Everyone Has a Story

An archive of Bernard Robin's work teaching and researching Digital Storytelling at the University of Houston, student digital stories, teaching resources, and AI experiments from Bernard's courses at Furman OLLI — all shared here as an example of how this kind of work can be archived and passed on. New to these terms? Start with what digital storytelling means or what OLLI is.

About

Bernard Robin

A career spent exploring how people tell their stories with digital tools — his bio, publications, and other OLLI courses.

Furman OLLI & University of Houston

Student Digital Stories

Digital stories created by Bernard's students, real photographs from the stories themselves.

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The Pacific & Beyond

World War II Stories

A themed collection gathering digital stories about the Second World War.

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A B-25 Pilot's Story

Roman Ohnemus

Bernard's father's wartime pilot, tracked down and befriended 62 years after the war — told through oral history, photographs, and Roman's own digital stories.

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A Flagship Case Study

Robin's Market Exploration

How a single 1926 photograph grew into a decade of digital stories, from a simple retelling to an AI-reimagined version.

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How-To

WeVideo Tutorials

Step-by-step tutorials for the editing tool students use to build their digital stories.

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Coursera MOOC

Digital Storytelling MOOC

Bernard's free Coursera course for K-16 teachers — 34 tutorial videos, still on YouTube.

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University of Houston · 2005–2007

Web Projects

Community and museum-partnership websites built by Bernard's graduate students — James Surls, Hoaxes!, and more to come.

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