Tool: Brainstorming with SCAMPER

May 25, 2020

We all know and love good ol’ brainstorming (or maybe we don’t… read more about my on-again-off-again relationship with brainstorming, just click here), and – when done correctly – it can bring amazing results. But brainstorming is not...

Three thinking modes – no, they don’t exclude each other

May 18, 2020

With the development of problem-solving techniques and methodologies, some simple and known concepts are getting their revamped life. So now, especially working in design thinking, when I approach something in an A->B->C way, I hear: “oh, but you need to apply...

Objectives Taxonomies, part 4 of 4: Six Facets of Understanding

May 11, 2020

Following a learning taxonomy, teaching can have a logical path, consisting of rational and beneficial exercises or knowledge chunks. There are other taxonomies as well (Bloom’s Taxonomy, SOLO Taxonomy, and Fink’s Taxonomy of Significant Learning; all...

Objectives Taxonomies, part 2 of 4: SOLO Taxonomy

May 11, 2020

In the world of learning, a taxonomy is a framework that provides guidelines on how to plan, organize, and assess/evaluate learning experiences so they have the best educational effect. SOLO Taxonomy is not the only one, oh no! There are other taxonomies as well...