Welcome to the Intentional Teaching newsletter! I'm Derek Bruff, educator and author. The name of this newsletter is a reminder that we should be intentional in how we teach, but also in how we develop as teachers over time. I hope this newsletter will be a valuable part of your professional development as an educator.
Upcoming talks and workshops
|
It's August, always the busiest month of the year in my world. I just spent a few days "on Grounds" at the University of Virginia last week leading or co-leading several workshops on teaching and generative AI, including an all-day institute for UVA's new cohort of Faculty AI Guides. That's why there was no newsletter last week! This week I'm giving three presentations at other institutions, one in person and two virtual. If you're a newsletter reader and will be attending any of these talks, please say hi!
Looking ahead to September, I'm giving a virtual talk on generative AI in mathematics teaching and learning for Bunker Hill Community College in Massachusetts on Friday, September 26th, and I'm leading a session titled "Through a New Lens: Photography as Spiritual Formation" at the Visio Divina conference on art and faith organized by my amazing wife Emily Bruff on Saturday, September 13th. That's a lot of range in one month! If you might be interested in bringing me to your campus (in person or virtually) for presentation on one of these or other topics, you can find some useful information on the speaking page on my website. I have some openings in my schedule left for later in the fall, and I'm booking now for the spring semester as well. |
Intentional Teaching with Derek Bruff
Welcome to the Intentional Teaching newsletter! I'm Derek Bruff, educator and author. The name of this newsletter is a reminder that we should be intentional in how we teach, but also in how we develop as teachers over time. I hope this newsletter will be a valuable part of your professional development as an educator.
Developing AI Literacy This week on the podcast, I talk with Alex Ambrose, professor of the practice and director of the Lab for AI in Teaching and Learning at the Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence at Notre Dame. I heard Alex on the Kaneb Center's podcast, Designed for Learning hosted by Jim Lang, a few months ago, and I was very interested in what Alex had to say about the evolving state of generative AI in education at Notre Dame. I was thrilled when Alex agreed to come on Intentional...
High Structure Course Design Justin Shaffer has a new book out on high structure course design! I met Justin a few years ago through a Macmillan Learning webinar on teaching with classroom response systems. I learned that not only did he use that particular technology very effectively in his teaching, but he also had a wealth of experience in active learning and course design more generally. When I wanted to put together a podcast episode on "studio" approaches to biology (in which lab and...
Defending Higher Education with Kevin McClure If you've listened to the recent "Take It or Leave It" episodes of the Intentional Teaching podcast, you'll be familiar with Kevin McClure's essay "Higher Ed Is Adrift." In the essay, Kevin outlines some of the many attacks the current U.S. presidential administration is leveraging against higher ed, and he notes that many faculty and staff are finding their institutional leaders' responses lacking. We talked about the essay on the "Take It or...