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
79 episodes
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
Effective Experiential Learning Designs with Dr. Christine Norton
Why does experiential learning resonate with students and learners? What can we learn from experiential learning in the social work sphere? Join Bill Heinrich in conversation this month with Dr. Christine Norton, a licensed clinical social work...
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Season 4
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Episode 24
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35:48
Student Experiential Learning Round table with Dr. Amy Cicchino
In this episode, Dr. Amy Cicchino, is joined by current students enrolled in a variety of degree programs across different states and program types. The student panel discussion dives into topics such as transformation, engagement, career ou...
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Season 4
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Episode 23
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41:33
Campuswide Experiential Learning: Scale and Quality
Hear from Dr. Anne Price and Dr. Michael Savoie as they discuss their institution's QEP-driven Experiential Learning project. many EL projects are just getting started, but this group has accomplished a lot in a few years, solved for cate...
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Season 4
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Episode 22
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48:13
Interdisciplinary Projects for PhD students with Michael Holden
Michael Holden of Queen's University joins us to talk about his and colleagues research about an interdisciplinary, community based, experiential project. The findings give us great insight into additional motivations of learners in their docto...
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Season 4
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Episode 21
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35:44
Emergent, Significant Learning through experiential learning with Amy Cicchino & Patrick Green
In this episode, Dr. Amy Cicchino and Dr. Patrick Green join our host, Bill Heinrich to reflect on the student roundtable (S4, ep13) and take a deep dive into experiential learning and its impact on students today. Together, they share their...
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Season 4
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Episode 20
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38:24
Nature Learning & Emotional Intelligence with Bryn Lottig, Best Selling Author
Bryn Lottig is now a best selling author. Her new book, No Child Left Inside: Transforming the Next Generation Through Experiential Learning. I had the chance to connect with Bryn to talk about this new publication and dig in on some of the big...
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Season 4
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Episode 19
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33:52
Dr. Claire Brady: A.I. in Student Affairs
Today we connect with Dr. Claire Brady, President of Glass Half-Full Consulting! Claire and I were classmates long ago and recently reconnected to talk about Artificial Intelligence in Student Affairs. Claire has served in many role...
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Season 4
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Episode 18
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43:53
Defining Experiential Learning from Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Lucy Morrison, Levi Thiele and Katia Maxwell discuss with Bill there new definition of Experiential Learning, grounded in their scholar-practitioner experiencesThe authors come out strong with this opener: "The current mov...
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Season 4
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Episode 17
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42:14