<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/fan_mail/new">Share your thoughts about this episode as a text message. </a>The Civic Engagement &amp; Voting Rights Teacher Scholars program serves as an avenue for faculty to work together to create classroom teaching materials – by faculty, for faculty – to support a thriving American democracy. The Teacher Scholars are recruited and supported from across the nation to work in cross-institutional, cross-disciplinary, humanities and arts-based faculty learning communities. The Teacher Scholars design, create, and disseminate openly licensed pedagogical materials for use in college courses nationwide.Today&apos;s guests are the co-directors of the program, Bridget Trogden, dean of undergraduate education and academic student services and professor of education at American University, and James Burns, professor of history at Clemson University, as well as two program participants: Megan VanGorder, assistant professor of history at Illinois State University, and Nafisa Nipun Tanjeem, associate professor of interdisciplinary studies at Worcester State University.We have a lively conversation about the importance of teaching civic engagement in the year 2026, the strategies that these faculty use to engage students in these challenging topics, and the value of a faculty development experience structured like this one. Episode Resources<a href='https://www.clemson.edu/cah/sites/civic-education/'>Civic Engagement &amp; Voting Rights Teacher Scholars Program</a><a href='https://open.clemson.edu/teacher-scholars/'>The program’s repository of open educational resources</a><a href='https://open.clemson.edu/teacher_scholars_constitutional_government/'>Megan VanGorder’s resources</a> for “Key Issues in State and Federal Constitutional Government”<a href='https://www.american.edu/profiles/faculty/trogden.cfm'>Bridget Trogden’s faculty page</a><a href='https://www.clemson.edu/cah/about/facultybio.html?id=3592'>James Burns’ faculty page</a><a href='https://www.meganvangorder.com/'>Megan VanGorder’s website</a><a href='https://ntanjeem.org/'>Nafisa Nipun Tanjeem’s website</a>Bethany Morrison’s Teaching Hub collection “<a href='https://teaching.virginia.edu/collections/teaching-for-democratic-engagement-and-civic-learning'>Teaching for Democratic Engagement and Civic Learning</a>”<a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/c/intentionalteaching?redirect=true">Support the show</a>Podcast Links:Intentional Teaching is sponsored by <a href='https://upcea.edu/'>UPCEA</a>, the online and professional education association. Subscribe to the Intentional Teaching newsletter: <a href='https://derekbruff.ck.page/subscribe'>https://derekbruff.ck.page/subscribe</a>Subscribe to Intentional Teaching bonus episodes: <a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/supporters/new'>https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/supporters/new </a>Support Intentional Teaching on Patreon: <a href='https://www.patreon.com/intentionalteaching'>https://www.patreon.com/intentionalteaching</a> Find me on <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekbruff/'>LinkedIn</a> and <a href='https://bsky.app/profile/derekbruff.bsky.social'>Bluesky</a>. See <a href='https://derekbruff.org'>my website</a> for my &quot;Agile Learning&quot; blog and information about having me speak at your campus or conference.

