Teaching Through Disruption: Two Enduring Principles of Learning Design To See Educators Through Times of Change

In times of disruption — whether from a global pandemic, AI-driven change, or shifting social or policy trends — educators face the same essential challenge: how to adopt new approaches and seize on new technologies without losing direction. This updated post highlights the importance of building a data-informed, change-oriented professional culture while anchoring the change process in enduring principles of effective instructional design — like Backwards Planning and Bloom’s Taxonomy — so teachers stay grounded, purposeful, and innovative when everything else is in motion.