Online education can be overwhelming for certain faculty members. The amount of clicking, copying, pasting, uploading, and downloading can be very confusing. Computer literacy skills take a long time to build and vary depending on the field. More importantly, the tools that are available and that are needed fluctuate as well. Learning Management Systems (LMS) such as Moodle, Canvas, Blackboard, and Google Classroom all have different features and require multiple steps to accomplish the same tasks. The purpose of this course is to provide faculty members with an alternative way to create quick, easy, and thorough interactive lessons that vary across Bloom’s Taxonomy and only require a Microsoft Word document. Bloom’s Taxonomy in online education is important because it will allow students to engage with the course material at various levels. Students will be allowed to think in different and creative ways and construct new understandings of old knowledge. Likewise, by keeping the information held within a Microsoft Word document it is easier and less time consuming for faculty members to create and grade course assignments without having to constantly ask for help. By the end of this course, participants will be knowledgeable of the basics of Microsoft Word and how to create course activities that incorporate multiple levels of Blooms Taxonomy in one lesson.
- Teacher: Jerry Parker