GSU Library Research Guides: Digital Literacies: A Guide to Higher Education Applications: Applications

BOOKS

A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives by Anderson, Krathwohl, et al
Call Number: LB17 .T29 2001
Also available at the law library.

Section III, "The Taxonomy in Use," provides over 150 pages of examples of applications of the taxonomy. Although these examples are from the K-12 setting, they are easily adaptable to the university setting.

Section IV, “The Taxonomy in Perspective,” provides information about 19 alternative frameworks to Bloom’s Taxonomy, and discusses the relationship of these alternative frameworks to the revised Bloom’s Taxonomy.

HIGHER ED APPLICATIONS

Faculty developed teaching approaches that promote active learning with flexible technological tools. See the efforts of Dr. W.E. Buhro, Chemistry, and Dr. K. G. Miller, Biology.

Washington University in St. Louis

Making Sense of the 8 Elements of Digital Literacy

The Professionalism in the Digital Environment (PriDE) project offers suggestions for how Doug Belshaw's eight essential elements of digital literacies can be applied in higher education settings/classrooms. Scroll down to the section that begins with the first element, "Cultural."

Developing Digital Literacies (Jisc)

Better@Bath/PriDE

A report on the University of Bath's digital literacies project, Professionalism in the Digital Environment (PriDE). The aim of the project was to explore ways to develop digital skills in the professional lives of staff and students. Examples of applications in the report include:

Enhancing critial thinking and writing through blogging (WordPress) on contemporary political issues. (p.2)
Enhancing learning through online student presentations, decidedly NOT PowerPoint. Rather, VoiceThread. (p. 2)
Using communication technologies (Adobe Connect) to build teams and collaboarte virtually. Exploring issues of online collaboration, trust, and conflict resolution. (p. 3)

The Design Studio (Jisc)

OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

Online Professional Identity (Bath/PriDE, p. 7)

Digital Portfolios: Employability Skills (Bath/PriDE, p. 9)

Webinars

A series from Jisc.

Digital Literacies: Changing Student Practices