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/fan_mail/new"&gt;Share your thoughts about this episode as a text message. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Civic Engagement &amp;amp; Voting Rights Teacher Scholars program serves as an avenue for faculty to work together to create classroom teaching materials – by faculty, for faculty – to support a thriving American democracy. The Teacher Scholars are recruited and supported from across the nation to work in cross-institutional, cross-disciplinary, humanities and arts-based faculty learning communities. The Teacher Scholars design, create, and disseminate openly licensed pedagogical materials for use in college courses nationwide.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Today&amp;apos;s guests are the co-directors of the program, Bridget Trogden, dean of undergraduate education and academic student services and professor of education at American University, and James Burns, professor of history at Clemson University, as well as two program participants: Megan VanGorder, assistant professor of history at Illinois State University, and Nafisa Nipun Tanjeem, associate professor of interdisciplinary studies at Worcester State University.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We have a lively conversation about the importance of teaching civic engagement in the year 2026, the strategies that these faculty use to engage students in these challenging topics, and the value of a faculty development experience structured like this one. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Episode Resources&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.clemson.edu/cah/sites/civic-education/'&gt;Civic Engagement &amp;amp; Voting Rights Teacher Scholars Program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://open.clemson.edu/teacher-scholars/'&gt;The program’s repository of open educational resources&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://open.clemson.edu/teacher_scholars_constitutional_government/'&gt;Megan VanGorder’s resources&lt;/a&gt; for “Key Issues in State and Federal Constitutional Government”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.american.edu/profiles/faculty/trogden.cfm'&gt;Bridget Trogden’s faculty page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.clemson.edu/cah/about/facultybio.html?id=3592'&gt;James Burns’ faculty page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.meganvangorder.com/'&gt;Megan VanGorder’s website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://ntanjeem.org/'&gt;Nafisa Nipun Tanjeem’s website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bethany Morrison’s Teaching Hub collection “&lt;a href='https://teaching.virginia.edu/collections/teaching-for-democratic-engagement-and-civic-learning'&gt;Teaching for Democratic Engagement and Civic Learning&lt;/a&gt;”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/c/intentionalteaching?redirect=true"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Podcast Links:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Intentional Teaching is sponsored by &lt;a href='https://upcea.edu/'&gt;UPCEA&lt;/a&gt;, the online and professional education association.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Subscribe to the Intentional Teaching newsletter: &lt;a href='https://derekbruff.ck.page/subscribe'&gt;https://derekbruff.ck.page/subscribe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Subscribe to Intentional Teaching bonus episodes:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/supporters/new'&gt;https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/supporters/new &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Support Intentional Teaching on Patreon: &lt;a href='https://www.patreon.com/intentionalteaching'&gt;https://www.patreon.com/intentionalteaching&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Find me on &lt;a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekbruff/'&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href='https://bsky.app/profile/derekbruff.bsky.social'&gt;Bluesky&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;See &lt;a href='https://derekbruff.org'&gt;my website&lt;/a&gt; for my &amp;quot;Agile Learning&amp;quot; blog and information about having me speak at your campus or conference. &lt;/p&gt;</description>

Share your thoughts about this episode as a text message.  The Civic Engagement &amp; Voting Rights Teacher Scholars program serves as an avenue for faculty to work together to create classroom teaching materials – by faculty, for faculty – to support a thriving American democracy. The Teacher Scholars are recruited and supported from across the nation to work in cross-institutional, cross-disciplinary, humanities and arts-based faculty learning communities. The Teacher Scholars design, creat...

Teaching Civic Engagement with Bridget Trogden, James Burns, Megan VanGorder, and Nafisa Nipun Tanjeem

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/fan_mail/new">Share your thoughts about this episode as a text message. </a>In the last year, we’ve seen many stories of college and university faculty being accused by students of teaching something that the student didn’t think the instructor should be teaching. These incidents have a lot of instructors worried about teaching controversial topics—and just about any topic can be controversial these days. Previously on the podcast, we&apos;ve explored pedagogical responses to the current political climate. Today, we look at our legal options.Our guest is Kent Kauffman, author of the 2024 book Navigating Choppy Waters: Key Legal Issues College Faculty Need to Know. Kent knows the caselaw on academic freedom, and he has a lot of insight to offer faculty who are who are making hard decisions about what to leave on or take off their syllabi. In our conversation, he argues that academic freedom is under attack and he provides practical suggestions for preventing and responding to these attacks.However, we start the conversation in a little lighter mode. I invited Kent to give me a pop quiz of sorts by describing a few scenarios faculty might encounter and challenging me to identify the legal issues involved. You’ll have the chance to test yourself as you listen—and to find out how I did on Kent’s quiz. Episode Resources<a href='https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/navigating-choppy-waters-9781538197288/'>Navigating Choppy Waters: Key Legal Issues College Faculty Need to Know</a> (Bloomsbury, 2024)<a href='https://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/key-legal-issues-college-faculty-need-to-know/'>Teaching in Higher Ed Episode 557 featuring Kent Kauffman</a> <a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/c/intentionalteaching?redirect=true">Support the show</a>Podcast Links:Intentional Teaching is sponsored by <a href='https://upcea.edu/'>UPCEA</a>, the online and professional education association. Subscribe to the Intentional Teaching newsletter: <a href='https://derekbruff.ck.page/subscribe'>https://derekbruff.ck.page/subscribe</a>Subscribe to Intentional Teaching bonus episodes: <a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/supporters/new'>https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/supporters/new </a>Support Intentional Teaching on Patreon: <a href='https://www.patreon.com/intentionalteaching'>https://www.patreon.com/intentionalteaching</a> Find me on <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekbruff/'>LinkedIn</a> and <a href='https://bsky.app/profile/derekbruff.bsky.social'>Bluesky</a>. See <a href='https://derekbruff.org'>my website</a> for my &quot;Agile Learning&quot; blog and information about having me speak at your campus or conference.

