At Drexel University, when teachers develop their courses they have the students in mind. They want to make sure that the students are learning the material in an effective way, to retain the ...
The new “question-of-the-week” is: What are practical ways teachers can use “taxonomies” like Bloom’s and SOLO - and should we? Most teachers are aware of various kinds of taxonomies that categorize ...
Over the years, I have often heard faculty describe their role as creating an engaging learning environment, effectively delivering content, and instilling in students a “love of learning.” This ...
Bloom’s Taxonomy represents the various categories of thinking you may engage in when you are a college student. There are many questions that you can ask yourself to check your learning and make sure ...
As an ontologist, I'm often asked about the distinctions between taxonomies and ontologies, and whether ontologies are replacing taxonomies. The second question is easy to answer: "No." Both ...
Educators and institutions are grappling with how best to integrate these tools into the learning environment while balancing innovation with ethical considerations, assessment concerns, and ...
We’ve all been told that learning works like climbing a ladder. You start on the bottom rung with “basic” skills, climb upward through progressively “advanced” ones, and eventually reach the top. But ...
I’m glad that my friend Checker Finn supports personalized learning, but it’s worth putting his point of view into a broader context. Checker is in favor of personalized learning “defined as enabling ...