Episodes

Gameplay and Game Design to Transform Learning – Laughter and Learning Outcomes in Medical Education (EP.22) With Michelle A. Nelsen, MS, HTL (ASCP) Incorporating games into your curriculum can be transformative. Games can be immersive and when constructed by learners, a game can move education from a passive endeavor to an active and engaging experience that promotes critical thinking teamwork experiential learning and empathy. Assistant Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and Progr...

Modern Learners in a Digital World – Custom Curriculums and Learning Approaches in Med Ed and Beyond (EP:22) With Angela Robbins. Ph.D. Our relationship with information is constantly evolving. Expectations and learners’ skills shift as technology changes and how we access content changes. Dr. Angela Robbins joins Stacy Craft to talk about the new education landscape that has emerged with cultural changes, post-pandemic adjustments, and the desire for a personalized curriculum and how to design ...

Live: Why Can’t We Be Friends? Building Community in Online Courses (EP:20) With Stacy Craft M.Ed. Educators Central Live Studio – Sometimes fostering community can be an element that gets overlooked or addressed as a second tier concern when designing and developing online learning. However, community is an essential component of a fully realized virtual learning experience. Join Stacy Craft in the recording of this special live event to learn more about the elements of community as well as str...

Building Memory with Science and Senses – Put on Your Thinking Cap (EP:19) With Stella Collins, MSc. Creating effective learning can be complicated – from our biology to our environment, there are a lot of elements that influence outcomes. And how can we get our learners curious anyway, especially in our increasingly digital spaces? Grab a hat and put it on (we mean it…. we’ll wait while you go get it) because in this episode, celebrated author and science-based learning thinker, Stella Collins,...

Connecting with Learners – Learner Centered Approaches (EP:18) With Dr. Cheryll Albold, Ph.D. Learner-Centered instructional approaches ask educators to shift their focus from traditional, teacher-centric approaches, where instructors push information at learners, to one that asks learners to actively co-create knowledge and participate in their learning. This transition from “Sage on the Stage” to “Guide on the Side” is not always a simple one and requires that educators connect with their lear...

Creating Effective and Engaging Videos – Principles and Practice (EP:17) With Metta Kuehntopp, M.Ed. Video is a powerful platform to deliver online learning. When leveraged well, video enhances learners’ ability to synthesize and engage with educational concepts. So what makes a quality educational video? How does our cognition impact a practical and effective video design? How can we apply scientific principles and effective learning theory to create meaningful videos that make learners cheer? ...

Problem Based Learning and Team Based Learning – Your New Educational Super Strategy (EP:16) With Diana Dolmans, PhD. From workplace training to higher education settings, team based small group activities around problems are a staple. However, when we talk about the models of Team Based Learning vs Problem based Learning, how these interact, differ, where they come from, as well as how to implement them meaningfully, we can sometimes get lost. This can get especially complex when we move these ...

Short Bite: Moving Your Classroom Online Quickly (EP:15) With Stacy Craft, M.Ed & Metta Kuehntopp, M.Ed. We revisit our last topic and condense it for you into a short bite. Learn about all the great strategies from the full episode, condensed into less than ten minutes. Across the globe, educators are being asked to move their curricula online practically overnight. This can be a very stressful challenge. Don’t fret though! There are some things that just about everyone can do to help make the ...

Virtual Class Now! – How to Move Your Education Online in a Hurry (EP:14) With Stacy Craft, M.Ed & Metta Kuehntopp, M.Ed. Across the globe, educators are being asked to move their curricula online practically overnight. This can be a very stressful challenge. Don’t fret though! There are some things that just about everyone can do to help make the transition a little smoother, and maintain some of the spirit of your original brick and mortar classroom. In this episode, Senior Instructional Desig...

6 Tips to Better Slides Right Now (EP:13) With Special Guests Slideshow presentations are a standard in education. We have all seen good slides. We have all seen slides that leave us fatigued, distracted, bored and confused. How can you make sure that your slides fall on the better side of this division? Join Stacy Craft and a panel of educational experts as they share six tips that can help you propel your slideshows excellence. Questions? Feedback? Ideas? Contact us at edufi@mayo.edu Addition...

Learning Styles – Unpacking the Myth (EP:12) With Tesia Marshik, PhD. Let’s talk about learning styles! The idea that we learn better in our “preferred learning style” is pretty pervasive and has become part of popular culture. Scores of consumer sites sell and promote various examples and models, urging people to “find your learning style”. But, is there any evidence to support this? As educators, do we have a duty to follow the science? Join Stacy Craft and Associate Professor of Psychology Dr...

