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Mindset in Motion (MIM)
Mindset in Motion (MIM) is a podcast made for university and college educators, career counselors, and leaders invested in supporting students and recent graduates with the tools and resources to thrive in their hopeful careers. Tune in to hear about the groundbreaking research, insights, and stories shaping experiential learning delivery excellence - all on one platform. MIM is brought to you by Symplicity's Mindset, is funded in part by Canada's Future Skills Program, and hosted and produced by Director of Mindset, Bill Heinrich. Symplicity is a two-decade-long leader in technological innovation and deployment supporting higher education partners to deliver on the promise of student career readiness. Mindset connects big ideas to repeatable educational practices, guiding informed decision making, and learning experiences that support student success.
Episodes
96 episodes
Escape Rooms for Nursing Education with Dr. Tara Grier and Dr. Kristin Bassett
Nursing Education is a complex and detailed kind of training requiring holistic education and learning approaches. The authors talk about their novel and creative approach to using Escape Rooms to help learners develop clinical and decision-mak...
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Inclusive Sport & Photo Elicitation with Dr. Lindsey R. Oakes & Dr. David Loy
Inclusive sport is a powerful experiential learning approach made more salient with photo elicitation methodology--which is both pedagogy and research. The authors talk about their experiences in creating, facilitating, teaching, traveling, tak...
Self Care & Experiential Learning with Drs. Shazia Akhtarullah and Fariha Niazi
Dr. Shazia Akhtarullah and Dr. Fariha Niazi, both from Nova Southeastern University talk about their newly published article titled: Balancing Wellness and Learning: Self-Care Practices for Educators available in the newest issue of th...
Transforming Experiential Learning in a Business School w/ Dr. Sarah King and Dr. Shane Saunderson
Dr. Shane Saunderson, Assistant Professor of Information SystemsDr. Sarah King, the Manager, Academic Experiential EducationBoth from the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University. Our guests talk a...
Scaling Change at NorQuest College
Back for a new year of podcasts with Allison Reaves and Sarah Erickson from NorQuest College in Alberta!Listen for strategies to make friends, build coalitions, and scale up experiential and career education! Alison Reaves is...
Mentored Research Experiences and Their Impact on Black Students in STEM with Dr. Kawana Johnson
Mentoring is a combination of collaboration in your org with empathetic interaction that help socialize leaners to your field and organization.Not all scientists know how they became good at their fields, so they may not know how to help...
Access and Quality for Underserved Students in High Impact Practices with Dr. Kevin Wenger
Kevin Wenger is a recent graduate from the Higher Education program at Indiana University and was a Project Associate for the National Survey of Student Engagement. In this article he explores first-year students’ experiences with high-impact p...
More IS Better: Experiential Learning Increases the Odds of Graduation at Middle Tennessee State University
The authors talk about their study where they find that when students take more than one experiential learning courses, their odds of graduation increase!Dr. Anita Carol Swayze is the Director of Experiential Learning and a faculty membe...
Finding Skills in your Degrees with Marianna Savoca and Melanie Booth
(This episode was recorded in front of a live Zoom audience on Nov. 5th, 2025! Enjoy the recording!)From the rise of alternative credentials and AI integration to evolving career preparation strategies, this interactive discussion ...
Top Down or Grassroots? How to grow Experiential Learning on your Campus?
Grow your EL from the faculty and other educatorsSecure top-down support, make it a both/and processFocus on student access and equityBuild connections and maintain strong networks and relationships<...
Your How-To Guide for High-Impact-Practices
High-Impact Practices (HIPs) are transformative pedagogical strategies that have been widely recognized for their effectiveness in enhancing student learning, engagement, retention, and success across various educational settings (Kuh, 2008). T...
Creating High-Impact Study Abroad Through Faculty Collaboration
Guests: Dr. Amy Cicchino Dr. Aaron Clevenger Sue Macchiarella Jenna Hejnar Highlights 1. Study Abroad Requires Comprehensive Faculty Preparation Beyond Traditional Teac...
Mapping the Landscape of Experiential Education
Guest: Josh Meyer, Montana State UniversityJosh builds on definitional work at the Society for Experiential Education and advances an assessment model for understanding the quality of teaching with experiential educational practices! &nb...
Mega-Sports Events as a Learning Experiences
Guests Dr. Andrea Buenano, University of Miami Dr. Stacy Warner, East Carolina University Highlights: MEGA events are cultural, organizational, operational, problem-solvi...
Relevance and Impact of Project Based Learning
Guests: Dr. Patrice Ludwig, Interim Assistant Vice President for Research & Innovation; Campus Coordinator, 4-VA at James Madison University Dr. Chad Harvey, Associate Professor & Associate Director Integrated S...
Using Gen-AI in Experiential Learning
Generative AI & Experiential Education Highlights: AI is a tool, but not the only tool, we can use to guide reflection Reflection is about the learner’s (and teacher’s) re...
Career & Experiential Learning for Real-World Wisdom: Live at NACE 2025!
With the emergence of new offices of Experiential Education/Learning, and their executive sponsors at the Provost/Vice President Students level, the ways we think about coordination, programs, and student experience in Career Services wil...
Designing Great Field Trips w Dr. Beverly King Miller and Dr. Camille Burnett from Prairie View A&M University
Show Notes: HBCU STEM students benefit from hands-on, applied learning experiences in their teacher preparation. Field trips deliver content knowledge while modeling collaborative learning processes across discipl...
Unlocking Engagement in High Impact Practices w/ Dr. Holley Handley and Dr. April Schantz from the University of West Florida.
Comprehensive program evaluation provides critical insights into meeting institutional goals and improving student outcomes. Cross-disciplinary partnerships leverage diverse expertise for more robust assessment and implementa...
Faculty Development for Experiential Learning with Dr. Sarah Krejci, Bethune-Cookman University
Dr. Krejic explains how her biology background informed her leadership approach to experiential learning initiatives. The crucial difference between providing experiences versus facilitating true experiential learning. <...
Design Thinking & Experiential Learning
Design thinking is about designing "with" rather than "for" people - bringing stakeholders into the creative problem-solving process Students must unlearn traditional academic approaches and embrace ambiguity, failure, and un...
AI and Skills Translation for Career Preparation
Highlights Skills can be translated and so must the context. Having learners imagine and practice in context is highly valuable through project-based learning, internships, and other practical placements. &...
Defining Experiential Learning at Purdue University
Creating a definition is a dynamic, engaged, and rich process to capture and propel the big idea of Experiential Learning as understood and practiced on this campus. A simple definition facilitates use and creates a floor for...
Transformative Learning and Reflection on Study Abroad
Transformative learning outcomes are positioned as an invitation to students to consider who they will become. Reflections in this Study Abroad program were multimodal, including both individual written (private) reflections...
A Definition of Experiential Learning to Guide your Campus
We present three new prototype definitions of Experiential Learning, for use across your campus. Definitions aim to capture high level planning and values as well as day-to-day operations and activities We promo...