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/fan_mail/new"&gt;Share your thoughts about this episode as a text message. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the last year, we’ve seen many stories of college and university faculty being accused by students of teaching something that the student didn’t think the instructor should be teaching. These incidents have a lot of instructors worried about teaching controversial topics—and just about any topic can be controversial these days. Previously on the podcast, we&amp;apos;ve explored pedagogical responses to the current political climate. Today, we look at our legal options.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Our guest is Kent Kauffman, author of the 2024 book &lt;em&gt;Navigating Choppy Waters: Key Legal Issues College Faculty Need to Know&lt;/em&gt;. Kent knows the caselaw on academic freedom, and he has a lot of insight to offer faculty who are who are making hard decisions about what to leave on or take off their syllabi. In our conversation, he argues that academic freedom is under attack and he provides practical suggestions for preventing and responding to these attacks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;However, we start the conversation in a little lighter mode. I invited Kent to give me a pop quiz of sorts by describing a few scenarios faculty might encounter and challenging me to identify the legal issues involved. You’ll have the chance to test yourself as you listen—and to find out how I did on Kent’s quiz. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Episode Resources&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/navigating-choppy-waters-9781538197288/'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Navigating Choppy Waters: Key Legal Issues College Faculty Need to Know&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;(Bloomsbury, 2024)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/key-legal-issues-college-faculty-need-to-know/'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Teaching in Higher Ed&lt;/em&gt; Episode 557 featuring Kent Kauffman&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/c/intentionalteaching?redirect=true"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Podcast Links:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Intentional Teaching is sponsored by &lt;a href='https://upcea.edu/'&gt;UPCEA&lt;/a&gt;, the online and professional education association.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Subscribe to the Intentional Teaching newsletter: &lt;a href='https://derekbruff.ck.page/subscribe'&gt;https://derekbruff.ck.page/subscribe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Subscribe to Intentional Teaching bonus episodes:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/supporters/new'&gt;https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/supporters/new &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Support Intentional Teaching on Patreon: &lt;a href='https://www.patreon.com/intentionalteaching'&gt;https://www.patreon.com/intentionalteaching&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Find me on &lt;a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekbruff/'&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href='https://bsky.app/profile/derekbruff.bsky.social'&gt;Bluesky&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;See &lt;a href='https://derekbruff.org'&gt;my website&lt;/a&gt; for my &amp;quot;Agile Learning&amp;quot; blog and information about having me speak at your campus or conference. &lt;/p&gt;</description>

Share your thoughts about this episode as a text message.  In the last year, we’ve seen many stories of college and university faculty being accused by students of teaching something that the student didn’t think the instructor should be teaching. These incidents have a lot of instructors worried about teaching controversial topics—and just about any topic can be controversial these days. Previously on the podcast, we've explored pedagogical responses to the current political climate. Today, ...

