Mindset in Motion (MIM)

* 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/ [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 [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/ [https://brianfleduc.substack.com/]  Hidden Potential, by Adam Grant  https://adamgrant.net/book/hidden-potential/ [https://adamgrant.net/book/hidden-potential/] Design for a Better World, Don Norman https://jnd.org/books/design-for-a-better-world/ [https://jnd.org/books/design-for-a-better-world/]

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/ [https://www.c-ben.org/]  Education Design Lab: https://eddesignlab.org/ [https://eddesignlab.org/]  eCampus Ontario: https://ecampusontario.ca/ [https://ecampusontario.ca/]  US Chamber’s T3 Innovation Network: https://www.uschamberfoundation.org/solutions/workforce-development-and-training/t3-innovation-network [https://www.uschamberfoundation.org/solutions/workforce-development-and-training/t3-innovation-network]   1Ed-Tech: https://www.1edtech.org/ [https://www.1edtech.org/]

* 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 [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 [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.

* 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.

* 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 promote an ecosystem approach to Experiential Learning, including a broad swath of educators, their deans/directors/chairs, Associate Provosts & Vice Presidents, and Campus Executives.   * Community partners—from employers, to alumni, to legislatures, to internship and community placement site-hosts—play a key part in all the definitions.   * We advocate for participation in an EL Ecosystem through both expert education and awareness of the need to promote EL at all levels of an institution.  Show Notes:  Feedback on Definitions, survey link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1CzinS1gESe6opJJ_91udr1PZBz-ZIcu7G7ZeWqZmROA/ [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1CzinS1gESe6opJJ_91udr1PZBz-ZIcu7G7ZeWqZmROA/]  Dartmouth’s Moosilauke Ravine Lodge, site of the 2018 Delta Summit on Experiential Learning https://outdoors.dartmouth.edu/facilities/moosilauke-ravine-lodge [https://outdoors.dartmouth.edu/facilities/moosilauke-ravine-lodge] Center for Engaged Learning, Teaching, and Scholarship at Loyola University, Chicago https://www.luc.edu/celts/ [https://www.luc.edu/celts/]  Inquiry based experiences podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inquiry-based-experiences-across-the-biology/id1569680457?i=1000650773589 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inquiry-based-experiences-across-the-biology/id1569680457?i=1000650773589]  NACE https://naceweb.org/ [https://naceweb.org/]  CEWIL https://cewilcanada.ca/ [https://cewilcanada.ca/]  SEE https://www.societyforee.org/ [https://www.societyforee.org/]  Future U. Podcast https://www.futureupodcast.com/episodes/a-new-era-for-higher-ed/ [https://www.futureupodcast.com/episodes/a-new-era-for-higher-ed/]  International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE): https://www.iarslce.org/ [https://www.iarslce.org/]  Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU): https://www.cumuonline.org/ [https://www.cumuonline.org/]  On Campus Partnerships: https://www.luc.edu/celts/resources/forcommunitypartners/ [https://www.luc.edu/celts/resources/forcommunitypartners/]  Rebekah Harriger is the Senior Director of Career Services and Experiential Learning at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. A dedicated leader in career readiness and workforce development, her efforts focus on empowering learners to cultivate the skills and confidence needed to excel in internships, applied research, and other experiential learning activities. She is passionate about bridging education and industry to equip learners for success in their future careers. Rebekah was a Society for Experiential Education Research Fellow (2022-2024) and was recognized as a Rising Leader by the Society for Experiential Education in 2021.    Patrick M. Green, EdD is the Executive Director of the Center for Engaged Learning, Teaching, and Scholarship (CELTS), and a Clinical Assistant Professor in the School of Education at Loyola University Chicago. He teaches experiential learning courses, including community-based learning, academic internships, global service-learning, and undergraduate research, as well as graduate courses in the Higher Education Program.