Mindset in Motion (MIM)

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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 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. 

  1. 1 HR AGO

    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 will change. At the same time, Career Education Professionals support the organizational and educational ideas that drive Experiential Learning work on campus and the data sharing ecosystem that connects EL work to the employers that hire our students. Where Career Services was often the central location for experiential learning through internships and work-based learning, the attention to experiential learning has broadened and the center has shifted. How do we come together?  Our guests have the answers  Dr. Jessica Perez Director of the Center for Career & Professional Development LaGuardia Community College CUNY ______________________ Alyssa Marks Director for Faculty and Experiential Learning Metropolitan State University, Denver ______________________ James Mable Director of Career and Job Placement Services Houston Community College For more resources: https://www.symplicity.com/2025-nace-annual-conference And check out our new guide to experiential learning on campus: https://www.symplicity.com/elguidebook This episode was produced with additional assistance from Sarah Howorth and Arielle Jordan at Symplicity.

    50 min

  2. 6 JUNE

    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 disciplines. Planning requires time and partnerships, but students value these experiences and learn to design their own. Be prepared for impromptu teaching moments, including on-the-spot calculations in field settings. Program evaluation can drive expansion and improvement of experiential learning opportunities. Dr. Beverly King Miller is an Assistant Professor of Science Education at Prairie View A&M University. She earned her PhD in Multicultural Teacher and Childhood Education with a concentration in Science Education from the University of New Mexico. Dr. Miller's scholarly work focuses on the persistence of underrepresented groups in STEM education, and she has established programs for underserved communities in the U.S., Central America, and Africa through her non-profit Ventaja Educational Services.  Dr. Camille Burnett is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education in Prairie View A&M University's Department of Curriculum and Instruction and Associate Director of the PVU Teach Program. She serves as Principal Investigator on a $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant addressing the shortage of diverse mathematics and science teachers. Known for her dedicated approach to teaching, Dr. Burnett collaborates with Houston-area school districts to build communities of mathematics and science teachers through research-based recruitment and preparation strategies.

    39 min

  3. 6 JUNE

    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 implementation strategies. Aligning with institutional priorities creates sustainable programming and stronger data-driven decision making. Using assessment data to identify both program strengths and improvement areas builds faculty trust and engagement. Maintaining student learning as the central focus helps clarify decision-making processes and establish clear action steps. Dr. Holley Handley is an Assistant Professor and Interim Chair in the Department of Instructional Design and Technology at the University of West Florida. She earned her doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction with a specialization in Administrative Studies from UWF, along with certification in Human Performance Technology. Dr. Handley's research focuses on applying Human Performance Technology principles to improve organizational performance in educational settings, with expertise in implementing change management theories and integrating problem-based learning experiences.  Dr. April Schantz is an Industrial-Organizational Psychologist at the University of West Florida who earned her Ph.D. from Florida International University with a minor in Quantitative Methods. Her research examines high-stress occupations and team performance, with particular focus on occupational health and well-being of emergency first responders. Dr. Schantz leads the Occupational Health and Stress Lab at UWF and serves as faculty advisor for the Society for Human Resource Management student chapter, where she mentors students in developing research methodologies and workplace skills.

    40 min

  4. 6 JUNE

    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. How empathy drives effective planning, design, and faculty engagement for instructional change. Reflecting on professional and expert blind spots to create meaningful programs Modeling collaborative practices as the foundation for building successful faculty course design partnerships. Campus-wide coordination of incentives and rewards to drive faculty participation in experiential learning. Dr. Sarah Krejci is an Assistant Professor of Biology and Integrated Environmental Science at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, FL. She holds degrees in Marine Biology (B.S. from Roger Williams University) and Oceanography (Ph.D. from Florida Institute of Technology). Dr. Krejci directs the Aquatic Research Lab at B-CU, where she mentors undergraduate researchers in marine ecology, freshwater ecology, and sustainable aquaculture while specializing in seahorse research.

