EMPOWERING NEW GENERATIONS EMPOWERING NEW GENERATIONS TO DISCOVER THEIR HERITAGE/CULTURETO DISCOVER THEIR HERITAGE/CULTURE

Namir Anani - December 2006Namir Anani - December 2006

ONLINE PRESENCEONLINE PRESENCE

• The size of the challenge– Globalization– Volume of information– Authenticity– Copyrights & IP– Preservation– Privacy– Content management

OPPORTUNITIESOPPORTUNITIES

• Growing level of connectivity

• Strong consumption of cultural/heritage resources

• Participative online culture

• Thirst for trusted resources

EVOLVINGEVOLVING ERAERA

• Online trends

– Information web– Social web– Resident web

Information web

Resident web

Social web

SOCIAL WEBSOCIAL WEB

• Characteristics

– Dialogue & Rationalization

– Community endorsement– Exchange and

enrichment of content– Human interactions

RESIDENT WEBRESIDENT WEB

• Characteristics

– Space and physicality– Experiential– New social identities

LEVERAGING THE SOCIAL WEBLEVERAGING THE SOCIAL WEB

• CHIN’s current focus

– Heritage professional learning with CHIN & each other

– Public, especially youth learning with museums

Building professional skills

Engaging youth

Museums

Museums

• Personalized Learning

• Community Learning

• Learning with experts

(Heritage professionals learning with CHIN and each other)

KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGEKNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE

CHIN’S NETWORK

1. Contextual Content (voice, video & text)2. Learning Outcomes (for a range of grades)3. Learning Activities (games, tools, others)

Exhibits

National Repository(Museums, Libraries, and Archives)

Museums

Museums

(Public, especially youth learning with museums)

MuseumsLearning Objects (IEEE Standards/GCED)

AGORAAGORA

CHIN’S NETWORK

Schools

Contextual content

Learning

Outcomes

Learning

Activities

Learning

ObjectAGORA

(portal)

LEARNINGLEARNING OBJECTSOBJECTS

Class mgt

BlogsMessages

Wikis

Bookmarks Lesson plans

Videoconferencing

User account

AGORA FEATURESAGORA FEATURES

MUSEUMS

TEACHERS• Access to quality learning resources• Creation of lesson plans• Authoring and publishing• Creation of Learning Scenarios• Communication tools

• Access to quality learning resources• Online collaboration• Authoring and publishing• Communication tools

STUDENTS

YOUTHYOUTH LEARNINGLEARNING WITHWITH MUSEUMSMUSEUMS

CURRENT RESEARCH PLANCURRENT RESEARCH PLAN

• Transformational agenda– Understand the museums’

competitive environment• Educational• Entertainment• Business• Others

– Identify opportunities

Museums

THE ROAD AHEADTHE ROAD AHEAD

• At the cusp of a new era, requiring the need to:

– Harness our collective knowledge

– Share research agenda and best practices

– Enable centres of expertise

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