Bloom’s Taxonomy and Beyond: Designing Cognitively Rich Learning Experiences in the Age of AI

AI is reshaping teaching and learning, but meaningful cognitive engagement still requires intentional instructional design. This session revisits Bloom's Taxonomy through the lens of AI-enhanced education to help you design cognitively rich learning experiences in an era of automation and cognitive offloading. Examine how AI tools can support learning across Bloom's levels, the risks of over-reliance on technology, and why reflection, productive struggle, curiosity and human-centered learning must be preserved. Explore emerging forms of cognitive engagement made possible by AI, including collaborative intelligence, metacognitive enhancement and dynamic feedback systems that help students think more deeply about their own learning. Through practical examples and collaborative discussion, discover how to use AI not simply to increase efficiency, but to deepen thinking, creativity, inquiry and student agency. You will leave with actionable strategies for aligning AI-supported activities with Bloom's levels, redesigning lessons and assessments for cognitive depth, and evaluating current technology use in your school, all adaptable across grade levels and content areas.