UH Innovative Teaching and Learning at a Distance:
Powerful Tools to Create, Demonstrate, and Activate Learning
https://ssl.uh.edu/itld/
What's Your Story?
2. The Story About this Talk
• Stories We Share
• Narratives We Design
• Make It Personal: Give It Meaning
• A Higher Ed Hero’s Journey:
• Beginning, Middle, End
• Call to Action: Tell More Stories
21. Drive the Story with C.A.R.
Storytelling at Work ℅ Tomas Bay www.coachbay.com
22. Image ℅ Nina Hale on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/94693506@N00/196374131/
What stories
resonate with
you in your
work?
What stories
does your
institution say
beyond campus?
28. Digital Literacy Beyond the Degree
• Assess the gap with industry partners
• Redesign learning and development systems
• Cultivate lifelong learning
https://cdn.nmc.org/media/2017-nmc-digital-literacy-impact-study-prepublication.pdf
32. Tell Me A Story…
Draft/Create a: http://www.sixwordstories.net/
Sing/Share: A Song That Brings You Joy
Doodle: Draw/Sketch what’s happening this
week?
Share: A picture you recently snapped? Why?
Recommend a Read: Article, poem, book, etc.
35. Ask 5 Questions First
1) Who are the stakeholders (students, staff,
faculty)?
2) What are the desired learning outcomes?
3) What strategies will be employed to facilitate
this learning?
4)What are the unique educational characteristics
of each medium/technology and how will they
match your learning requirements?
5) What resources are available? (Bates, 2015)
https://www.tonybates.ca/teaching-in-a-digital-age/
42. Write to Think About…
• Create bucket list goals
• Draft professional/career development plans
• Reflect on a practice job interview recording
• Journaling experiential learning
• Contributing to information and knowledge
53. The SA Speaks Series @ NASPA
• These are 10-minute talk about
issues and ideas from the higher
ed field
• Similar to the TED Talk format
• https://conference.naspa.org/pro
gram/session-formats/sa-speaks
• Recorded video presentations
61. YouTube Live: @HigherEdLive
• “Show” about higher ed issues, trends, & challenges with a
panel of guests
• www.higheredlive.com
• Podcasts in higher ed for the following groups:
• Student Affairs Live
• Admissions Live
• Marketing Live
63. Digital Literacy to Produce
• Design innovative presentations, e.g.Ignite Talks,
PechaKucha & TED Talks
• Offer alternative media assignments
• Student-led instruction with technology
• Produce audio/video/media content
• Edit and curate digital resources
• Tinker, test, & troubleshoot with technical tools
64. Communicate & Share Your Tale
Storytelling at Work ℅ Tomas Bay www.coachbay.com
73. Encourage Digital Storytelling
• Ways to introduce this to your students, staff
and/or faculty:
– Video Labs: Show and tell, present, single story.
– Audio Labs: Interview, idea in-brief, explainer.
– Writing Labs: Reflections, shared notes,
brainstorm
– Design Labs: Sculpt, sketch, collage, remix, edit
– Photo Labs: Photos, image editing, filters, etc.