    36 min

  5. 14 MAY

    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 uncertainty as part of the learning process Design thinking transforms both mindset and practice, creating lasting change in how participants approach problems in education and life Guests   Dr. Stacy Neier Beran, Senior Ignatian lecturer and faculty director of experiential learning at Loyola University Chicago   Julia Allworth, Manager of innovation projects at the University of Toronto   Brian LeDuc, Principal Design Strategist at Learning, Designed and Designer-in-Residence at UC San Diego Design Lab This episode explores how design thinking functions as both a method and mindset in higher education. The panelists discuss how they implement design thinking in various contexts: from student-led redesign projects of university spaces and experiences, to faculty development, to community engagement. They highlight tensions between academic culture and design thinking approaches, noting how the process builds crucial workplace skills like creativity, empathy, and comfort with uncertainty. All panelists observed that design thinking fundamentally changes participants, creating confidence and empowerment as they learn to embrace failure as learning and develop solutions through collaborative, human-centered processes.  Links  Think by Design: Celebrating Design Thinking and Experiential Learning.  https://www.businessexpertpress.com/books/think-by-design-celebrating-design-thinking-and-experiential-learning/  Design Thinking in Student Affairs: A Primer  https://www.routledge.com/Design-Thinking-in-Student-Affairs-A-Primer/Allworth-DSouza-Henning/p/book/9781642670332?source=shoppingads&locale=en-USD&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=P7696357662_ECOMMC_US-SALE_cross-network&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAACWuhHWJuk80YrFzX0irInIyWqOq6&gclid=Cj0KCQjwzrzABhD8ARIsANlSWNNzkzkFPlVI3dEUnQcCszHg6_JWsjjGgwjOUxBCzzmE364KRti1LTUaAi0tEALw_wcB  Learning, Designed newsletter   https://brianfleduc.substack.com/  Hidden Potential, by Adam Grant  https://adamgrant.net/book/hidden-potential/ Design for a Better World, Don Norman https://jnd.org/books/design-for-a-better-world/

    1h 11m

  6. 30 APR

    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.  Generative AI is part of the solution, but should help humans, not add unnecessary steps Institutions and industries can and should work together to identify skills and update their program offerings to match one another. Guests Cam Ballantyne, President at Orbis Communications, an education technology company.  Dr. Tatjana Titareva, Staff scientist at Department of Computing Science at Umeå universitet, Sweden, and   Dr. Nick Swayne, President of North Idaho College, a comprehensive community college in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho  Skills validation is a series of efforts that are both technical and social-in that data needs to be linked together in trustworthy ways. A learner learns or develops a skill or competency. That learning is then validated through a grade or competency assessment. The validated skill or competency is then recognized by an individual, institution, employer or other party. In this chain of events, we’ve generally determined that there is value for everyone. In recent years, efforts to make skills more accessible involved disaggregating and re arranging with learners and economic mobility in mind. Many campuses have entered this space with micro credentials and badges, and several organizations like C-BEN, Education Design Lab, e-campus Ontario, the US Chamber’s T3 Innovation Network, and One Ed-Tech have encouraged both public and private sector growth. Our three panelists each work in different parts of that system.   Links  C-BEN: https://www.c-ben.org/  Education Design Lab: https://eddesignlab.org/  eCampus Ontario: https://ecampusontario.ca/  US Chamber’s T3 Innovation Network: https://www.uschamberfoundation.org/solutions/workforce-development-and-training/t3-innovation-network   1Ed-Tech: https://www.1edtech.org/

    51 min

  7. 28 FEB

    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 campus-wide practice Coordinating information across many departments is a key role of an EL Leader Educators are excited to be included in a community of practice The ideas for grounding EL are co-emerging in multiple places in North America. Show notes  SEE’s 8 principles of Experiential Education: https://www.societyforee.org/standards-and-practice  University of Calgary’s episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-land-and-the-a-i/id1569680457?i=1000683305672  Jennifer Dobbs-Oates, Ph.D. is the Associate Vice Provost for World Readiness & Clinical Professor, Dept. of Human Development & Family Science, Purdue University and the Vice President, Society for Experiential Education. Her research interests bridge the disciplines of psychology and education, and initially focused on the learning and behavior of preschool-aged children. Her focus now is on work that examines university teaching and learning. She is particularly interested in experiential education practices – pedagogical approaches that get students actively involved in authentic learning experiences in the classroom and beyond. Dr. Dobbs-Oates' research, writing, and teaching focus on using these practices to continuously improve the value of education. She places great value on access and equity across all levels of education, and strives to contribute to inclusive and equitable educational practices and policies.  Beyond Purdue, she serves on the Board of Directors of the Society for Experiential Education. She received the Experiential Education Rising Leader Award from the Society in 2019.

    33 min

  8. 28 FEB

    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 and communal, shared reflections (public).  The role of course (re)design and instruction were essential to reconceptualizing the program and the goal of students learning through reflection about who they might become. Opening up reflection means creating space for students to share their concerns and insecurities as well, and the instructors worked hard to balance care and learning These ideas can scale to different size courses. Taking the lessons learned into on-campus courses has been successful since the program took place. Guests Jonathan Balzotti is an Associate Professor of English at Brigham Young University, where he specializes in rhetoric, professional writing theory, and the intersection of technology and writing instruction. His research interests include the use of immersive learning technologies, such as playable case studies, to enhance communication, cultural competence, and career interest in technical fields.  Jamin Rowan is an associate professor of English and the American Studies program coordinator at Brigham Young University. In addition to his work in urban studies and the environmental humanities, Jamin researches and publishes work about experiential and transformative education as well as the neuroscience of storytelling and social connection.  Mat Duerden is the Department Chair of Experience Design and Management in the Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University. His experience design research focuses on memorable, meaningful, and transformative experiences.

    48 min
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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. 

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    Orbis
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    80
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