Online Teaching in Museums – Current Practices and Reflections

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Innovation in Museum Education Online and Onsite:Current Practices and Reflections, and Collaborations and Rewards

OnlineLearninginMuseums:

CurrentPracticesandReflections

HerminiaWeiHsinDin,Ph.D.

UniversityofAlaskaAnchorage

March3,2010

1:303:00pm

Anchorage

Taipei, Taiwan

ATrue

Elearning

Experience

TodaysPresentation

Differentonlinelearningmodels

Synchronousandasynchronousteaching

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me o o og es

Programdesignanddevelopment,and

Reflections


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WhyOnlineLearninginMuseums?

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TheShiftfromBroadcastingtoInteraction AccessandOutreach

OnlineLearningTapsUnderutilized

Resources

Economy,Flexibility,andEaseofUse

TheAbilitytoDocumentandArchive:A

MirrorforOurVisitorsandOurselves

OnlineLearningReflectsHowOurVisitors

Communicate

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PassiveSYNCHRONOUSVideoconferencingWebcast

Live

streamingASYNCHRONOUS

GrowingUseofTechnologyinMuseumTeaching

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One Timen ne esources

EducationalGames

Podcast/Videocast

Blog/Wiki

SocialTagging

GeoMapping


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OnlineProfessionalDevelopmentforTeachers

TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt,NewYork

WilliamCrow

AssociateMuseumEducator

HerminiaDin

Assoc.ProfessorofArtEducation

ACaseStudy

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TeacherPrograms

TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt,NewYork

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AsynchronousInteraction

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Workgroup FileSharing,Blog,andWiki

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ThemainthingIcantfigureout

aboutthispaintingisthe

background.Thetablewiththe

booksmakessense,asdoesthe

chairtheladyissittingon,butit

seemsthebillowingcurtainand

blueskyareoutofplace.

Althoughtheblueofthesky

repeatstheblueofthedressand

thegoldinthecurtainrepeats

thegoldembroideryofthedress

forsuchanotherwiserealistic

paintingthebackgrounddoesnt

seemtofit. Idontknow. The

figureisposedandstiff,whilethe

curtainandskyaresoftand

billowing.

15thgradeartteacher,

Springdale,

Arkansas

Ihaveneverconsideredaroom,orapictureofaroom,aportrait.Ihaveneverspecificallythought

aboutwhattheroomtellsyouaboutthepersonwholivesthere,butthisissuchanobviousthing

whenyouwalkintorooms.Whenyouwouldwalkintomyclassroom,youimmediatelyknowwhatmy

studentsarelearningabout,doing,andwhatisimportanttomeasateacherandthemasstudents.

Whenyouwalkintoachildsbedroom,theposters/picturestheyhave,theirdecorations,choiceof

colors,organization,tellsyousomuchaboutthemasaperson.Ihaveneverreallythoughtofthisasa

portrait,andthisparticularworkstruckme.

ElementaryschoolDeafEducationspecialist,Madison,WI


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BecausemystudentseitherspeakArabicorarelearningArabic,therearemanyfunactivitiesthat

couldbedonewiththiswork.Wecouldcreateourownportraitsinthisstylewiththestudentsinitials.

WiththehelpoftheArabicteacher,wecoulddothisinEnglishandinArabicandthencompare.The

studentscoulddecidewhatinformationtheywanttoincludeapictureofwhotheyare.Wecould

discusswhetheronelooksmorelikethemthantheother.SincewedothetypicalAllAboutMe

unitatthebeginningoftheyear,thiswouldbeagreatcollaborativeprojectbetweenmyclassroom

andtheArabicclassroom.

2ndgradeteacher,Dubai,UnitedArabEmirates

Wecouldcreateourownportraitsinthisstylewiththestudentsinitials.WiththehelpoftheArabicteacher,wecoulddothisinEnglishandinArabicandthencompare.

2ndgradeteacher,Dubai

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It is a flash-based collaborative, multimedia slide

show that holds images, documents, and videos.

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It allows people to leave comments via voice, text,

audio file, or video through a webcam.

It is an easy to use Web-based application free for

educators.


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Whatdoyousee?

Whatdoyouwonderabout?

InterpretationandReflectiveComments

Whatdoyouwanttolearnmoreabout?

Whatsyourreactiontothisworkofart?Why?

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What could the

man in the green

jacket say?

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Whatcouldthe

youngmaninthe

middlebethinking?

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OnSite:NewKindsofVisitors?

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ReVisiting,Reflecting,Assessing

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CollaborationandCommunity:BlendedApproach

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ConsiderYourInstitution,YourVisitors,andYourself

TakeStock

of

Your

Resources

ScopeandStructure:TheInternetandInstructional

SomeStepsTowardReflectingValuesinOnlineLearning

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AssessmentandReflectionasAnOngoingProcess:

SeeingEvidenceofSuccess

PlanningforProgressandSustainability

NewModelsforMuseumSchoolCollaboration

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NewModelsforMuseumCollaborations


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Acknowledgethatvisitorsarealready makingmeaningof

bothcollectionsandinstitutionsinnewwaysusingonline

interactionandtools.

Throughdirectencountersonsitewithmuseumstaff,or

throughinformalandcollaborativeexchangeswiththeir

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peersonline,thesevisitorsselect fromtheresourcesand

toolsoftheInternet,combine themwiththeirownideasand

experiences,andcreate adifferenttypeofownershipofthe

museum.

Wemustuseourinstitutionalresourcesandpedagogical

talents toshapeandinformtheseexperiences.

Intheend,toolsaretools.Hardwareandsoftwarechanges.

Websitescomeandgo.

Ourknowledgeandourexperienceoftheworldisthesame.

Whateverwelearn,whateverweexperience,weconsistently

findthat

it

too

changes

and

evolves,

and

our

relationship

to

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itchanges.

Whatisconstantisthededicationandcommitmentthatwe

asmuseumprofessionalshavetoourteaching,ourlearning,

andourvisitors.


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