Intentional Teaching, a show about teaching in higher education

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.)

Podcasting since 2022 • 124 episodes

Intentional Teaching, a show about teaching in higher education

Latest Episodes

Study Hall with Flower Darby, Josh Eyler, and Regan Gurung

Study Hall is back! This is the format where I talk to three fantastic guests about three recent studies on generative AI in higher education. Guests for this edition of Study Hall are: Flower Darby, incoming director of the Center ...

June 16, 2026 • Episode 92 • 53:09

AI and Cognitive Offloading with Leon Furze

On the podcast today, I talk with author and consultant Leon Furze about the ideas found in some of his recent writing on AI and learning. We talk about resistance as a framework for combatting cognitive offloading, the mental models that educa...

June 02, 2026 • Episode 91 • 44:57

Supporting Student Reading with Jessa Roisen and Donna Battista

Today on the podcast, I’m excited to welcome Jessa Roisen, professor of philosophy at St. Ambrose University. Jessa teaches those intro to philosophy courses with really challenging primary sources—Plato and Kant and Descartes and the like. She...

May 19, 2026 • Episode 90 • 42:31

Surviving Peak Higher Ed with Bryan Alexander

The total number of students enrolled in US higher education institutions grew steadily in the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s. However that total peaked in 2011 at around 18 million students. It’s been declining ever since. You can imagine some of w...

May 05, 2026 • Episode 89 • 47:19

Teaching Math with AI with Amy Langville, Chloe Lewis, Lew Ludwig, and Kathryn Pedings-Behling

A few years ago, it was pretty easy for math educators to ignore generative AI. The chatbots of 2022 and 2023 were notoriously bad at math. But that’s no longer true! Today’s frontier AI models are very good at math—to the point of proving math...

April 21, 2026 • Episode 88 • 57:43