1. college of western idaho
theory and the online classroom

2. Theory in the classroom

3. Where we need theory
The course objectives/what we want students to be able to do independently by the end of our class or lesson
?
What students can currently do without assistance

4. Zone of Proximal Development
The course objectives/what we want students to be able to do independently by the end of our class or lesson
Zone of Proximal Development
where learning happens
What students can currently do without assistance

5. Adding Blooms Taxonomy
The course objectives/what we want students to be able to do independently by the end of our class or lesson
What students can currently do without assistance
Blooms Taxonomy

6. Blooms Taxonomy
Higher order thinking skills
Lower order thinking skills
Blooms Taxonomy Revised from http://www.bio.unc.edu/courses/2011Spring/Biol202/

7. Remembering

8. Understanding

9. Applying

10. Analyzing

11. Evaluating

12. Creating

13. Climbing the Pyramid

14. An example of the climb: The Gutenberg Printing Press
Creating
Student takes hypothesis and complex understanding of new media and its impact on culture and creates product communicating these ideas.
Evaluating
Student takes understanding that new media has heavily impacted civilization and begin making hypotheses about how currently emerging technologies may impact our future.
Analyzing
Student starts to question and investigate how the printing press impact is related to other development in media.
Applying
Student knows literacy increases in the 16th and 17th centuries is able to connect this increase to the invention and distribution of the printing press.
Understanding
Student understands that this invention is important because it changes how easily information could be spread and controlled.
Remembering
Student memorizes that Gutenberg invented the printing press c. 1440 in the Holy Roman Empire.

15. Scaffolding
Creating
Student takes understanding that new media has heavily impacted civilization and begin making hypotheses about how currently emerging technologies may impact our future.
Remembering
Student memorizes that Guttenberg invented the printing press
c. 1440 in the Holy Roman Empire.

16. Scaffolding
The course objectives/what we want students to be able to do independently by the end of our class or lesson
What students can currently do without assistance
Where scaffolding
is needed

17. Scaffolding in an online course
Content
Online Tools

18. Remembering Online

19. Understanding Online

20. Applying Online

21. Analyzing Online

22. Evaluating Online

23. Creating Online

24. A well calculated approach

25. Further Resources
Zone of Proximal Development:
http://sites.wiki.ubc.ca/etec510/Vygotsky%27s_Zone_of_Proximal_Development
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/5075
Blooms Taxonomy:
http://www.myatp.org/Synergy_1/Syn_9.pdf
http://tep.uoregon.edu/resources/assessment/multiplechoicequestions/blooms.html
Blooms Digital Taxonomy:
http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom%27s+Digital+Taxonomy
http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom%27s+and+ICT+tools
Scaffolding:
http://condor.admin.ccny.cuny.edu/~group4/
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/webdesign/Scaffolding/