Museum 2.0

MARCH 12, 2014

I recently read the BERI report on bilingual labels in museums and was blown away by its findings. in Applied Social Psychology and has evaluated and researched informal learning experiences in museums and other visitor institutions for over 20 years. is a controversial topic, and the same is true in museums.

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Intergenerational Museum NSF Facilitation 53

Museum 2.0

MARCH 18, 2015

There are lots of great science museum resources, but not where these kids can walk after school. Where do Community Science Workshops fit in the informal science landscape? But in the more traditional lexicon, these might be defined as "informal spaces." We received two rounds of NSF funding in the 1990s to expand.

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Green Interview Share Community 20

Museum 2.0

MAY 7, 2007

The whole process of developing an exhibition tends to get stuck behind a museum's doors. There's no sharing of that information. Wendy: Part of the thinking was that NSF supported the book Are We There Yet? , NSF requires grant applicants to build on prior knowledge--where do you get it? Why is that?

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NSF Interview Case Study Museum 20

Museum 2.0

MARCH 20, 2008

I was going to wrap a nice story and post around each of these but decided to just get the information out there. Also, Susan Spero has transcribed ALL of the scribbles we put on the wall at the Museums and Civic Discourse colloquium at JFKU on March 8. Check them out here. Sadly, I do not have a new and extremely strange website.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2008

It's an inspiration to anyone trying to create an online community around informal learning. Unlike other online communities, ScratchR does not allow you to "pimp your profile" with all kinds of information. In this post, a look at the intentional design choices that make ScratchR work. Profiles: Very Safe. There is no private chat.

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