Pop Quiz on Faculty and the Law with Kent Kauffman

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/fan_mail/new">Share your thoughts about this episode as a text message. </a>Last November, University of Virginia English professor James Seitz offered a workshop through the UVA Center for Teaching Excellence titled “Teaching in the Age of AI: How Students Can Do All Their Writing in the Classroom.” When I saw the workshop announcement, I have to admit that my initial reaction wasn’t a positive one. Was this another call to return to the days of blue books, with high stakes essay exams depending on students being able to practice the lost art of handwriting? No! I’m excited to have Jim Seitz on the podcast today to share how he has moved the writing his students do into the classroom. This move is a response to generative AI’s disruption of writing instruction, yes, but it’s also the latest in a series of teaching choices Jim has made to teach his students writing as a way of thinking and to change their relationship with writing. Jim takes a very thoughtful and intentional approach to his in-class writing days, as you’ll hear in our conversation. Episode ResourcesJames Seitz’s website, <a href='https://jamesseitz.com/'>https://jamesseitz.com/</a> “<a href='https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/07/07/the-end-of-the-english-paper'>What Happens After A.I. Destroys College Writing?</a>” by Hua Hsu in The New Yorker“<a href='https://think.nd.edu/bq/dfl-9/'>Bringing the Term Paper into the Classroom</a>,” an interview with Lily Abadal on the Designed for Learning podcast“<a href='https://teaching.virginia.edu/collections/specifications-grading'>Getting Started with Specifications Grading</a>,” a Teaching Hub collection by Dorothe Bach“<a href='https://cte.virginia.edu/news/avoiding-ai'>Strategies for Avoiding AI</a>” and “<a href='https://cte.virginia.edu/news/more-strategies-for-avoiding-ai'>More Strategies for Avoiding AI</a>” on the UVA Teaching Center website<a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/c/intentionalteaching?redirect=true">Support the show</a>Podcast Links:Intentional Teaching is sponsored by <a href='https://upcea.edu/'>UPCEA</a>, the online and professional education association. Subscribe to the Intentional Teaching newsletter: <a href='https://derekbruff.ck.page/subscribe'>https://derekbruff.ck.page/subscribe</a>Subscribe to Intentional Teaching bonus episodes: <a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/supporters/new'>https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/supporters/new </a>Support Intentional Teaching on Patreon: <a href='https://www.patreon.com/intentionalteaching'>https://www.patreon.com/intentionalteaching</a> Find me on <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekbruff/'>LinkedIn</a> and <a href='https://bsky.app/profile/derekbruff.bsky.social'>Bluesky</a>. See <a href='https://derekbruff.org'>my website</a> for my &quot;Agile Learning&quot; blog and information about having me speak at your campus or conference.

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/fan_mail/new"&gt;Share your thoughts about this episode as a text message. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Last November, University of Virginia English professor James Seitz offered a workshop through the UVA Center for Teaching Excellence titled “Teaching in the Age of AI: How Students Can Do All Their Writing in the Classroom.” When I saw the workshop announcement, I have to admit that my initial reaction wasn’t a positive one. Was this another call to return to the days of blue books, with high stakes essay exams depending on students being able to practice the lost art of handwriting? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;No! I’m excited to have Jim Seitz on the podcast today to share how he has moved the writing his students do into the classroom. This move is a response to generative AI’s disruption of writing instruction, yes, but it’s also the latest in a series of teaching choices Jim has made to teach his students writing as a way of thinking and to change their relationship with writing. Jim takes a very thoughtful and intentional approach to his in-class writing days, as you’ll hear in our conversation. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Episode Resources&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;James Seitz’s website, &lt;a href='https://jamesseitz.com/'&gt;https://jamesseitz.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“&lt;a href='https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/07/07/the-end-of-the-english-paper'&gt;What Happens After A.I. Destroys College Writing?&lt;/a&gt;” by Hua Hsu in &lt;em&gt;The New Yorker&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“&lt;a href='https://think.nd.edu/bq/dfl-9/'&gt;Bringing the Term Paper into the Classroom&lt;/a&gt;,” an interview with Lily Abadal on the &lt;em&gt;Designed for Learning&lt;/em&gt; podcast&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“&lt;a href='https://teaching.virginia.edu/collections/specifications-grading'&gt;Getting Started with Specifications Grading&lt;/a&gt;,” a Teaching Hub collection by Dorothe Bach&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“&lt;a href='https://cte.virginia.edu/news/avoiding-ai'&gt;Strategies for Avoiding AI&lt;/a&gt;” and “&lt;a href='https://cte.virginia.edu/news/more-strategies-for-avoiding-ai'&gt;More Strategies for Avoiding AI&lt;/a&gt;” on the UVA Teaching Center website&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/c/intentionalteaching?redirect=true"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Podcast Links:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Intentional Teaching is sponsored by &lt;a href='https://upcea.edu/'&gt;UPCEA&lt;/a&gt;, the online and professional education association.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Subscribe to the Intentional Teaching newsletter: &lt;a href='https://derekbruff.ck.page/subscribe'&gt;https://derekbruff.ck.page/subscribe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Subscribe to Intentional Teaching bonus episodes:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/supporters/new'&gt;https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/supporters/new &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Support Intentional Teaching on Patreon: &lt;a href='https://www.patreon.com/intentionalteaching'&gt;https://www.patreon.com/intentionalteaching&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Find me on &lt;a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekbruff/'&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href='https://bsky.app/profile/derekbruff.bsky.social'&gt;Bluesky&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;See &lt;a href='https://derekbruff.org'&gt;my website&lt;/a&gt; for my &amp;quot;Agile Learning&amp;quot; blog and information about having me speak at your campus or conference. &lt;/p&gt;</description>

