to or instruct (someone) as to how to do something.” (Oxford English Dictionary 2019)
Lecturer:
“One who gives lectures or formal discourses intended for instruction, esp. in a college or university.” (Oxford English Dictionary 2018)
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Potential risks of teaching: Why it is important to be a facilitator
A teaching style of delivery is different to the approach you need to be taking as a facilitator e.g. less reliance on PowerPoint, more emphasis on encouraging discussion and interactive activities