The Staff Development Committee of the Engineering Department organised a workshop on Cognitive skills (Blooms Taxonomy) - OQF Requirement on 7 June 2018 from 11.00am to 01.00pm. It was the third programme on Bloom’s Taxonomy and the second on “cognitive levels”.
Dr K. Elangovan, HoS, Mechanical Section, Mr Naik Sreenivas and Mr Abid Siddique, lecturers, Engineering Department, conducted the programme.
The workshop started with a presentation by the speakers on the Oman National Qualification framework and cognitive skills requirements for various levels of programmes. A detailed explanation was given to use Bloom’s Taxonomy as a tool for curriculum planning, instructional delivery and assessment. Six different cognitive levels on Bloom’s domain were discussed.
Dr K. Elangovan explained all the cognitive levels as per the Oman National Qualification Framework (OQF) and briefed the audience about the OQF. He also explained that why it is important to follow cognitive levels at a different level.
Mr Abid Siddique, then in continuation, explained Bloom’s Taxonomy and the revised Bloom’s Taxonomy and their differences. He also explained “metacognitive level” as per the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy which was also an important objective of the presentation.
Furthermore, Mr Abid and Mr Naik Sreenivas explained the cognitive levels in detail.
The speakers then explained how to structure and frame outcomes according to the cognitive levels and to incorporate that knowledge in teaching and assessments.
In continuation of this presentation, an activity was carried out among staff to familiarise the classification of outcomes, based on the cognitive levels included in the courses of the Diploma level programme. Staff were divided into groups based on their specialisation and outcomes for selected subjects in diploma level were given to them to analyse the cognitive level of different courses.
This programme was well received by the staff and highly beneficial to the participants.