Share your thoughts about this episode as a text message.  Last November, University of Virginia English professor James Seitz offered a workshop through the UVA Center for Teaching Excellence titled “Teaching in the Age of AI: How Students Can Do All Their Writing in the Classroom.” When I saw the workshop announcement, I have to admit that my initial reaction wasn’t a positive one. Was this another call to return to the days of blue books, with high stakes essay exams depending on students ...

In-Class Writing with James Seitz

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/fan_mail/new">Share your thoughts about this episode as a text message. </a>This past December, I had the honor of being a guest on the Grading Podcast (&quot;reimagining grading as a tool for student success&quot;) hosted by Sharona Krinsky and Robert Bosley. We had such a great conversation that I thought I would return the favor and invite Sharona and Boz on my podcast.Sharona Krinsky is the executive director of the Center for Grading Reform, a non-profit that hosts an annual conference on grading, among other things. She’s also a math instructor at California State Los Angeles. Robert Bosley, better known as Boz, is director of programming for K12 at the Center for Grading Reform and an instructional coach in the Los Angeles Unified School District. In our conversation, Sharona and Boz share why they named their podcast the Grading Podcast and not the Alternative Grading Podcast. They also share the state of the grading reform movement here in 2026 and talk about the barriers that teachers face when trying to adopt alternative grading practices. And they have advice for centers for teaching and learning on supporting grading reform on their campuses.Episode Resources<a href='https://thegradingpod.com/'>The Grading Podcast</a><a href='https://www.centerforgradingreform.org/'>The Center for Grading Reform</a><a href='https://www.centerforgradingreform.org/grading-conference/'>The Grading Conference</a><a href='https://thegradingpod.com/episodes/126-ai-aware-teaching-mastery-quizzes-and-the-future-of-grading-with-derek-bruff/'>Derek’s appearance on the Grading Podcast</a><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/c/intentionalteaching?redirect=true">Support the show</a>Podcast Links:Intentional Teaching is sponsored by <a href='https://upcea.edu/'>UPCEA</a>, the online and professional education association. Subscribe to the Intentional Teaching newsletter: <a href='https://derekbruff.ck.page/subscribe'>https://derekbruff.ck.page/subscribe</a>Subscribe to Intentional Teaching bonus episodes: <a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/supporters/new'>https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/supporters/new </a>Support Intentional Teaching on Patreon: <a href='https://www.patreon.com/intentionalteaching'>https://www.patreon.com/intentionalteaching</a> Find me on <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekbruff/'>LinkedIn</a> and <a href='https://bsky.app/profile/derekbruff.bsky.social'>Bluesky</a>. See <a href='https://derekbruff.org'>my website</a> for my &quot;Agile Learning&quot; blog and information about having me speak at your campus or conference.

