Teaching Design

Have you been frustrated by teacher collaboration meetings that go nowhere? Are you tired of wasting your time with collaboration that isn’t having an impact on your teaching? Have you yearned for engaging, high-energy collaborations that unleash your creativity and improve student outcomes? In this practical and engaging book, Brett Taylor presents an innovative, solutions-driven approach to teacher PLCs that unleashes teacher creativity and transforms classrooms.

A well-designed online course will not only benefit students, but will help make the experience of teaching more enjoyable for the instructor. A lot of professional Instructional Designers use the ADDIE model. ADDIE is an acronym that stands for Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate. This book compiles insights and methodologies from experienced digital educators and up-to-date scholarly works. It offers guidelines on the structuring of online courses, creating syllabi, and effectively guiding online learning environments, making it a valuable resource for both newcomers and ...

Why do some lessons spark instant understanding while others leave learners overwhelmed and confused? Teachers explain carefully. Students read the material. Trainers deliver detailed presentations. Yet the knowledge refuses to stick. The reason is rarely intelligence or effort. The real culprit is something far less obvious: cognitive overload. The human mind is not built to absorb unlimited information at once. Working memory has strict limits. When instruction ignores those limits, learning slows, frustration rises, and even the most motivated students struggle to make sense of what they...

What if hell isn't waiting for you after death? What if you're already in it? Miguel A. Segura spent over two decades as a paranormal investigator in Spain — Ouija sessions, EVP recordings, whole nights in the country's most active abandoned and haunted sites. But the evidence that changed everything wasn't hidden in some haunted building. It was sitting in plain sight, in broad daylight, in the ordinary machinery of the world. This book makes one unflinching argument: that the design of reality itself points to a maker who built this place to hurt. Not through faith. Through what you can...

ECPA Christian Book Award Finalist—Christian Living WORLD Magazine Book of the Year Short List—Science Discover this adapted edition of two bestselling books! The human body holds endlessly fascinating secrets. The resilience of skin, the strength and structure of the bones, the dynamic...

Artificial Intelligence in Practice: For Online Course Creators A Safe, Practical, and Future-Ready Guide to Using AI for Course Planning, Lesson Design, Video Scripts, Learner Engagement, Assessments, Marketing, Productivity, and Responsible Online Teaching Introduction Do you have valuable knowledge to share but feel overwhelmed by course planning, lesson design, scripts, worksheets, assessments, marketing, or technology? Artificial intelligence can help you turn your expertise into a structured and engaging online course—but only when it is used carefully, ethically, and with strong ...

The Shift to Student-Led by Catlin R. Tucker & Katie Novak Your Guide to Student-Led Learning Catlin Tucker and Katie Novak have worked with too many educators who are frustrated and disillusioned with the teaching profession. They know that teachers are drowning in work and unrealistic demands. Many are mentally and emotionally exhausted by the uncertainty and constant change created by the pandemic. In this follow-up to UDL and Blended Learning, the authors have set out to help teachers reimagine their approach to this work so that it is sustainable and rewarding. Each chapter in The ...

Artificial intelligence is already changing education—but not by replacing teachers. Students now have instant access to explanations, examples, feedback, and polished writing. Assignments that once revealed understanding can be completed quickly with AI assistance. Traditional assessment feels less reliable. Academic integrity conversations feel more tense. And many educators are asking the same question: If answers are easy to generate, what does learning look like now? Rethinking Teaching in an AI World is a practical, human-centered guide for educators who want to teach with ...

Mastering Educational Goals: A Complete Guide to Benjamin Bloom’s Taxonomy and Teaching Theories is the definitive resource for educators, curriculum designers, and lifelong learners seeking to unlock the full potential of instructional planning and cognitive development. This comprehensive guide explores the origins, structure, and applications of Bloom’s Taxonomy—from its foundational cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains to its modern-day revisions and classroom integration. Learn how to design meaningful learning objectives, differentiate instruction, and assess student ...

The yoga teacher’s guide to planning and sequencing yoga classes—with 67 yoga pose sequences for students of all skill levels. Also features additional resources, including yoga class planning worksheets, comprehensive glossaries, and much more! Addressing one of the most popular topics in...

