Abstract

The significant shifts that have been occurring within the Digital Age, some persons refer to this as the Information Age, suggest that tools are becoming available to support and enhance the instructional environment within the Humanities. This shift in the Digital Age is also being felt within the teaching and learning environment, as shifting teaching and learning expectations must be appropriately addressed and supported through not only philosophical understandings regarding learning theoretical underpinnings and understandings but also a supportive framework through which to rethink and potentially integrate Digital Age tools. What are the overarching aspects of instruction within the Digital Age that are shifting from previous Industrial Age belief systems, as well as the shift in more traditional understandings related to thinking and learning such as Bloom’s Taxonomy, and finally the considerations related to types of instructional venues and environment that appropriately meet the needs and options of all learners.