Blooming in Learning

As shown above, the Bloom’s Taxonomy depicts learning as a wheel of processes. We do not simply know information, but we learn by processing the information in 6 steps – only than have we truly learnt. This wheel is comprehensive as it depicts learning as not just a cognitive process but also one that is affective and involves psychomotor too.

According to Bloom, learning is: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. This makes the process of learning, I would say, a lifelong one! We cannot possibly know something and immediately synthesize a new thing according to what we have learnt just minutes or days ago!

However, the changing world and the proliferation of technological inventions have changed learning from textbooks and print materials into a myriad of information through multimedia and the Internet. Hence, the pace of learning has certainly increased.

According to Spender,

“Online learning is the next generation of educational product, and no more negotiable than was its predecessor, the book. The printing press also transformed educational organization and the process of learning (and work, and society, etc), and that great cultural change created as much upheaval as does the present shift to digital. “

This means that technology, as a form of learning, although scarce at present, is a reality, just like how the book was thought of to be something unrealistic. Because of how the world has changed in pace, and in resources, learning certainly would require reform and evolution as well.

E-learning aka Online learning provides us with the means of getting information from stimulating and interactive medium, making learning an engaging, and productive process. At the same time, learning is not much of a qualification or privilege anymore, but a lifestyle, which is what online learning provides – accessibility to information, and convenience.

I suppose e-learning is also a platform for a collaborative learning environment, which could certainly allow the learner to be more equipped in his or her own pace.

In my opinion, although e learning is not an ubiquitous tool for learning, it shows great potential in this growing world of greater minds that crave for more knowledge. It is easy to say, life is increasingly complicated, but we also have to realize that life with Internet and advanced media and technology has been greatly enriching.

There is no better way to learn than in exploring.