Learning in Crisis: How to Teach an Intimate Storytelling Course Online with Dr. Pushpa Iyer

Professor Pushpa Iyer’s three-week sprintensive course on Storytelling for Change was slated to begin the first day after spring break, on March 24. This was her fourth year of teaching this course which relies very heavily on building trust as a foundation for storytelling over the 18 hours a week they usually spend together. When the announcement was made on March 10 that all classes would be taught remotely after spring break, she had to completely reimagine this course in only a matter of days. Professor Iyer shares her Learning in Crisis journey.