A tool for developing instructional digital comic strips with associated learning objectives

Abstract

In this paper a tool, which enables educators to edit comic strips and associate educational goals to each one of them, is presented. Students watch the produced e-comics and the success of the learning objectives can be measured through post-comic activities, such as tests and questionnaires. Various inferences about the learning progress of the participants are also possible through these activities. The edited comics are described using IEEE LOM metadata and they can be packaged as a SCORM object to increase the reusability of the material. In this paper we demonstrate the design of this tool and we present the results of an evaluation experiment.