What Learners Want – Motivations and Strategies to Enhance Education With Michael Horn, MBA. Do you know why your learners are choosing their education? Understanding the mindset of learners is an important insight to inform how exactly you design and deliver education. Join Stacy Craft and distinguished author, speaker and innovative educational expert Michael Horn, MBA as they chat expansively about learner motivation, its impacts on design choices, the ins and outs of blended and active learn...

Writing Quality Multiple Choice Questions – Theories, Tips, and the Titanic (EP:10) With Patti Shank, PhD. Multiple choice questions are ubiquitous in education. We all use them, and they are essential to assessing and gathering data of all sorts. But, are we doing it right? What does the research show about what we need to be doing better? In this episode, award winning author, former eLearning Guild Research Director, and education expert Patti Shank, PhD, chats with Stacy Craft about what it ...

Caring and Education – From Theory to Practice in Adult Education (EP:09) With Whitney Kilgore, PhD. The ethics of care, often referred to as “Care Theory”, is a theory and philosophy that encompasses the human experience as a whole. Pioneered by educationalist and philosopher Nel Noddings with the publication of her book “Caring” in 1982 along with continued work thereafter, Care Theory asks us to re-frame our approach to each other and our experiences through the lens of caring. But, why does ...

Sticky Learning – What Binge Watching Teaches us About the Goldfish Myth (EP:08) With Julie Dirksen, M.S. As educators, you have likely heard a lot about the limits of human attention span, maybe you even heard that cell phones have robbed us of precious mental faculties leaving us with less capacity than a goldfish. Truth be told, there are a lot of ideas out there around the topic of attention span as well as how to make learning materials effective (aka sticky). From goldfish brains to classr...

Reflection is a transformative and multifaceted practice that has the potential to impact education, learners, and even educators in profound ways. Its application has the distinct ability to allow individuals to connect current and prior knowledge while simultaneously synthesizing emotional and cognitive information - all while applying insights towards the future. In this episode, physician and educator Justin Kreuter, MD chats with Stacy Craft about reflection in education and beyond, persona...

Hey Everyone, just a quick update for you - Edufi is excited to announce that we will be changing our name to Mayo Clinic Educator's Central and getting a new look. Our focus will still remain the same, creating podcasts exploring technology, pedagogy, and topics in instructional design and education for all educators and we will also be joining the lineup of official Mayo Clinic podcasts. So, when you see our new name, know its the same great content serving educators across the board from the ...

Humor & Pedagogy: Funny is Not a Four Letter Word… it’s 5 (EP:06) With Suzi Mazzenga, MSIT Humor activates our sense of wonder, which is where learning begins. Then, why does humor get a cold shoulder in education? Mounting research continues to support that integrating positive humor into education improves learning outcomes in pretty powerful ways. For the love of whimsy! – let’s get to the bottom of this! In this episode, humor and education aficionado Suzi Mazzenga chats with Stacy Craft abo...

Blended Learning – The Fundamentals (EP:05) With Victoria Staifer, MS Let’s face it, blended learning is a vast subject and any discussion of it can quickly turn pedantic. Not today! In this episode, blended learning expert Victoria Staifer, MS, chats with Stacy Craft, breaking down all the basics you need to know to get an understanding of blended learning. Questions? Feedback? Ideas? Contact us at edufi@mayo.edu If you found this episode interesting, you may want to take a deeper dive with so...

Mindfulness is a word and concept you may have heard used in a lot of different ways. More than likely you have heard of its powerful benefits to your health. But, did you know that mindfulness can be leveraged in your educational methods to enhance learning outcomes? Join Stacy Craft and Theresa Freese in this episode for a discussion on contemplative pedagogy and how to put mindfulness in action in your educational approach.

Part 2 of a multi part conversation on modules. In the previous episode, Metta Kuehntopp and Stacy Craft delved into a bit of semantics and explored the definition of a module and hopefully found a shared understanding of the term and all its implications. Part 2 continues the riveting conversation shifting the focus to the use of ePresentation/Storyline modules - their usage, strengths, and overall considerations. If you haven't listened to part 1, you might want to stop this now and circle bac...

While seemingly simple in concept, the term “module” can actually be quite a tricky test of semantics. Join Stacy Craft and Metta Kuehntopp in Part 1 of a multi-part episode that will define and explore modules. The episode will get to the bottom of just what modules are, explain how we use them, and discuss the ways modules intersect with quality digital pedagogy and design strategies