Collaboration between Instructors & Tech Facilitators

Tech & Learning offers an interesting article, "Creating a Culture of Collaboration through Technology," proposing collaboration between instructors and technology facilitators to create courses relevant in this digital age. According to the article:

Once a school begins to build this culture of collaboration, it soon becomes second nature for teachers to work in partnership with the technology facilitator, bringing new and innovative ideas into the classroom, learning new ways to meet the needs of all students, and exploring the possibilities to connect, communicate and create on a global scale. This collaborative partnership is a powerful tool to increase student learning by combining the expertise of multiple educators.

Contact us at ctl@regent.edu to learn how you can begin to collaborate with our e-learning professionals.

Blooms DIGITAL Taxonomy

You may be familiar with Blooms Taxonomy of cognitive objectives, but did you know that there is an updated version? In 2001 Lorin Anderson, a former student of Bloom's, published the revised taxonomy. It remains a "continuum from Lower Order Thinking Skills to Higher Order Thinking Skills," but now includes activities and objectives that have emerged with the use of digital technologies in the classroom (such as blogging, podcasting, googling, editing, and social networking).



You can read a detailed description of each skill level at this article from Tech & Learning.