Museums & Community Engagement

1. Museums & Community Engagement Professor Amareswar Galla Professor of Museum Studies, School of English, Media Studies & Art History, The University of Queensland Director, Pacific Asia Observatory for Cultural Diversity in Human Development www.pacificasiaobservatory.org Chairperson, ICOM Cross Cultural Task Force A Digital Demonstration Project Collaborative Teaching & Learning Centre Innovative Development Fund

2. ‘A Vision of Students Today’ U-Tube video clip U-Tube video by Professor Michael Wesch from Kansas State University. Wesch describes it as "a short video summarizing some of the most important characteristics of students today - how they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and what kinds of changes they will experience in their lifetime" <This is really quite an interesting clip. Usually, I don't really look at you tube but it did raise some my own concerns about the significance of tertiary education. Ordinarily, you tube is really not my domain. However, I am fairly sure it reflects the values of all my high school students. They only seem to take note if the information is a digital format - e.g. PowerPoint or DVD. Otherwise, it is of less significance to them. I am pretty sure they would really love the discussion forum and this video. Sunday, 10/21/2007 9:23 PM by Robyn <ah changes... I think that this is unavoidable, the world keeps turning. I think for next year the Wiki is a better way to run the weekly tutorials. Then we can post photos, links to other sites, also go back to previous weeks and re-comment. It gives the course a greater sense of sociability, you can engage with a wiki on different levels depending on your mood . I find the wiki much easier to use and it feels much more like a 'place'. As a student in this course i feel a greater sense of ownership over it than I do with blackboard. Also the wiki is not linear- it feels to me much more organic, which I really like. Blackboard is a great start but I think that a wiki is the way to go.> Monday, 10/22/2007 11:43 AM by Sebastian

3. Project Objectives • Maximise on digital medium to facilitate interactive and collaborative teaching and learning. • Develop a framework to assess and explore the economies of scale and efficiency in the flexible delivery of courses using Blackboard and digital technologies from the point of view of multiple student cohorts e.g. Full and part time students, industry based museum and heritage workers and professional development participants. • Improve accessibility of Blackboard for learning outcomes: Accessibility should be based on least common denominator taking into account language, content and technical requirements of internet and access speed etc. • Create collaboration between pre-entry and post-entry participants in the industry (i.e. Between graduate coursework students, research postgraduate students, and those already working in the industry – groups are not mutually exclusive). • Interaction and collaboration with virtual faculty and off-campus expertise through various digital means including videoconferencing, podcasting – to explore various options to capitalize on technology available. • Document techniques/strategies for cohort development (facilitation techniques in face to face intensives and introduction to using technology as a tool for learning and group interaction).

4. Teaching & Learning Objectives • Transformation of class from an aggregation of individual students to a cooperative body of learners with common goals and motivation • Encourage independence in student learning, including self-motivation and taking responsibility for one’s own learning. • Foster self-esteem and ability to chart out independent time-management study skills and the pace of learning in partnership with other learners. • Foster respect for cultural diversity and a diversity of opinions and attitudes – learning and working in a multicultural environment. • To map the participant cohort in both the Intensive week and throughout the course in order to create a cross-cultural understanding of the body of students. • Participants gain gradual cumulative knowledge and competency in subject area.

5. In collaborative teaching and learning, Everyone is a Teacher

6. Another view of the videoconference→ Videoconferencing with Tim McKeown from US National Parks, Washington D.C.

7. Group work using ‘physical’ game for strategic planning

8. Postgraduate coursework, research & professional development participants • Multicultural cohort • Teamwork with digital game

9. Cohort building using digital technologies

10. UQ International Field School in Museums and Sustainable Heritage Development Vietnam, 2007

11. Shannon Johnston (Instructional Designer, TEDI) With thanks to: Professor Amareswar Galla Dr Kim Selling Shannon Johnston Trish Andrews Keith Cox TEDI & the CTLC ‘Museums & Community Engagement’ Museum Studies students Sem 2, 2007 Museum Studies RHD candidates Professional Development Program participants Visiting & virtual faculty & expertise Special thanks to Kate Wilson for excellent feedback & suggestions Kim Selling (Project Developer & coordinator) ‘Museums & Community Engagement’ CTLC Project Team Amareswar Galla (Project Leader)