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/fan_mail/new"&gt;Share your thoughts about this episode as a text message. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This past December, I had the honor of being a guest on the Grading Podcast (&amp;quot;reimagining grading as a tool for student success&amp;quot;) hosted by Sharona Krinsky and Robert Bosley. We had such a great conversation that I thought I would return the favor and invite Sharona and Boz on my podcast.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sharona Krinsky is the executive director of the Center for Grading Reform, a non-profit that hosts an annual conference on grading, among other things. She’s also a math instructor at California State Los Angeles. Robert Bosley, better known as Boz, is director of programming for K12 at the Center for Grading Reform and an instructional coach in the Los Angeles Unified School District. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In our conversation, Sharona and Boz share why they named their podcast the Grading Podcast and not the Alternative Grading Podcast. They also share the state of the grading reform movement here in 2026 and talk about the barriers that teachers face when trying to adopt alternative grading practices. And they have advice for centers for teaching and learning on supporting grading reform on their campuses.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Episode Resources&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://thegradingpod.com/'&gt;The Grading Podcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.centerforgradingreform.org/'&gt;The Center for Grading Reform&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.centerforgradingreform.org/grading-conference/'&gt;The Grading Conference&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://thegradingpod.com/episodes/126-ai-aware-teaching-mastery-quizzes-and-the-future-of-grading-with-derek-bruff/'&gt;Derek’s appearance on the Grading Podcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/c/intentionalteaching?redirect=true"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Podcast Links:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Intentional Teaching is sponsored by &lt;a href='https://upcea.edu/'&gt;UPCEA&lt;/a&gt;, the online and professional education association.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Subscribe to the Intentional Teaching newsletter: &lt;a href='https://derekbruff.ck.page/subscribe'&gt;https://derekbruff.ck.page/subscribe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Subscribe to Intentional Teaching bonus episodes:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/supporters/new'&gt;https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/supporters/new &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Support Intentional Teaching on Patreon: &lt;a href='https://www.patreon.com/intentionalteaching'&gt;https://www.patreon.com/intentionalteaching&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Find me on &lt;a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekbruff/'&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href='https://bsky.app/profile/derekbruff.bsky.social'&gt;Bluesky&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;See &lt;a href='https://derekbruff.org'&gt;my website&lt;/a&gt; for my &amp;quot;Agile Learning&amp;quot; blog and information about having me speak at your campus or conference. &lt;/p&gt;</description>

Share your thoughts about this episode as a text message.  This past December, I had the honor of being a guest on the Grading Podcast ("reimagining grading as a tool for student success") hosted by Sharona Krinsky and Robert Bosley. We had such a great conversation that I thought I would return the favor and invite Sharona and Boz on my podcast. Sharona Krinsky is the executive director of the Center for Grading Reform, a non-profit that hosts an annual conference on grading, among other thi...