Are you a higher-ed educator, corporate trainer, or accidental instructional designer looking to create learning experiences that actually work? This beginner-friendly guide teaches you the ADDIE model, learning objectives design, and practical course-building strategies used by Fortune 500 learning teams - without the academic jargon. Master the fundamentals in 2-3 hours and start designing effective learning experiences today. Whether you're designing for the classroom, transitioning to corporate training, or launching your first online course, this book covers: ADDIE model fundamentals: ...

Knowing your subject well and having valuable content to share are essential, but they are only part of effective course design. Learners also need to stay attentive, make sense of the content and remember it afterwards. Course Design Strategy shows you how to create the conditions in which people can understand, practise and retain what they learn. Rather than offering another rigid model or a collection of tips about slides and technology, this book explains the principles that should guide your most important design decisions. Combining research from cognitive psychology, neuroscience ...

What if the student dysregulation you are managing is not a behavior problem, but a design flaw? Most classroom management strategies focus on controlling students, but very few teach you how to design an environment where neurodivergent learners can actually thrive. If you are tired of modifying lessons on the fly, battling student refusal, and feeling like the weight of a heavy system rests entirely on your shoulders, it is because it does. The problem is not your effort. It is the architecture of the classroom. In Designing for Belonging, education leader Geraldine Doornkamp provides an ...

AI can’t replace the human element of education. It can elevate it. Educators understand the crucial importance of developing learning experiences that are accessible, engaging, and student-centered. However, when faced with a long list of ever-increasing demands, teachers are often left without the time, energy, and resources necessary to turn best intentions into best practices. Enter Elevating Educational Design with AI, a guide for teachers who want to use technology to activate engagement, give students agency over their learning, and streamline workflows. In an era when AI is ...

This book brings practical tools and insights from experiential learning, developmental theory, and group dynamics into the classroom or seminar room. Teachers, group facilitators, seminar leaders and consultants will find a compendium of field-tested exercises and learning experiences that they can use to make the experience of learning more lively and memorable. There is also much good practical psychology in these pages--to assist those not trained in psychology to design their curriculum so that it meets actual felt needs of the learners. Readers will find detailed steps for conducting ...

Unlock the secrets of effective teaching and learning with Understanding Robert M. Gagné: A Complete Guide to the Nine Events of Learning Theory and Instructional Design. This comprehensive guide delves into the groundbreaking work of Robert M. Gagné, the pioneer of modern instructional design whose ideas have shaped education, corporate training, and adult learning worldwide. From the foundational principles of Gagné’s learning theory to his famous Nine Events of Instruction and Five Types of Learning outcomes, this book offers educators, trainers, and instructional designers a step-...

Learning Science and Education Theory Explained: How People Learn, Remember, Stay Motivated, and Benefit from Better Teaching is a clear guide to the ideas that matter most in learning science and education. It explains how attention works, why working memory is limited, how long-term memory is built, and what these limits mean for teaching, training, and self-study. Rather than offering slogans or quick fixes, the book shows why some familiar methods such as rereading, passive review, and last-minute cramming often create the feeling of progress without reliable understanding or recall. ...

I've been teaching technical topics to adults for more than two decades, and I've been writing and designing instructional materials for almost that long. Throughout the time, I always tried to learn more about how people learn, and how I could be a better and more effective teacher. It wasn't always easy, because apart from a great deal of trial-and-error, there weren't a lot of resources that I could comprehend or make use of. Too many books are either written by academics for academics, or by academics - in the most condescending tones possible - for mere mortals. Well, this is the book ...

From Concrete to Abstract: How Piaget’s Ideas Shape Today’s Classrooms and Curriculum Design is a clear and practical guide for understanding one of the most influential thinkers in education and applying his ideas to modern teaching. Jean Piaget showed that children construct knowledge actively and that their reasoning changes in predictable ways as they grow. This book explains those developmental stages in accessible language and demonstrates how they can guide real instructional decisions in classrooms of every level. Written for teachers, parents, curriculum designers, and anyone ...

The ‘traditional’ sport-driven, performance obsessed and arguably elitist delivery of physical education (PE) has, for many years, remained resistant to change. Why is that? Across the globe, obesity levels are rising, mental health concerns are sky-rocketing and physical activity participation rates continue to fall far short of CMO guidelines for so many. Meanwhile, PE curriculum time is being further marginalised in schools. At a time when inspiring and instilling healthy active habits in all young people could not be more important, what responsibility can we take as current ...