Moodle and Blooms Taxonomy

Moodle and Blooms Taxonomy

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Table of Contents
Moodle and Blooms Taxonomy.........................................................................1
Table of Contents...............................................................................................2
Blooms Revised Taxonomy...............................................................................5
Blooms Digital Taxonomy as a Word Map........................................................7
Moodle and Blooms Taxonomy.........................................................................6
Bloom's revised taxonomy and Digital Approaches........................................10
Moodle and Blooms Taxonomy.......................................................................10
Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy and Moodle...........................................................11
Moodle and Blooms Taxonomy.......................................................................11
Blooms Digital Taxonomy and Moodle............................................................12
Example Activities and Moodle Application.....................................................12
Moodle and Blooms Taxonomy.......................................................................12
Example Course:- Geology and Soil Mechanics.............................................13
Bibliography.....................................................................................................14

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Blooms Taxonomy

Is a classification of learning objectives used in education.

It is derived from the work of Benjamin Bloom et al. “The Taxonomy of

Educational Objectives, The Classification of Educational Goals, Handbook I:
Cognitive Domain”

The original books was only intended to focus on the three main domains; the
Active, psychomotor and Cognitive domains.

“Within the taxonomy learning at the higher levels is dependent on having

attained prerequisite knowledge and skills at lower levels” (Orlich, et al. 2004)

The goal of this approach was to enable educators to create a more holistic
form of education.

Affective

“Skills in the affective domain describe the way people react emotionally and
their ability to feel another living thing's pain or joy. Affective objectives
typically target the awareness and growth in attitudes, emotion, and feelings.”
This is outlined in Figure 1.

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Benjamin_Bloom

Fig 1

Psychomotor
This describes the ability to manipulate (by hand) a tool or instrument like a
square and compass. They focus on development of behaviour and or skills.

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Cognitive
This revolves around knowledge, comprehension and critical thinking, in
which traditional teaching tends to emphasize these skills as seen in Figure 2.

Krathwohl, D. R, Anderson, L. W.
(2001 Fig 2

There are six levels to this moving through the lowest order to highest

Evaluation
Present and defend opinions by making judgments about information, validity of ideas
or quality of work based on a set of criteria

Synthesis
Compile information together in a different way by combining elements in a new
pattern or proposing alternative solutions

Analysis
Examine and break information into parts by identifying motives or causes. Make
inferences and find evidence to support generalisations

Application
Using new knowledge. Solve problems to new situations by applying acquired
knowledge, facts, techniques and rules in a different way

Comprehension
Demonstrative understanding of facts and ideas by organising, comparing, translating,
interpreting, giving descriptions, and stating main ideas

Knowledge
Exhibit memory of previously-learned materials by recalling facts, terms, basic
concepts and answers

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Blooms Revised Taxonomy

In the mid 1990’s Blooms Original Taxonomy was revised by a former student
of Blooms. The main changes were to change the nouns to verb format and
by slightly rearranging them Figure 3. The new taxonomy reflects a more
accurate and active form of thinking.

Original Blooms Taxonomy New Blooms Taxonomy

Evaluation Creating

Synthesis Evaluating

Analysis Analysing

Application Applying

Comprehension Understanding

Knowledge Remembering

Fig. 3

Examples of the domains, verbs and corresponding products are outlined in

Figure 4 this list is comprehensive but by no means complete and could
easily be built on.

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Blooms Taxonomy Domains, verbs and products.

