Framework: to Bloom or to Productive Pedagogy????
I have decide to use the frame work of Blooms for my assignment. I have had a play with a concept map, considering the domains of the learners, and feel that it will strongly scaffold the learning that I wash to achieve in my ICT unit. Bloom's Taxonomy (Bloom, 1956, as cited in Killen, 2003) examines the cognitive domain. This domain categorises and orders thinking skills and objectives. His taxonomy follows the thinking process. You can not understand a concept if you do not first remember it, similarly you can not apply knowledge and concepts if you do not understand them. It is a continuum from Lower Order Thinking Skills (LOTS) to Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS). Bloom describe each category as a gerund. They are arranged below in increasing order, from lower order to higher order. It seems to be an ideal format for e-learning - as so much of e-learning is communication. If we examine the communication skills needed to successfully engage in Higher Order thinking -e-learning tools are perfect! As learner work through the levels of the taxonomy, ways of working are easily adapted to digital strategies and activities - as suggested in the table I have constructed below (adapted from educational origami).