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Places are still available for the below event, by Digital Learning Network and the Digital Cultural Heritage Research Network. There are many fascinating speakers lined up and we are looking forward to a lively and meaningful discussion: Changing Cultures A one-day seminar looking at the impact that new digital learning opportunities and developments are having on museums and galleries. This event is delivered by Digital Learning Network in partnership with the Digital Cultural Heritage Research Network, and is hosted by National Museums Scotland. Date: Tuesday 22 March Times: 10:30-16:30 Price: £70 including lunch and refreshments All information and booking can be found at http://www.digitallearningnetwork.net/event/changing-cultures/ <http://www.digitallearningnetwork.net/event/changing-cultures/> Programme: 10:30 Registration and tea/coffee (Auditorium, Level 1 Learning Centre) 10:45 Welcome to the day/housekeeping Chair of morning session: Kelly Forbes, Digital Engagement and Communications Manager at Museums Galleries Scotland 10:50 From GLOW to MOOCs: Digital learning at National Museums Scotland Stephen Allen, Head of Learning & Programmes, NMS 11:15 Making museums open-ready: What one wikimedian learned in one year Sara Thomas, Wikimedian-in-Residence, Museums Galleries Scotland Sara Thomas will explore the idea that open knowledge is a natural and valuable extension of outreach, which can massively increase a cultural organisation’s reach and influence, if and when fears around letting go can be addressed. 11:40 A Digital Innovation Journey: Timespan and the University of St Andrews Jacquie Aitken, Archive Officer, Timespan Museum & Arts Centre, Helmsdale Case studies exploring how digital technology can be used to fill the ‘visual immersive experience’ gap between the past and the present, how it can take you to places you never thought you’d ever see, how it can be used to communicate universally around the globe, how it is reusable and easy to acquire the necessary skills and how it has become part of the tool kit for museum and archaeology recording, documentation and presentation. 12:05 Digital strategy at The Hunterian. Re-interpreting an Enlightenment collection Maria Economou, Curator and Lecturer in Museum Studies, School of Humanities & Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow Maria Economou will outline the digital strategy of The Hunterian, Scotland’s oldest public museum, and contextualise the factors influencing the shaping of the strategy as well as the use of digital in the organisation as a whole. She will also discuss how the digital strategy supports learning using the case study of the digital trail designed for The Hunterian’s Kangaroo & the Moose exhibition on George Stubb’s paintings, as part of the Travellers’ Tails collaborative project co-ordinated by the Royal Maritime Museums Greenwich. 12:30 Engaging with collections and communities through www.johngraycentre.org<http://www.johngraycentre.org/> Kate Maynard, Team Manager, Museums, East Lothian Council The John Gray Centre is a heritage hub in East Lothian’s county town of Haddington. It is home to a Library, Museum, Archive and Local History Centre and has an innovative website. Engagement with users is slowly growing and managing the site has seen a change in the way the services operate and work together and has improved digital literacy amongst staff. 12:45 Questions/discussion 13:00 Lunch 13:45 Welcome by Jen Ross, Lecturer, Centre for Research in Digital Education, University of Edinburgh The afternoon will bring together the Digital Learning Network and the Digital Cultural Heritage Research Network<http://www.digitallearningnetwork.net/event/changing-cultures/dchrn.de.ed.ac.uk> to explore methods for conducting digital cultural heritage research, and ways academics and cultural heritage professionals can think about the impact of our work.. 13:50 Lightning strikes talks 14:20 Keynote: Jenny Kidd, Cardiff University 15:05 Refreshments 15:25 Group activities 16:15 Plenary discussion: picking up on key themes of the day 16:35 Closing remarks 16:45 Close Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra