I find that in my course study, it is common that I start reading and watching materials that serve as the background information or knowledge before starting to do something such writing reflections or designing courses and activities. After reading this week’s materials, I could interpret this learning pattern into a combination of active and passive learning. At the beginning of the courses I took, there are a lot more to read, watch and listen before I start to actively do something. As my reading and understanding accumulates, things are required of me to do things such as group work or personal tasks on designing, creating and reflecting.

During the early stages of learning, passive learning could perform a more important role as the learners go through the learning contents taking in information. Simple note taking, multiple question answering or reflecting could be conducted during the process to ensure that students are learning rather than passively being told of the learning contents. The activities designed for this stage should focus on the lower levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy making sure that the learners remember and understand. However, when learners have been equipped with enough knowledge, active learning would play a more important role in the process because students would need to apply what they’ve remembered and understood to get to the higher levels of learning. In the advanced stages of learning of Bloom’s Taxonomy, learners could actively learn by using what they know.