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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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 about the art of making learners laugh - exploring everything from why laughter works, tips...

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 [email protected]

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...

A discussion on the topic of modules.