Instructional Design Portfolio

Faculty members:
Jim Donnelly & Mike Zevon
(Roswell Park Cancer Institute)

The main objective of this program, developed through collaboration with Psychology and Medical staff at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, is to provide information and support for childhood cancer patients, their families and friends.

As an Interactive Designer and Project Manager, I was involved in this project through my undergraduate studies and also through my graduate career funded through a Graduate Assistantship offered jointly through Roswell and UB. There have been more than fifty graduate and undergraduate students working very closely with the children, their families and the professional staff of Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

The implementation of this project is an ideal opportunity for students to work together from many disciplines gaining real world experience. Students successfully work within team atmospheres combining the skills and talents of content experts, interactive programmers and creative individuals. At the same time students participate in a very rewarding project while learning to produce a full fledged publication utilizing new media. Above all, this project offers an opportunity to apply this new media to an unquestionably worthwhile cause.