Beginning in 2006, UMBC’s New Media Studio (NMS) organized a series of Digital Storytelling (DST) workshops with Story Center and peer-to-peer on campus workshops, giving faculty members an opportunity to gain insight into DST as a pedagogical tool. Since that time, UMBC faculty have applied DST in their teaching and research in creative ways. In some cases, these projects go beyond the traditional personal narrative focus of digital storytelling to include documentaries and other forms of visual assignments. The Digital Stories at UMBC page is a catalog of many years of DST projects created by UMBC faculty, students, and staff.
Dresher Center for the Humanities
At the James T. and Virginia M. Dresher Center for the Humanities, scholars come together to examine and explore, to address enduring questions, and to ask new ones. We look for the meaning that comes from testing theories, from thinking in new directions, and from creating knowledge that will transform the way we understand the world.One of our key partnerships with The Dresher center is through a faculty working group that they support called the Digital Storytelling and Civic Agency in Higher Education Working Group.