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1. @LauraPasquini techknowtools.com
Innovative Teaching & Learning
at a Distance Workshop,
University of Houston
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

3. Tell A Story
TableTopics.comTalk with your table about questions in front of your…

4. To Tell A [Better]
Story
TableTopics.com
ASK BETTER QUESTIONS

6. What’s the Purpose of
this Narrative?
Storytelling at Work ℅ Tomas Bay www.coachbay.com
[What is learning outcome? What is the
goal?]

7. Audience: Our Learners
Archived first year experience course: www.ugststory.wordpress.com

8. Audience: Staff & Administrators

9. Audience: Faculty & Scholars

12. What’s The Point?
Why do these stories among higher ed
stakeholders need to be told?

13. We are
hoarding
our
stories!
I like
books
and
I cannot
lie.

17. #AcAdv

18. https://willrobotstakemyjob.com/

19. https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/06/heres-how-higher-education-dies/561995/

20. Silos of separation on
campus.
Flickr photo c/o dsearls
#ODUadvises

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?

23. Digital
Storytelling
Stories told with
digital
technologies
Narratives built from
the stuff we do
online!
@BryanAlexander

24. #UHSocial on Twitter

25. UH’s Got Memes
facebook.com/UniversityOfHoustonMemes/

27. https://www.nmc.org/publication/digital-literacy-an-nmc-horizon-project-strategic-brief/

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

29. The Stories We Design

30. Tell an Advising Tale

31. http://www.cast.org/our-work/about-udl.html

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.

34. Learning+Technology

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/

36. Make It Personal
Storytelling at Work ℅ Tomas Bay www.coachbay.com

37. Writing to Reflect

38. techknowtools.com

39. Reflections.

40. Reflect on
Experience

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

43. Doodles, Graphics & Photos…
OH MY!

44. Story Map Concepts
comakewith.us

47. @_SueCaulfield and her #Suedles
https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/suedles/

48. https://storify.com/ugststory

49. Video Narratives/Shorts

50. Investigative Narratives
Peer-to-Peer Learning

51. Technical Skill Development

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

54. https://www.youtube.com/c/researchshorts
http://thedlrgroup.com

55. https://www.youtube.com/c/researchshorts
http://thedlrgroup.com

58. Advisors Who Tweet…

60. Student Affairs Professionals Who Art

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

62. The Committed Project
http://thecommittedproject.org/
#SACommits #HEedCommits #MentalHealth

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

65. Higher Ed Wants to Tell Their Story!

66. #PodSaveHigherEd

67. More podcasts
are being
produced
within and for
higher ed:
www.bit.ly/highere
dpodcasts

68. @bonni208
http://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/
A Podcast for Higher Ed Pedagogy

69. 3wedu.wordpress.com

70. soundcloud.com/invinofab
@InVinoFab (Instagram & Twitter)

71. http://bit.ly/behindthepodcast

72. #PodSaveHigherEd
http://bit.ly/podsavehighered
http://bit.ly/behindthepodcast
http://bit.ly/higheredpodcasts

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.

74. Pause
Making
Without
Breaking

76. project.wnyc.org/privacy-paradox

77. https://clear.unt.edu/teaching-resources/accessibility

79. Copyright, Fair Use, Public Domain & Creative Commons:
https://techknowtools.com/2017/09/14/copyright-creative-commons/

81. The End (or is it?
Time to Tell Your Story!

83. Thanks!