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Derek Bruff Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Higher education consultant. Visiting associate director at @um_cetl. Former director, @vandycft. Producer, Intentional Teaching newsletter and podcast.

17 books
Book Cover for: Going Alt-Ac: A Guide to Alternative Academic Careers, Kevin Kelly

Going Alt-Ac: A Guide to Alternative Academic Careers

Kevin Kelly
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@sched One resource to check out: "Going Alt-Ac: A Guide to Alternative Academic Careers" by @Katie__Linder @KevinKelly0 and @ThomasJTobin, https://t.co/UkZqXeY6Ny. #POD21 #altac

Paperback, 2020

$39.95$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom, Kelly A. Hogan

Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom

Kelly A. Hogan
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Very excited to see this new book, Inclusive Teaching, from @DrMrsKellyHogan and @vijisathy! Congrats on publication! https://t.co/kbNmUFXv9G

Paperback, 2022

$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Dawn, Octavia E. Butler

Dawn

Octavia E. Butler
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My current reading list: Remembering and Forgetting by Michelle Miller, Dawn by Octavia Butler (h/t @ImaginWorldsPod), The People's Plaza by @brotherjones_, Flight Paths by @r_heisman, Universities on Fire by @BryanAlexander https://t.co/SVj1jYVt93

Paperback, 2021

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Future Is Analog: How to Create a More Human World, David Sax

The Future Is Analog: How to Create a More Human World

David Sax
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Just watched this trailer for "The Future Is Analog," an upcoming book from David Sax: https://t.co/HoOF2viqn9. He clearly had a different experience than I did in 2020. I didn't find work or school less social during the pandemic, just differently social.

Hardcover, 2022

$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Flight Paths: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration, Rebecca Heisman

Flight Paths: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration

Rebecca Heisman
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My current reading list: Remembering and Forgetting by Michelle Miller, Dawn by Octavia Butler (h/t @ImaginWorldsPod), The People's Plaza by @brotherjones_, Flight Paths by @r_heisman, Universities on Fire by @BryanAlexander https://t.co/SVj1jYVt93

Paperback, 2025

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us, Daniel H. Pink

Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us

Daniel H. Pink
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Reading more of “Ungrading” this morning. Multiple references to @DanielPink’s “Drive” and the motivational effects of autonomy, mastery, and purpose. Those are reasons why #StudentsasProducers can be so powerful. https://ir.vanderbilt.edu/handle/1803/9446

Paperback, 2011

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead), Susan D. Blum

Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead)

Susan D. Blum
Derek BruffDerek Bruff

Reading more of “Ungrading” this morning. Multiple references to @DanielPink’s “Drive” and the motivational effects of autonomy, mastery, and purpose. Those are reasons why #StudentsasProducers can be so powerful. https://ir.vanderbilt.edu/handle/1803/9446

Paperback, 2020

$26.99$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: There Is No Cloud It's Just Someone Else's Computer: 120 Pages I 6x9 I Graph Paper 5x5 I Funny Software Engineering, Coder & Hacker Gifts, Funny Notebooks

There Is No Cloud It's Just Someone Else's Computer: 120 Pages I 6x9 I Graph Paper 5x5 I Funny Software Engineering, Coder & Hacker Gifts

Funny Notebooks
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@jimgroom @ReclaimHosting Jim Groom, channeling Tim Owens: There is no cloud, it's just someone else's computer.

Paperback, 2019

$7.99$3.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students, Anthony Abraham Jack

The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students

Anthony Abraham Jack
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Guest @tony_jack is asst professor of education at @hgse and author of "The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students." @missy_f7 is executive director of the @GSPhoyas at Georgetown U. I'm grateful to have them on the pod to share their wisdom! https://t.co/ZavlEKByhg

Paperback, 2020

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Universities on Fire: Higher Education in the Climate Crisis, Bryan Alexander

Universities on Fire: Higher Education in the Climate Crisis

Bryan Alexander
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My current reading list: Remembering and Forgetting by Michelle Miller, Dawn by Octavia Butler (h/t @ImaginWorldsPod), The People's Plaza by @brotherjones_, Flight Paths by @r_heisman, Universities on Fire by @BryanAlexander https://t.co/SVj1jYVt93

Hardcover, 2023

$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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