Intentional Teaching
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.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 76
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Benchmarking Online Education with Bruce Etter and Julie Uranis
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The online education wings of most colleges and universities have changed a lot since 2020, with online units moving in from the perip…
Study Hall with Lance Eaton, Michelle D. Miller, and David Nelson
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Today on the podcast, I'm excited to try out a new format. I'm calling it "Study Hall" since we're gathered together to discuss some i…
Developing AI Literacy with Alex Ambrose
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Today on the podcast, we’ll get a window into how AI is affecting the teaching and learning landscape at one university, the Universit…
Defending Higher Education with Kevin McClure
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On two recent episodes of this podcast, we talked about an essay titled "Higher Ed Is Adrift" by Kevin McClure. In the essay, Kevin ou…
Teaching Effectively with ChatGPT with Dan Levy and Angela Pérez Albertos
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I have now read a few books on the intersection of higher education teaching and generative AI, and Teaching Effectively with ChatGPT …
Take It or Leave It with Stacey Johnson, Liz Norell, and Viji Sathy
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I’m back with another “Take It or Leave It” panel! I know it’s only been a couple of episodes since the last one, but there’s a lot ha…
Teaching with AI Agents with Matthew Clemson, Isabelle Hesse, and Danny Liu
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Cogniti is a tool developed at the University of Sydney that instructors can use to create custom AI chatbots ("agents") for use in th…
Take It or Leave It with Betsy Barre, Bryan Dewsbury, and Emily Donahoe
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Higher education in the United States has been faced with some unique challenges in 2025, largely because of actions taken by the new …
AI-Integrated Assignments with Kiera Allison, Jamie Jirout, Spyros Simotas, & Jun Wang
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On the podcast today, I talk with four University of Virginia faculty who are serving this year as Faculty AI Guides. This provost-fun…
Creative Thinking and AI with Lauren Malone
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In this episode, I share a conversation I had recently with Lauren Malone, assistant professor of communication at the University of T…
Integrating Instructional Design and Student Support with Pratima Enfield
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Pratima Enfield is the associate dean of instructional design at the United States Naval Community College. Prior to her current posit…
Annotation and Learning with Remi Kalir
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Today on the podcast, I’m republishing one of my favorite interviews from Leading Lines, the podcast I hosted for the Vanderbilt Unive…
AI Teaching Fellows with Christopher McVey and Neeza Singh
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Christopher McVey is a master lecturer in the writing program at Boston University. Neeza Singh is a senior at BU majoring in data sci…
Undergraduate Research with Kristine Johnson and Michael Rifenburg
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Kristine Johnson and Michael Rifenburg are the authors of the new book A Long View of Undergraduate Research: Alumni Perspectives on I…
Take It or Leave It with Liz Norell, Betsy Barre, and Bryan Dewsbury
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We’re back with another Take It or Leave It panel. I invited three colleagues whose work and thinking I admire very much to come on th…
Keep the Faith: Learning at Play with Greg Loring-Albright
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Greg Loring-Albright is the designer of Keep the Faith, a storytelling game about a religion in transition and about how religious ins…
Writing, Editing, and AI with Heidi Nobles
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Back in August, I had the opportunity to hear a short presentation from Heidi Nobles, assistant professor in writing and rhetoric and …
AI as Design Accelerator with Ryan Wetzel
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How can generative AI help students develop creative and critical thinking skills? Doing means treating AI as more than a super Google…
Rethinking Doctoral Education with Leonard Cassuto
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Doctoral education in the United States works really well... when it works. Many doctoral students experience a significant mismatch b…
AI Across the Curriculum with Jane Southworth
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Today on the podcast, I’m excited to share an interview with Jane Southworth, professor and chair of geography at the University of Fl…