Here’s an insightful video that explores the importance of pedagogy and andragogy in online learning, as well as in making the delivery of instruction more than just a one-way conversation, in order to meet the needs of online learners.

Using herself as an example, Carla A. Downing, Ph.D. — the vice president of e-learning product development for The College Network — provides insight into how incorporating pedagogical and andragogical theory can increase the quality of discourse in student-student and student-instructor discussions and how students can move up Bloom’s taxonomy to mastery of concepts.