Listen to this podcast featuring an interview with Kathy Napierala.
| Kathy Napierala came to the e-Learning field through her background in video production, multimedia, and Web product development. She has more than 10 years e-Learning design, development, and management experience with such organizations as United Way of America, Marriott International, GEICO, the Library of Congress, and Fannie Mae. She has recently joined JBS International, Inc. as the manager of their Instructional Media Center. |
The Secret in the Cellar
Designers discuss how they created the award winning Webcomic, “The Secret in the Cellar – A Written in Bone Forensic Mystery from Colonial America”.
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The Webcomic, “The Secret in the Cellar – A Written in Bone Forensic Mystery from Colonial America”, won the 2009 Best Practices in Distance Learning Programming Gold Prize from the U.S. Distance Learning Association (USDLA).
Developed by Booz Allen Hamilton and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), the Webcomic combines graphic novel techniques and interactive activities to tell a story.
On the Panel:
- Robert Costello, National Museum of Natural History
- Dan Bliton: Project Designer, Booz Allen Hamilton
- Paula Dosch-Haworth: Instructional Designer, Booz Allen Hamilton
Topics discussed:
- Why use a webcomic
- Hitting the target audience
- Designing a webcomic
- Writing for teens
- Not using audio
