Teaching Resource Center

Derek Bruff, former director of the Center for Teaching at Vanderbilt University, created this blog where he writes about different topics of interest to him, including educational technology, visual thinking, student motivation, faculty development, how people learn, learning at play, and more.

The Scholarly Teacher emphasizes the importance of taking an informed and practiced approach to enhancing student learning by systematic improvement of effective teaching. A major focus of this blog is a healthy balance of scholarly evidence and practical application.