The synthesis level in Bloom’s Taxonomy — a nightmare for an LMS

A lot of learning management systems (LMS) were developed in the last ten years since e-learning opens new possibilities in learning scenarios. They offer the possibility to watch any of the students action on the computer, but possibilities to verify the level of knowledge, a student has reached (accordingly to Bloompsilas taxonomy), are very poor. Multiple choice questions and the like can only verify lower levels in this taxonomy. In this paper we discuss a new approach in verifying higher levels of knowledge in connection with interactive teaching software and online laboratories, which are coupled to an LMS. This work is a result of eight years cooperation between the Tallinn University of Technology and the Ilmenau University of Technology.