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Bruna Damiana Heinsfeld 

Assistant Professor

Dr. Heinsfeld was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She holds a master’s degree in Education, focusing on digital languages and technology, and a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching, concentrating on learning design and technology. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities in the Learning Technologies program. Alongside her academic journey, she has a career spanning over 10 years in instructional design and is a certified project manager specializing in e-learning projects. Throughout her academic and industry careers, she has collaborated with multicultural teams in numerous countries, including Brazil, the United States, Serbia, the Philippines, India, China, France, and Portugal. Her main research interests are critical perspectives on educational technology, and conceptions and discourses about technology in education.

Overview

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching (UTSA), 2023 
  • M.Sc., Education (PUC-Rio, Brazil), 2018
  • Graduate Certificate, Planning, Implementation and Management of Distance Learning (UFF, Brazil), 2015
  • B.A., English Language and Literature (UERJ, Brazil), 2011


Award (selected)

  • 2023 UTSA Transdisciplinary Team Grand Challenge - 1st place award 
  • 2022 Who is Who at UTSA award

 

Programs & Courses

  • CI4311W – Technology and Ethics in Society

     

Talks

(Selected)

Heinsfeld, B. D. (2022, December). Talk “Para além dos artefatos digitais: intencionalidade pedagógica no planejamento didático” [Beyond digital artifacts: pedagogical intentionality in didactic planning] at the Programa Temas Emergentes e Ensino Híbrido para Educação Básica promoted by Educational Technology Coordination at the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (CTE/PROGRAD/UFSM), Brazil.

Heinsfeld, B. D. (2021, May). Tecnologias Digitais e Inovação Pedagógica [Digital technologies and pedagogical innovation]. Projeto Tutorar – Aprendizagem CriaColaborAtiva com Tecnologias Digitais. Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Guest Speaker. https://youtu.be/lHnFT8SgZQY

Heinsfeld, B. D. (2020, August). Tecnologias digitais e intencionalidade pedagógica no planejamento didático [Digital technologies and pedagogical intentionality in didactic planning]. Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Guest Speaker. https://youtu.be/4q767n_K1W8

Publications

(Selected refereed articles)

Heinsfeld, B. D., & Marone, V. (2023). Reporting or marketing? The discourse of educational landscape reports on technological trends. Discover Education, 2(50). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44217-023-00075-6

Marone, V., & Heinsfeld, B. D. (2023). Everyone pursuing their dreams: Google’s and Microsoft’s discourse on educational technology. Computers & Education Open, 4, 100138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeo.2023.100138

Heinsfeld, B. D. (2022). Pedagogia crítica, capital tecnológico e exclusão participativa: uma discussão interdisciplinar sobre equidade digital na educação [Critical pedagogy, technological capital, and participatory exclusion: an interdisciplinary discussion on digital equity in education]. Revista Educação, Tecnologias Digitais e Formação Docente, 2(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.55028/edutec.v2i1.15396

Heinsfeld, B. D., & Pichetola, M. (2019). Discourse on technologies in public policies on education. Educação e Pesquisa, 45, 1-17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1678-4634201945205167

Pischetola, M., & Heinsfeld, B. D. (2018). “Eles já nascem sabendo!”: desmistificando o conceito de nativos digitais no contexto educacional. ["They are born knowing!": Demystifying the concept of digital natives in the educational context]. Renote – Novas Tecnologias em Educação, 16(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.22456/1679-1916.85929

Contact

Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: in/brunadamiana