My eLearning Design Framework

In my learning design I wish to underpin the two core learning design frameworks of the revised Blooms Taxonomy and the Learning Engagement theory.

The coginitive domain of Blooms Taxonomy is a framework which promotes low order thinking and high order thinking through a set of consecutive steps that begin with remembering knowledge to understanding it, understanding it to applying it and so forth. At the end of the cognitive ladder a degree of high order thinking has taken place which means that learning outcomes has been successful. The last three components of high order thinking are analysing, evaluating and creating.

I will profile my students and guide them through the process of gaining knowledge to be able to use knowledge in a complex and in depth way which promotes the 4^th DoLE learning theory of deep and meaningful understanding of the knowledge.

The Learning Engagement Framework promotes the Relate, Create and Donate processes which give a basis for blooms taxonomy to work from and create a nourishing learning environment. The first principle is to be able to relate to other people and be active and present in a collaborative learning context. The second principle is to create and perform activities which challenge the mind and inspire creativity through project-based activities. Then there is donate, have an authentic setting in which you can apply the content to a real-life situation which would be relevant in today’s society.

In basing these conceptual frameworks around my eLearning design will have positive outcomes and promote a complex development in gaining and using knowledge within the classroom. Hopefully students will carry these frameworks through life and be able to not only assess and describe knowledge but comprehend how it works. That is where using thinking routines like SWOT, PMI and De Bono’s thinking hats are useful in scaffolding these conceptual frameworks for eLearning design.