DEL-2.3 – Skills for Success Practitioner Tools & Resources

Bloom’s Taxonomy

Adult Learning TheoryASS-1.1, DEL-2.3, DEL-3.2, DES-2.3, SFS-3.6

Bloom’s Taxonomy is a hierarchical framework that encourages participants to work their way up towards more complex thinking and cognitive tasks.

Bloom’s taxonomy. Centre for Teaching Excellence. (2021, November 10). https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/teaching-resources/teaching-tips/planning-courses-and-assignments/blooms-taxonomy
Using Bloom’s taxonomy: Teaching adults to learn effectively. Gina Abudi. (n.d.). https://www.ginaabudi.com/using-blooms-taxonomy-teaching-adults-to-learn-effectively/

Discussion strategies enhance learning and create a collaborative exchange of ideas among participants for the purpose of furthering their thinking, learning, problem solving and understanding of ideas.

In-class discussion strategies

Karge, B. D., Phillips, K. M., Jessee, T., & McCabe, M. (2011). Effective Strategies For Engaging Adult Learners. Journal of College Teaching & Learning (TLC), 8(12), 53. https://doi.org/10.19030/tlc.v8i12.6621
Ferns, S., & Duffy, N. (2019). Active Learning Strategies for Higher Education: the Practical Active Learning Strategies for Higher Education: the Practical Handbook Handbook Centre for Higher Education Research, Policy and Practice. In Dublin Technological University. https://arrow.tudublin.ie/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=cherrpbook

Online discussion strategies

Ke, F., & Xie, K. (2009). Toward deep learning for adult students in online courses. The Internet and Higher Education, 12(3-4), 136-145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iheduc.2009.08.001 (login required)

Interactive Technologies

DigitalDEL-2.3

Interactive technologies digitally facilitate the interaction between people. They allow for participants to communicate, view and interact with the learning content through technology regardless of where they are located.

Interactive Technology In The Classroom: An Exploratory Look At Its Use And Effectiveness . Contemporary Issues In Education Research. (n.d.). https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1056904.pdf