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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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___________________________________________<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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___________________________________________<guidance> ____________________________________________

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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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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Martin Bazley
ICT4Learning
15 Margin Drive
Wimbledon
SW19 5HA
07803 580 727

www.ICT4Learning.com

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