Exploring the old with the new: 21st Century Learning in museumsISTE presentationMelbourne 2012

Mirah Lambert: Manager Digital Learning

Priscilla Gaff: Program Coordinator – Life Science

Jan Molloy: Program Coordinator – Humanities

Jonathan Shearer: Program Coordinator – Digital Learning

Museum Victoria

Museum Victoria

2 million visitors 2011

Scienceworks Museum

Melbourne Museum

Immigration Museum

Explore VictoriaDiscover the world

Museum Victoria will reach out to an increasingly diverse audience through its collections and associated knowledge, using innovative programs that engage and fascinate. We will contribute to our communities’ understanding of the world, and ensure that our inheritance is augmented and passed on to future generations.

MV Strategic plan 2008-2013

Collections Research Exhibitions

Programs:

Education Holiday

Family

Museum Victoria

Recognised by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, through the Strategic Partnerships Program.

Each year MV works with over 300,000 students to its campuses, and more online, including webinars and online conferences with museum experts and school communities.

Over 2 million visitors in past year.

Affective: enjoyment &

attitudes

Cognitive: knowledge

Skill based

progression

Intended Learning Outcomes

Museum Victoria programming approach

Affective: enjoyment &

attitudes

Cognitive: knowledge

Skill based

progression

Onsite

Offsite

Online

“With the advent of technologies such as Web 2.0 and learning platforms, new opportunities for collaborative learning have emerged.

In particular, with Web 2.0 functionality, social networks, educational communities and relationships can be fostered to develop students as creators of knowledge rather than simply as consumers of information.”

ConnectingPeopleDigital Learning PlatformsResearch Series Paper No. 2DEECDDecember 2010 page 3

Department of Education and Early Childhood position on digital learning:

Why?

Hands on learning &

authentic objects

Learn outside the classroom

Research, Create, Share.

*The world of work is increasingly collaborative, giving rise to reflection about the way student projects are structured.

*People expect to be able to work, learn, and study whenever and wherever they want.

*From The 2011 Horizon Report

21st Century Learning @ MV

1990’s 2010’s2000’s

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM ONLINE

National Online Projects

LEARNING LAB

ESA partnership

4 Units and 45 resourcesLittle ScienceLittle HistoryAncient Roman Empire History Skills

Benefits: • Align museum resources with

the Australian Curriculum

• Improve accessibility across Museum Victoria’s website and with specific education pages

• New model for education ‘kits’ with increased interactivity and rich media

Ancient Roman Empire Resource Overview video

600 MILLION YEARS IN 60 SECONDS

CASE STUDY ONE

Onsite Program

For 13 to 16 years old students

Challenge based learning

Incorporates digital technology

Facilitates peer interaction

Targets unengaged teenagers in science content – to reengage them.

The Program

The Exhibition

The kit:

Student uses exhibition to explain concept.600 Million years in 60 Seconds

Student using props to explain evolution.600 Million years in 60 Seconds

Student using display in their video.600 Million years in 60 Seconds

600 million years: Victoria evolvesIntended learning outcomes:

Exhibition:

CognitiveVictorian flora and fauna have changed over time

AffectiveAwe/amazement about past life, and sense of ongoing change

Skill-basedDrawing conclusions from the fossil evidence

School program:

Knowledge & understandingUnderstand that evolution has been happening over millions of years, and that the fossil provides evidence.

SkillsWork in teams

Attitudes & valuesHave an appreciation for the work of palaeontologists

Enjoyment & creativityHave fun and be creative

Active behaviour & progressionBe able to be more curious about evolution.

13 to 16 year old students evaluation:

“It allows you to get a full understand of a concept instead of learning little bits about each”.

“The evolution between fish and tetrapods and the amount of time it took”.

“That dinosaurs existed in Victoria, and we know by looking at fossils”.

Knowledge and understanding

What facts or information did they gain from the experience?

13 to 16 year old students evaluation:

“I have more confidence after presenting”

“Creating a video. I have never done something like that before. It was cool how we were able to put it all together on the computer”.

“I learnt about how to work in a team, and that you need to speak up”.

Progression of learning and skill

What new skills did they feel they learnt?

13 to 16 year old students - evaluation:

“Fun, because it gave us a big responsibility”

“I LOVED IT! Working with other people was fun!”

“I enjoyed the program, because even though it was about science it was turned into something fun”.

“I felt the format helped me to learn as it was more interactive than just walking around an exhibition and therefore we were more engaged and ready to learn”.

Enjoyment and creativity

Did they have fun?

The teachers

“ Back at school we held a film festival with the boys. They all got to see each others work – and they had a great time”.

“This is the most work I’ve seen the students do all year!”

MAKING HISTORY: RESEARCH, CREATE, SHARE

Online program

Case Study Two

http://museumvictoria.com.au/discoverycentre/websites/making-history/

Online Resource becomesweb 2.0 Resource

Developed early 2000s

Community education resource

Downloadable PDF documents

Text on screen

No interactivity

Research, Create, Share

Making History

Online resources using Museum Collections, Historians and digital editing and upload

Using community resources

User generated content

Students and teachers working to create digital histories

History experts in the classroom

Online interviews

Available for individual or whole class use

Opportunities for teacher capacity building: Historical Method

Web conferencing

Video conferencing

Conferencing with experts

Partnerships

Museum VictoriaUniversityDEECD

Partnerships provided

• Expert Knowledge

• Resources- funds to create site $250,000 AuD

• Opportunities for promotion

Supporting students and Teachers to DO History

History curriculum to be core in the new Australian Curriculum , to be implemented 2013

History not core at Victorian Primary curriculum – will change with Australian Curriculum implementation 2013

Resource uses online delivery, content and pedagogy to

* Engage students

*Support innovative practice in the classroom

Thematic approachmore than History...

Resources and Toolssupporting students and teachers

Students building historical literacy

Sharing finished product with online audience

Not all schools WANT the opportunity to share.

This resource allows participation at any level.

Primary school participation

Secondary school...Distance Education participation

Web ConferencesConversations with experts

Opportunities to reach broad audiences

• Students and teachers from 300kms of Melbourne participate

• Teacher professional learning sessions with Museum Educators

• 60 plus students from 5 different schools in one session

Archived

Promotion within DEECD

Partnership provides strong links to existing lines of communication with the sector.

Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (Victoria, Australia) digital repository and sharing space FUSE

Participant Testimonies

....this morning, when we had our staff meeting, my principal, Michele Beal ... shared the website, to other teachers in our school ... already we have a few teachers showing interest in using the website with their students

I found the project was very useful to assist my students ... who migrated to Australia with their parents, ... share their beliefs & culture ...

I would like my students to be proud of who they are, and where they are from, and I believe ..(this project ) ... did it.

Kerry Law, Chinese Language TeacherDoncaster Gardens Primary School

Participant Testimonies

Many students have told us that they learned a lot about their family history through exploration and interviewing members of their family. A large number of students interviewed their grandparents and recorded these interviews.

The parents also became involved and many told me that they thought this project was great as it made their children communicate in Greek with their grandparents for a specific purpose.

Classroom Teacher , 2011 Project . 

Participant Testimonies

We were delighted to take part in the pilot project for school students this year. We would like to continue to offer students the option of undertaking this kind of project, and can upload them to our own school website, as this type of work is ideal for distance education students.

I have been asked to present this year’s project to a meeting of the VSL Centre managers, with the idea that teachers and students at the centre classes, which are face-to-face classes held once a week, may also like to do this kind of project with their students.

Victorian School of Languages Co-ordinatorKarin Ruff

THE TIME LENS

Innovation Projects

Connecting to museum objects and stories: