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Intentional Teaching, a show about teaching in higher education

Intentional Teaching, a show about teaching in higher education

Written by: Derek Bruff
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Intentional Teaching is a podcast aimed at educators to help them develop foundational teaching skills and explore new ideas in teaching. Hosted by educator and author Derek Bruff, the podcast features interviews with educators throughout higher ed. (Intentional Teaching is sponsored by UPCEA, the online and professional education association.)

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Episodes
  • Students and AI Literacy with Annette Vee
    Jan 13 2026

    Annette Vee is an associate professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh and co-author (with Marc Watkins and your podcast host) of the forthcoming book The Norton Guide to AI-Aware Teaching. Annette and I met through this writing project, and I invited her on the podcast to get to know her better.

    Annette and I cover a lot of ground in our conversation: how computational literacy is changing in light of AI, whether there is such a thing as “AI literacy,” what she has learned from talking to hundreds of students about AI, and why AI needs to be on the college curriculum.

    Episode Resources

    Annette Vee’s faculty website

    Annette Vee on LinkedIn

    Annette Vee’s Computation & Writing newsletter

    AI & How We Teach, a Norton newsletter for AI-aware teachers

    The Norton Guide to AI-Aware Teaching, forthcoming by Annette Vee, Marc Watkins, and Derek Bruff

    “How Are Students Using AI? A Research Toolkit for Faculty” webinar recording

    “What Past Education Technology Failures Can Teach Us about the Future of AI in Schools” by Justin Reich

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    Podcast Links:

    Intentional Teaching is sponsored by UPCEA, the online and professional education association.

    Subscribe to the Intentional Teaching newsletter: https://derekbruff.ck.page/subscribe

    Subscribe to Intentional Teaching bonus episodes:
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    Support Intentional Teaching on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intentionalteaching

    Find me on LinkedIn and Bluesky.

    See my website for my "Agile Learning" blog and information about having me speak at your campus or conference.

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    38 mins
  • Educational Technology Advice for Academic Leaders with Derek Bruff
    Dec 30 2025

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    About a year ago, I appeared on the Ed Up Provost podcast hosted by Gregor Thuswaldner to share some educational technology advice for academic leaders. Topics included strategic planning around edtech adoption to managing innovation and organizational change to investing in faculty and staff, and I think my advice holds up well. Today, I'm sharing that interview here on the Intentional Teaching podcast feed. Whether your job title includes the word provost or not, I hope you find the conversation useful.

    Episode Resources

    The Ed Up Provost podcast

    Gregor Thuswaldner on LinkedIn


    Support the show

    Podcast Links:

    Intentional Teaching is sponsored by UPCEA, the online and professional education association.

    Subscribe to the Intentional Teaching newsletter: https://derekbruff.ck.page/subscribe

    Subscribe to Intentional Teaching bonus episodes:
    https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/supporters/new

    Support Intentional Teaching on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intentionalteaching

    Find me on LinkedIn and Bluesky.

    See my website for my "Agile Learning" blog and information about having me speak at your campus or conference.

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    46 mins
  • Teaching for Deep Learning with Ken Bain
    Dec 16 2025

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    Ken Bain was the author of What the Best College Teachers Do, a book that has helped many college educators apply the science of learning to their teaching practice. He was also the founding director of the Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching, which is why I interviewed him in 2023 for an oral history I was producing about the CFT.

    Ken Bain passed away in October 2025, and I wanted to honor his legacy by sharing my full interview with him from 2023. In this episode, Ken talks about his work starting the teaching center at Vanderbilt and how that work helped faculty at Vanderbilt and elsewhere develop teaching strategies for deep learning. I was honored to talk with him that day in 2023, and I've always been honored to follow in his footsteps in faculty development.

    Episode Resources

    Ken Bain’s obituary

    Jim Lang’s post about Ken’s passing

    What the Best College Teachers Do

    An Oral History of the Vanderbilt Center for Teaching

    Photos from the CFT’s 35th Anniversary

    Support the show

    Podcast Links:

    Intentional Teaching is sponsored by UPCEA, the online and professional education association.

    Subscribe to the Intentional Teaching newsletter: https://derekbruff.ck.page/subscribe

    Subscribe to Intentional Teaching bonus episodes:
    https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/supporters/new

    Support Intentional Teaching on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intentionalteaching

    Find me on LinkedIn and Bluesky.

    See my website for my "Agile Learning" blog and information about having me speak at your campus or conference.

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    52 mins
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