Museums for Digital Learning: A Community of 21st Century Museums, Educators, and Students

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MCN 2019 sessions recordings

MCN (Museum Computer Network)

61 episodes

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MCN's mission is to grow the digital capacity of museum professionals by connecting them to ideas, information, opportunities, proven practices, and each other. This audio collection contains recorded sessions from previous conferences, topical webinars, continuing educational lessons, and conversations between musetech professionals.

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Museums for Digital Learning: A Community of 21st Century Museums, Educators, and Students

MCN 2019 sessions recordings

56 minutes 23 seconds

5 years ago

Museums for Digital Learning: A Community of 21st Century Museums, Educators, and Students

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Museums for Digital Learning (MDL) is a special initiative funded by the IMLS with the goal of building the capacity of museums to connect K-12 teachers and students with digitized collections and related resources. During this two-year pilot project, the technology team at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, the education teams of The Field Museum and History Colorado , and a cohort of K-12 educators are collaborating to build a shared platform with a pilot suite of educational resources that will make it possible for museums of varied types and sizes to leverage their existing digital collections and media in the creation of open educational resources.

In this session, representatives from IMLS, Newfields, TFM, and HC will provide an overview of the MDL project. This will include not just a demonstration of the in-development pilot platform, but also a discussion of the methods employed by the museum partners to foster meaningful communication and collaboration with a team of educators from around the country. As co-creators, the educators have played a crucial role in shaping both the platform and an initial collection of educational resources. Come to this session to learn about how your museum can potentially get involved!

Session Type60-Minute Session (Professional Forum or Hands-on Demonstration)

TrackExperience
Chatham House RuleNo

Key Outcomes

After attending this session, participants will have in-depth knowledge of the model for cross-sector communication and collaboration employed by the MDL partner museums to foster meaningful interfacing with a cohort of K-12 educators during the 2-year pilot project. Following a demonstration of the pilot platform and an initial collection of educational resources created in the platform, participants will have the opportunity to provide feedback to inform continued development of the pilot platform and materials. Attendees will also learn about how they and their institutions can participate in the pilot phase of MDL as additional museum partners, creating and publishing digital educational resources that feature museum collections.

Speakers

Session Leader : Patrick Cavanagh, Manager of Technology Development and Implementation, Newfields

Co-Presenter : Paula Gangopadhyay, Deputy Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)

Co-Presenter : Carla Lents, Learning Resource Coordinator, Field Museum of Natural History

Co-Presenter : Stuart Alter, Principal, The Getty