Bloom's taxonomy was developed in 1956 to classify the complexity of assessments in training courses and has evolved into a system for classifying learning outcomes. It remains relevant today as the basis for designing learning outcomes and is still used by instructional designers, curriculum developers, and online instructors to write learning objectives and measure online discussion quality. In 2007, Andrew Churches updated Bloom's taxonomy to introduce Bloom's Digital Taxonomy, merging Bloom's cognitive levels with 21st century digital skills and ways to incorporate Web 2.0 technologies at each cognitive level. Bloom's taxonomy continues to shape the fields of instructional design and assessment and serves as a common language for education practitioners.

1. Bloom’s Taxonomy
Contributions to technology and
how it can be used in e-learning…

2. Bloom’s taxonomy (1956) was developed to
classify the complexity of assessments in a
training course. It slowly evolved into a system
for classifying learning outcomes. Mayes and de
Freitas (2004) state that “practitioners are often
encouraged to use verbs from Bloom’s
Taxonomy to define desired outcomes”. Bloom’s
taxonomy has been around for more than 50
years, and is still relevant in being the basis for
designing learning outcomes.

3. Is Bloom’s Taxonomy still relevant in our
tech-savvy world?
Instructional designers, curriculum developers, and
online instructors find the taxonomy extremely relevant
in today’s tech-savvy world. Educators still utilize the
verbs in the Bloom’s pyramid to write learning
objectives. Elearning practitioners use the taxonomy to
measure the quality of online discussion and
participation. They utilize the taxonomy to explore
options for innovative applications.

4. In 2007, Andrew Churches
updated Bloom’s work to
introduce Bloom’s Digital
Taxonomy. Through the
updated taxonomy, Church
merged Bloom’s cognitive
levels to 21st-century digital
skills. Church incorporated
ways to use Web 2.0
technologies to each
cognitive level in Bloom’s
revised taxonomy.
Bloom’s taxonomy continues
to provoke new research
and shape the field of
instructional design and
assessments. It has come to
symbolize a common
language and framework for
collaboration between
practitioners in the field of
education.

5. References
Mayes, T. & de Freitas, S. (2004). Stage 2:
Review of e-learning theories, framework and
models. Retrieved from
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/St
age%202%20Mapping%20(Version%201).pdf