Domains Verb Product

Creating Change, combine, Cartoon, story, book,

invent, compose, multimedia, game, poem,
create, devise, theory, concept model,
formulate, scientific hypothesis,
hypothesise, predict improve on design
and improve. (SWOT)
Evaluating Appraise, defend, Critique, judgement,
dispute, judge, justify, opinion, recommendation,
prioritise, select, report, self-evaluation,
support and verify. evaluation product.
Analysing Appraise, compare, Chart, plan,
contrast, differentiate, questionnaire,
distinguish, examine, spreadsheet, summary,
infer, outline, and survey.
sequence
Applying Classify, demonstrate, Collection, interview,
illustrate, practice, model building,
solve, use, execute, presentation, role playing,
implement, edit and scrap book, simulation.
apply concept.
Understanding Discuss, describe, Peer teaching, show and
comment, categorise, tell, story, drawing,
infer, paraphrase summary sheet, blog,
annotate, explain, wiki, discussion activity.
interpret, and classify.
Remembering Define, duplicate, list, Definitions, facts, charts,
name, recall, list, recitation, worksheet
reproduce, underline,
bookmark, locate,
highlight, recognise,
favour and search.
Fig. 4

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Blooms Digital Taxonomy as a Word Map.

Wordle is a free online program that sorts listed of words with the most
common or dominant word being displayed as the largest and the next
most common the second largest and so on. This is useful to see which
verb is dominate when looking a Blooms domains. The following visually
represent this.

Remembering Verbs

Understanding

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Applying

Analysing

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Evaluating

Creating

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Bloom's revised taxonomy and Digital Approaches

This diagram is based on Andrew Churches Blooms revised digital approach, combining the traditional verbs and inserting relevant
digital examples, for example creating a written piece of work becomes blogged Fig. 5

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Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy and Moodle

By combing Blooms taxonomy domains and verbs and their corresponding digital term and then linking with Moodle activities you
arrive at the following Blooms and Moodle chart. Fig 6

Create collaborative Moodle wikis, assignments

(upload), mind maps, upload videos(embed into
wikis), publish documents, link upload podcast and
plan a lesson.
Discussion forums, create collaborative Moodle wikis,
create blogs, forums with peer review (grading) and
Moodle journal review of own learning,

Survey and choices within Moodle, using Moodle

database, Moodle glossary, Moodle wikis, blogs,
lessons and assignments (upload, online).

Use of SCORM eg NLN, upload load screen

capture (Screenr), upload slideshare,
PowerPoint, video, podcast, collaborative wikis
and Moodle quiz
Moodle blog, journal, collaborative
Moodle wiki, Moodle glossary, Moodle
RSS feed (Mashable eg Voicethread)

Moodle glossary, check list using

wiki, Moodle quizzes, lessons and
complete a search activity within
Moodle

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Blooms Digital Taxonomy and Moodle

Below is an example how a Moodle course could be created and maintained
using Blooms Digital Taxonomy in this case it shows a simple format in that...

• Moodle can be used to create, form or facilitate an activity.

• Moodle can be used to assess students.

Moodle Blooms
Activity/ Digital
Assessme Taxonomy
nt

Fig 6

Example Activities and Moodle Application

Activity Moodle Application

Lectures Word document, PDF, Powerpoint,

AuthorSTREAM presentation, with
audio. Issuu flash animation notes.
Tutorials and Lessons Video screen capture (Screenr,
JING,) Video demonstration. Moodle
lesson. Handouts (Moodle resources
weblink, files, ),flash animations
Discussion Chat, Forum
Questions Moodle quiz, Q & A Forum
Writing Assignments Wiki(Graded) Offline or upload
assignment.
Definition Moodle glossary, wiki
Group work Forum, wiki, Google document link
Contacting students Forum, chat, e-mail, messaging
system, News block.

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Example Course:- Geology and Soil Mechanics

Aims and
objectives of the
Unit.

Communication,
group discussion
forums

Weblinks, flash
animation
introduction to the
course.

Lesson plan
including aims
objective of topic

Class notes as
Word, PDF and flash

Assessment, quizzes
including multimedia

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Bibliography

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Benjamin_Bloom

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/researchskills/dalton.htm

References

Krathwohl, D. R, Anderson, L. W. (2001) A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and

Assessing: A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

Blooms Revised Taxonomy Digital Approach (Andrew Church)

http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom%27s+and+ICT+tools

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