A Suite of Digital Strategies and Educational Resource Designs for NMAI's Native Knowledge 360

National Museum of the American Indian
Washington, DC

2018 MUSE AWARD
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Strategic assessment and redesign of NMAI's Education website to introduce learners and educators to Native Knowledge 360--a fundamental rethinking of the museum's educational mission.

• Completed a strategic review of the museum's existing education website and lesson plans, suggesting a restructured navigation structure and identifying opportunities to cross-reference available resources and reference materials. (2015)
• Collaborated with education staff to design a flexible content template for lesson plan development with the goal of standardizing content structure while promoting ease of use by educators, supporting a variety of media and opportunities for student interaction and aligning to C3 standards. (2016)
• Concept design and prototyping of interactive learning activities to support new digital curricula--from a salmon spawning adventure to exploratory maps to document annotations. (2016-17)
• Iterative assessment and redesign of NK 360's Educator page to effectively orient educators to the resources and programs available online and in person at both the DC and NYC museums. (2018)

See also: NMAI's imagiNATIONS Activity Center Concept Development, and NMAI's imagiNATIONS Activity Center Exhibition Scriptwriting