Multimedia Storytelling Workshop

Sue Goldie leans over table and points at paper between seated attendees (You Wu and Ryenchindorj Erkhembayar)

Teaching fellows from the course Decision Science for Public Health, RDS 202, offered in Spring, 2025, joined CHDS faculty director Sue J. Goldie and senior research scientist Eve Wittenberg for a multimedia storytelling workshop particularly focused on visual teaching techniques. The workshop was supported by both the CHDS Media Hub and the Global Health Education and Learning Incubator (GHELI), leveraging their expertise in multimodal learning and pedagogy experimentation.

Alice Jan and Lisa Majaliwa Matay sit at table during workshop
Attendees Alice Jan and Lisa Majaliwa Matay collaborate during a workshop exercise

Characteristic of Dr. Goldie’s teaching style, the meeting opened with a warmup exercise to explain a simple concept using visual storytelling. Equipped with drawing and writing materials, attendees sketched and role-played as teacher/student to explain topic(s) of their choosing. Goldie and Wittenberg guided the session and provided constructive feedback.

Attendees then transitioned to a student-relevant task, creating a 60-second “elevator pitch” on their research. Using a studio-out-of-the-box multimedia station facilitated by the Media Hub team, attendees iteratively rehearsed and refined their pitch with mentorship provided by Goldie and Wittenberg.

Ryenchindorj Erkhembayar sits at table in front of recording records. Sue Goldie, also seated at table, observing and providing mentorship, smiles off-camera
Attendee Ryenchindorj Erkhembayar records his pitch using the Media Hub-prepared multimedia station

At the bookend of the workshop, attendees shared reflections from the workshop and Goldie and Wittenberg offered professional development advice and anecdotes. Goldie and Wittenberg received enthusiastic feedback from participants and plan to extend the workshop series in the next academic year.

More about the CHDS Media Hub

The CHDS Media Hub combines a physical brainstorming space with a laboratory-like digital environment to prototype, pilot and produce educational multimedia for teaching, learning and policy translation.

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