{"id":1451,"date":"2022-04-15T07:20:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T07:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/felicia.premierjones.com\/?p=1451"},"modified":"2022-08-09T14:18:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T14:18:24","slug":"why-i-choose-webbs-depth-of-knowledge-dok-over-blooms-taxonomy-for-management-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/premierjones.com\/felicia\/why-i-choose-webbs-depth-of-knowledge-dok-over-blooms-taxonomy-for-management-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Chose Webb’s Depth of Knowledge (DOK) over Bloom’s Taxonomy for Upskilling"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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This post is part of a study on\u00a0How to Design Online Training Courses to Promote In Demand Strategic Thinking Skills in Adult Learners<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 The purpose of this study is to investigate ways to bring proven insights from the field of Instructional Design into the applied and practical world of Corporate Training.\u00a0 If you are interested in\u00a0 the science of learning, read on.\u00a0 If you are looking for how training can help your career and business, please check out my other post categories.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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An often repeated saying in the business world is “Nothing is constant except change.”  Companies are challenged to respond to ever changing economic conditions, customer preferences, technological advances, regulatory requirements and competitive threats.  <\/span>
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Businesses rely on commercial business leaders to make smart decisions to position their company for future success. The challenge is always to respond better and faster than ever before. So, it is essential that these leaders have the mental agility within themselves in order to propel their companies ahead.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

In this article, we will discuss the framework that I have chosen to build the strategic thinking skills needed to assimilated new information quickly, synthesize data from different sources to detect patterns and trends, and extrapolated ways to exploit opportunities and avoid consequences.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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One solution is to provide Leadership & Development (L&D) Training to build and sharpen management performance.\u00a0 A challenge is that, after training, managers will need to recognize a situation where this training needs to be applied and to apply the training to new situations.\u00a0 Thus, regardless of whether the business need requires soft skills or hard skills, it is essential that leaders attain high cognitive levels of understanding so that the training is effectively applied on-the-job.\u00a0<\/p>

Consider a case where commercial leaders needed to respond to changes in policy that would impact their ability to grow sales in a specific country.\u00a0 The change would require these leaders to elevate their cognitive abilities through several levels of learning in order to respond.\u00a0 They would need to be aware of the change and when it will become mandatory, they would need to be able to understand the change itself, they would need to anticipate how this change impacts their company, and then they would need to define a path forward that minimizes the negative impact or, better still, work on an angle to convert this change into an opportunity to create profitability as a result of this policy change.\u00a0<\/p>

As something as fundamental as a policy change requires managers to think beyond the basic remember-and-recall level of understanding to extrapolating beyond what is know to position the company for success, I feel that achieving high cognitive levels that enable leaders to apply, relate, and create solutions is essential.\u00a0 As a result, my quest was to identify the right framework for developing training that taps into higher order thinking.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Revised Blooms Taxonomy vs Webb's Depth of Knowledge (DOK)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Two frameworks were considered, the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy and Webb’s Depth of Knowledge.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Bloom’s taxonomy is a hierarchy used to classify and organize learning objectives.\u00a0 Each level represents the increase in cognitive rigor involved in learning.\u00a0<\/p>

  • The lowest (and simplest) level is Remember.\u00a0 Verbs associated with Remember are define, recite, and describe.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/li>
  • The highest (and most advanced) level is Create.\u00a0 Verbs associated with create are design, modify, and invent.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>

    This framework is used by educators to assist in developing instruction for a certain level of learning and then testing learners to see how well they understand the lesson.\u00a0<\/p>

    • For example, an assignment for educators looking to see if learners have a basic understanding of a term lawnmower may ask them to define it.\u00a0 And, a higher level lesson might ask students how a lawnmower might be modified to cut grass taller.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>

      Bloom\u2019s Taxonomy is used to prove a learning experience occurred.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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      Webb's Depth of Knowledge (DOK)<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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      Webb’s Depth of Knowledge (DOK) Framework<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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      Unlike Bloom’s Taxonomy, Webb’s Depth of Knowledge (DOK) is not a taxonomy to describe the hierarchy of learning.\u00a0 It is also not intended to describe the levels of cognitive ability.\u00a0<\/p>

      Instead, Webb\u2019s Depth of Knowledge is a framework designed to assess level of mastery of a knowledge or skill. \u00a0<\/p>

      The highest level of learning in Webb’s DOK is when learners are able to integrate knowledge from multiple sources to make real world connections in unique and creative ways.<\/p>

      • Using the lawnmover example, the highest level of thinking is if learners were able to ask students how a lawnmower can be modified to trim shrubs or other potential uses of a lawnmower except lawn work.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>

        While Bloom’s provides an instructional framework, DOK excels at the assessment of the mastery of a skill against a standard.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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        Here are the factors considered when choosing the framework.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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        The world of work is complicated.\u00a0 Solutions have more than one answer.\u00a0 And, questions require probing at more than one level to successfully address it.\u00a0\u00a0The Bloom’s framework is based on a hierarchy.\u00a0 And, as such, learners must be able to show incremental progress by mastering one level before moving on to the next.\u00a0 (Think of a computer game with levels.)\u00a0 In the world of work, emphasis is placed on achieving the desired outcomes.\u00a0 The DOK is not a hierarchical taxonomy.\u00a0 Instead, it requires learners to do what they need to do in order to achieve the desired outcome.\u00a0\u00a0In the world of work, emphasis is placed on achieving the desired outcomes and is flexible and open-ended with regards to following a specific path to get things done.\u00a0 Secondly, work is compartmentalized between roles, so an operator may actually do lower level thinking roles and a senior manager will be assigned to high level thinking roles.\u00a0 \u00a0So, when it comes to dealing with complexity, The DOK model is preferred.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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        Even when learning something new for the first time, professionals rarely start with memorization and recall and level up.   They’re days are long and full, so typically leaders want to know what needs to be solved and then work towards resolving it with training only if and when needed.  So, much of the preamble can and should be skipped.  And the learning objectives need to be started as a meaningful business outcome.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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        In business, the right action to take depends o the circumstances.\u00a0 So, then, how does one assess learning?\u00a0 Bloom’s taxonomy is based on cognitive ability, whereas Webb’s DOK is “focused more on the context\u2014the scenario, the setting, or the situation\u2014in which students are expected to express the learning,” according to Miller (2018).\u00a0 The flexibility and focus of Webb’s DOK are better suited to corporate training.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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        A dream of many in business is to create innovative solutions and bring them to market better or faster than competitors.\u00a0 And, the extended thinking phase of Webb’s DOK is focused on extending thinking by applying established concepts in different ways.\u00a0 This approach is the most compelling reason to favor Webb’s DOK framework over the alternatives.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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        Do you agree with this assessment?  If you disagree, why?  I’d love to hear what you think.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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        Special Study – In this article, we will discuss why Webb’s Depth of Knowledge framework is my instructional framework of choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-instructional-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierjones.com\/felicia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierjones.com\/felicia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierjones.com\/felicia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierjones.com\/felicia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierjones.com\/felicia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/premierjones.com\/felicia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierjones.com\/felicia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierjones.com\/felicia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierjones.com\/felicia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierjones.com\/felicia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}