The Cultural Resource Management Program at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada is pleased to offer the following blended online/on-campus learning opportunity for professionals and volunteers working in museums, heritage sites, and cultural centres.

Museum Learning
HA 488H (1.5 units); blended online/on-campus offering

Successful museums, galleries and related centres of informal learning provide their communities with welcoming environments in which diverse learning experiences can take place. Explore with your colleagues what it means to learn. Develop your organization’s potential to be a meaningful learning environment for your community with connections to facilities like archives, libraries, and schools. Build strategies to assess, assist and collaborate with your varied audiences so that they may learn in and use the museum and its collections in ways that meet their needs and expectations.
 
This course will help to develop your understanding of:
	History and types of learning theories used in the museum setting
	International approaches to society’s management of museum learning 
	Learning and interpretation strategies in relation to institutional mission and goals 
	Reaching new and traditional audiences
	Spaces & facilities that support learning, including web-based approaches
	Research on and evaluation of learning in non-school settings
	Marketing museum learning 
	Learning partnerships amongst museums, libraries and archives
	Communities of practice for museum educators, docents, and interpreters 

It will enhance your ability to:
	Define learning
	Apply learning theories to the practice of museum education and interpretation
	Build tools to strengthen creativity and collaboration
	Develop a learning strategy + action plan
	Create a museum environment that supports learning for varied audiences
	Evaluate the impact and outcomes of learning initiatives

Dates: Online component: November 10-15; On-campus component:  November 17-21, 2008	
Please register by: October 20 (late registrations accepted if space permits)

To register in this course please visit https://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/forms/crm/online_reg.aspx .


Fee: CDN$641, including a CDN$70 materials fee (Canadian funds, credit and non-credit participation options) A CDN$170 registration deposit is required with each registration form.

Instructor:
Christine Castle, Ph.D. Education, MAT-Museum Education is a consultant and peer reviewer for museums, galleries, historic sites, government agencies, and professional associations in Canada, the United States, and the U.K. She is also the owner and editor of the e-newsletter Museum Education Monitor. Over thirty years in the museum field, she has been, amongst other things, researcher, costumed interpreter, community museum director, and curator of an historic house. Christine has published and spoken widely on museum learning and the professional development of museum educators 

Enrollment options allow you to choose to take courses either to enhance professional development or build academic credit. Individual course descriptions and registration forms are available by contacting us at [log in to unmask] or by visiting our web site at:
http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/home.aspx 

For more information, please contact:
  
Anissa Paulsen, Program Coordinator
Cultural Resource Management Program 
Continuing Studies, University of Victoria 
PO Box 3030 STN CSC Victoria BC Canada V8W 3N6 
Tel: 250 721-6119 Fax: 250 721-8774 
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