Bloom created different Taxononies that help you to describe the changes you want to establish. These taxononmies  are devided between three book:

• Book I: Cognitive (1956)
• Book II: Affective (1964)
• Book III: Psychomotor

The most famous Book is Book I that was created in 1956 where bloom states the following taxonomy (levels):

1. Knowledge
2. Comprehension
3. Application
4. Analysis
5. Synthesis
6. Evaluation

Today however we should use the revised addition of 2001 that also adds a second dimension.

The nice part of the three books is that they also allign nicely with the 3+1 main learning theories

1. Book I – Cognitivism (knowing)
   Book I 1/2 – Social
2. Book II – Behaviourism (behavior)
3. Book III – Constructivism (experience)

Book I – Cognitivism – Gagne

Stimulating knowledge retention with Gagne’s most famous work the “Nine Steps of Instruction”:

1. Gain attention
2. Inform learners of objectives
3. Stimulate recall of prior learning
4. Present the content
5. Provide “learning guidance”
6. Elicit performance (practice)
7. Provide feedback
8. Assess performance
9. Enhance retention and transfer to the job

Book II – Behaviorism – Skinner

Changing attitude with Operant conditioning (also, “instrumental conditioning”) is a learning process in which behavior is sensitive to, or controlled by its consequences (rewards). In contrast, classical conditioning causes a stimulus to signal a positive or negative consequence; the resulting behavior does not produce the consequence.

Book III – Constuctivism – Kolb

Learners construct their own understanding and knowledge, through experiencing things and reflecting on those experiences. Kolb created  a learning experience model with distinct learning styles, that are based on a four-stage learning cycle:

1. Concrete Experience – (CE) –  Through simulations and realistic scenarios
2. Reflective Observation – (RO) – By analyzing processes and procedures during demonstrations
3. Abstract Conceptualization – (AC) – With assessments that stimulate critical thinking
4. Active Experimentation – (AE) – Apply the learning with hands-on tasks

Book I 1/2 – Social – Bandura

Bandura discovered social learning by accidant during the bobo experiment that was used to study aggression. Learners pay attention to a certain behaviour and encode this for later reproduction. As with behaviorism the learner must be motivated with rewards or punishments to replicate the behaviour.  The Observational learning Mediating processes:

1. Attention
2. Retention
3. Reproduction
4. Motivation

You will need to apply one or more of these learning theories, depending on your eLearning objectives. Learning objectives that are based on the bloom taxononmies. I base my learning solutions on the golden circle and try to apply most of these theories: In the first phase of your elearning you need to convince the user of the why, and try to change his behaviour/attitude. Operant Conditioning in the shape of  future rewards/badges (Dopamine) can help you to motivate the learner. Once the learner is convinced, we can start tackling the how, by bridging the knowledge gap. This can be successfully done by applying the 9 steps of instruction. It is not a bad idea that you apply social learning (learning by example) between the why and the how. Once we reach the how we can move further in the four stage learning cycle to construct the new knowledge.