Decision Science for Public Health Multimedia Workshop

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

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-in-a-box” multimedia station facilitated by the CHDS Media Hub team, attendees iteratively rehearsed and refined their pitch with mentorship provided by Goldie and Wittenberg.

To bookend the workshop, attendees shared reflections from the workshop, while 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.