by Kate Kazin | Feb 17, 2021 | Assessment, Backward design, Bloom's Taxonomy, Competency framework, Competency-based Education (CBE), Higher Ed, Instructional Design, K-12
It’s time to retire Bloom’s taxonomy. Originally published in 1956, before personal computers, the internet and smart phones — not to mention a contemporary understanding of the neuroscience of learning — it is not only outmoded, but in fact has never had...
by Kate Kazin | Jan 21, 2021 | Assessment, Backward design, Competency framework, Competency frameworks, Competency-based Education (CBE), Project-based assessment, Reimagining higher education, Teaching to the Test, Uncategorized
We regularly encounter curriculum that is engaging, creative and effective, followed by… a multiple choice quiz. What is there about assessment that seems to be off-limits to re-imagination? One possibility is that assessment is seen as the vegetable, not the...
by Kate Kazin | Jun 29, 2020 | Admin, Backward design, Competency-based Education (CBE), Future of work, Higher Ed Policy, Reimagining higher education, Uncategorized
I cringe a little when I hear the phrase, much bandied about these days: “don’t waste a good crisis.” It seems altogether too crass, too flippant for the painful times we are living in, now defined by the deadly confluence of racism, pandemic, and unemployment. Even...
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