Hello
The Scottish Museums Council has commissioned some research leading
to the production of guidance notes for museum practitioners involved
in developing online learning resources (for schools and other
audiences). The guide is for non-techie museum practitioners, as
well as those with some expertise.
It will include examples of good practice and links to further information:
1. Can you suggest an online learning resource that illustrates a
particular aspect of good practice?
- from Scotland, UK or anywhere else. See
<examples> below for suggestions of aspects to refer to
2. Can you suggest one source of advice or guidance that you
personally would find useful when
developing or evaluating online learning resources?
Please comment on or add to draft list at <guidance> below
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Please forward your response to me, rather than replying to the
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___________________________________________<examples>_______________________________________________
Examples of good practice in any of the following would be useful,
plus any others you can think of:
- clear sense of audience, what the website actually offers them,
and how they will use it
- thought given to the practical needs of specific audiences, such as
teachers of pupils with English as a Second Language; adult learners
without a prior interest in this subject or experience of online study; etc
- facilitating open-ended learning outcomes (as opposed to mere data
capture or closed answers, like "Look at the timeline: When was Queen
Victoria born?")
- highly engaging (to its target audience)
- well integrated with print and/or real life events, courses, etc
- pulls together relevant sources but does not overwhelm with too
much info; etc
- highly usable - clear information architecture (structure),
consistent navigation, etc
- effective writing for the web - accessible, yet engaging to a range
of interest levels, instructions and key messages reinforced visually
through layout and graphics, etc
- easily findable through search engines, and well structured using
appropriate metadata; reuses previously developed material or
propagates up to date content; etc
- learning through doing - including successful examples of online
collaboration or user generated content
- sustainable project and/or business model?
- etc (this is not a complete list)
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Online sources of advice and guidance for developing or evaluating
online learning resources
- draft list
MLA SE online guide to developing and evaluating online learning resources
www.ICT4Learning.net/onlineguide
MLA Inspiring Learning for All
www.inspiringlearningforall.gov.uk
E-Learning Group for Museums, Libraries and Archives - runs events
and courses and offers advice through podcasts, website critiques and
online advice (in development)
www.elearninggroup.org.uk
MDA Collections Link advice on various topics inc Copyright, Digitisation, etc
www.collectionslink.org.uk
Museums Computer Group - hosts meetings and conferences and has an
active email discussion list
www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk
Technical Advisory Service for Images (TASI) - useful advice on image
formats, digitisation, etc
www.tasi.ac.uk
UKOLN - developed some technical guidelines aimed at Cultural
Sector. Rather dry, but lots of useful information available
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop-focus/gpg/CreatingOnlineLearningMaterials/
NMK (New Media Knowledge) - mainly commercially focused but has some
useful info and courses
www.nmk.co.uk
Electronic Museum - nascent resource aimed at the more technically aware
www.electronicmuseum.org.uk
JoeCutting - advice on design of on-gallery interactives
www.joecutting.com/advice.asp
Museums and the Web conference proceedings - some papers are very
readable and there is a good search facility. Some of ICHIM also useful.
www.archimuse.com/conferences/mw.html
Becta - lots of advice, some of it very useful, but things are moved
around a lot making it harder to find, so a search may be advisable
http://industry.becta.org.uk/
TeacherNet - reasonably well managed resource, seemingly well used by
teachers, so a good way into understanding key priorities and
opportunities, includes links to National Curriculum, QCA Schemes of Work, etc
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/teachingandlearning/resourcematerials/outsideclassroom/
Teachers' TV - again a useful way into the world of education, but
more visual, with some good short video clips on how teachers use
their interactive whiteboards and other ICT
www.teachers.tv
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Please forward your response to me, rather than replying to the
whole list. I will email a summary. Thank you
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Thanks for your help
Best wishes
Martin
PS If you have time: what topics would you find useful, that are not
currently in, say, the MLA SE guide?
www.ICT4Learning.net/onlineguide
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