Reimagining Grading with Sharona Krinsky and Robert Bosley

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/fan_mail/new">Share your thoughts about this episode as a text message. </a>When I heard my friend Windy Frank, an adjunct faculty at Lipscomb University here in Nashville, talk about an assignment of hers in which students designed custom AI chatbots, I was very interested. Windy teaches in the College of Bible at Lipscomb, and she asked her students to create AI chatbots based on figures in the Old Testament. Students then engaged their chatbots in conversation, asking the prophet Jonah about his biggest failure or Daniel to make up some names for the lions he famously encountered.Today on the podcast, I talk with Windy Frank and with Sarah Gibson, faculty fellow for AI and professor of communication at Lipscomb about Windy’s assignment in particular and about Lipscomb’s approach to generative AI more generally. They share what led to the Lipscomb faculty pushing its administration to provide AI tools for the entire campus, and the kinds of objections that students have had to AI-integrated assignments—including religious objections from students at this faith-based university. Episode ResourcesSarah Gibson’s faculty page, <a href='https://lipscomb.edu/directory/gibson-sarah'>https://lipscomb.edu/directory/gibson-sarah</a>Sarah Gibson’s website, <a href='https://professorgibson.com/'>https://professorgibson.com/</a><a href='https://professorgibson.com/'>Windy Frank on the Lipscomb University College of Bible and Ministry podcast</a><a href='https://boodlebox.ai/'>BoodleBox</a><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/c/intentionalteaching?redirect=true">Support the show</a>Podcast Links:Intentional Teaching is sponsored by <a href='https://upcea.edu/'>UPCEA</a>, the online and professional education association. Subscribe to the Intentional Teaching newsletter: <a href='https://derekbruff.ck.page/subscribe'>https://derekbruff.ck.page/subscribe</a>Subscribe to Intentional Teaching bonus episodes: <a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/supporters/new'>https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/supporters/new </a>Support Intentional Teaching on Patreon: <a href='https://www.patreon.com/intentionalteaching'>https://www.patreon.com/intentionalteaching</a> Find me on <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekbruff/'>LinkedIn</a> and <a href='https://bsky.app/profile/derekbruff.bsky.social'>Bluesky</a>. See <a href='https://derekbruff.org'>my website</a> for my &quot;Agile Learning&quot; blog and information about having me speak at your campus or conference.

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/fan_mail/new"&gt;Share your thoughts about this episode as a text message. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When I heard my friend Windy Frank, an adjunct faculty at Lipscomb University here in Nashville, talk about an assignment of hers in which students designed custom AI chatbots, I was very interested. Windy teaches in the College of Bible at Lipscomb, and she asked her students to create AI chatbots based on figures in the Old Testament. Students then engaged their chatbots in conversation, asking the prophet Jonah about his biggest failure or Daniel to make up some names for the lions he famously encountered.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Today on the podcast, I talk with Windy Frank and with Sarah Gibson, faculty fellow for AI and professor of communication at Lipscomb about Windy’s assignment in particular and about Lipscomb’s approach to generative AI more generally. They share what led to the Lipscomb faculty pushing its administration to provide AI tools for the entire campus, and the kinds of objections that students have had to AI-integrated assignments—including religious objections from students at this faith-based university. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Episode Resources&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sarah Gibson’s faculty page, &lt;a href='https://lipscomb.edu/directory/gibson-sarah'&gt;https://lipscomb.edu/directory/gibson-sarah&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sarah Gibson’s website, &lt;a href='https://professorgibson.com/'&gt;https://professorgibson.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://professorgibson.com/'&gt;Windy Frank on the Lipscomb University College of Bible and Ministry podcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://boodlebox.ai/'&gt;BoodleBox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/c/intentionalteaching?redirect=true"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Podcast Links:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Intentional Teaching is sponsored by &lt;a href='https://upcea.edu/'&gt;UPCEA&lt;/a&gt;, the online and professional education association.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Subscribe to the Intentional Teaching newsletter: &lt;a href='https://derekbruff.ck.page/subscribe'&gt;https://derekbruff.ck.page/subscribe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Subscribe to Intentional Teaching bonus episodes:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/supporters/new'&gt;https://www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/supporters/new &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Support Intentional Teaching on Patreon: &lt;a href='https://www.patreon.com/intentionalteaching'&gt;https://www.patreon.com/intentionalteaching&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Find me on &lt;a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekbruff/'&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href='https://bsky.app/profile/derekbruff.bsky.social'&gt;Bluesky&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;See &lt;a href='https://derekbruff.org'&gt;my website&lt;/a&gt; for my &amp;quot;Agile Learning&amp;quot; blog and information about having me speak at your campus or conference. &lt;/p&gt;</description>

Share your thoughts about this episode as a text message.  When I heard my friend Windy Frank, an adjunct faculty at Lipscomb University here in Nashville, talk about an assignment of hers in which students designed custom AI chatbots, I was very interested. Windy teaches in the College of Bible at Lipscomb, and she asked her students to create AI chatbots based on figures in the Old Testament. Students then engaged their chatbots in conversation, asking the prophet Jonah about his biggest fa...

Student-Designed AI Chatbots with Windy Frank and Sarah Gibson

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