This workshop is about the use of storytelling in higher education. It focuses on harnessing the power of storytelling for the design of online courses using innovative pedagogy, such as problem-based learning (PBL). Such pedagogical innovations are complex in nature because they require a shift from focusing on the content of the course to focusing on the learner experience. It also requires rethinking the role of the teacher from a transmitter of knowledge to a facilitator of discussion.
In the first part of the workshop I will cover the theoretical framework of both storytelling and PBL. In the second part I will present an online course I co-designed, co-developed and co-taught using storytelling and PBL. The workshop will end with an open discussion where participants will be asked to share their ideas about how to reinvest the concepts in their own course design.