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 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
87 episodes
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<...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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46:11
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...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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40:21
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...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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43:07
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...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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35:41
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...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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46:13
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...
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Season 5
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Episode 17
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51:30
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...
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Season 5
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Episode 16
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44:20
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...
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Season 5
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Episode 15
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49:31
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...
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Season 5
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Episode 14
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39:23
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...
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Season 5
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Episode 13
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40:11
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. <...
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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36:02
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...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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1:10:53
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. &...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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50:58
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...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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32:45
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...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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48:13
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...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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48:23
Continuing & Professional Education with Dr. Zoë MacLeod
Dr. Zoë MacLeod is a certified executive coach, change agent, and educational advisor specializing in leadership, executive coaching, and organizational development. As Associate Vice-President, Professional and Continuing Studies at Royal Road...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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36:59
The Land and the A.I.R: a conversation with University of Calgary
🎙️What happens in a maturing experiential learning landscape where a community comes together to make their own definition more user-friendly, and centers around Indigenous community needs? In our latest podcast episode of Mindset in Motion, Ch...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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52:44
Work Based Learning & Student Success at UW Parkside
Our latest episode features a powerful discussion with Dr. Madhumita Banerjee and Kaila Bingen from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. They dive deep into their groundbreaking research on equity in experiential education, specifically their ...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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31:07
Adult Learners & HIPs success
Discover how high-impact practices (HIPs) are transforming the educational journey for adult learners in this insightful episode featuring Dr. Alaa Alasarhan, an expert in experiential learning and author of “High Impact Practices: Evaluating I...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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42:42
Reciprocity & Connectedness in EL
In this episode of Mindset in Motion, host Bill Heinrich welcomes Dr. Monika Stelzl, a social psychologist and professor at St. Thomas University, and recent graduate Lynnee Pevie to discuss their transformative work and experiences in...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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46:46
Work Based Experiential Learning with Dr. Annie Jonas
In the latest episode of Mindset in Motion, we sit down with Dr. Annie Jonas, the newly appointed Dean of the Center for Experiential Learning and Careers at Warren Wilson College. Dr. Jonas dives deep into the college’s unique work-ba...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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34:18
Definitions and Access in Experiential Learning
In this episode of Mindset in Motion, Bill Heinrich, Director of Mindset by Symplicity, is joined by Josh Meyer, Director of the McNair Scholars Program at Montana State University, Bozeman, and Tiana Irouje, Director of Student Engage...
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Season 4
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Episode 27
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31:02
Culture, Inclusion, and Planning for Experiential Learning
In this episode of the Mindset in Motion podcast, join Dr. Bill Heinrich in conversation on one of three episodes dedicated to the latest articles in the ELTHE Journal. Here, Bill explores how institutional context and culture shape th...
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Season 4
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Episode 26
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46:19
Experiential Learning and Wellbeing
In this episode of Mindset in Motion, Dr. Tiffany Herbert, Associate Vice President for Health and Well-Being at California State University, Dominguez Hills, dives deep into the intrinsic connection between experiential learning and w...
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Season 4
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Episode 25
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41:31