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

The Exploratorium is great, but it wasn''t super-accessible. There are lots of great science museum resources, but not where these kids can walk after school. We received two rounds of NSF funding in the 1990s to expand. We received NSF funding for three years and then it cut off. How are Workshop locations selected?

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Green Interview Share Community 20

Museum 2.0

MARCH 20, 2008

Ideum, the company that brought you ExhibitFiles (with ASTC), is conducting a survey on museums' needs in support of an NSF grant proposal (Open Exhibits) to build open source templates for simple interactive exhibits (timelines, digital collections, news kiosks). What does that mean in simple terms? Check them out here.

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Survey NSF Open Source Museum 20

Museum 2.0

MARCH 30, 2007

For internal web managers, tagging also improves accessibility for people who are blind by adding text descriptors to images so that site visitors understand the content of those images. To increase the functionality, visibility, and accessibility of these images to web users worldwide. The games on the website at my museum are old.

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Game Tag Fun NSF 20

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2008

This is a HUGE value-added for people to join the community--they gain access to the code to every project on the site, and are encouraged to share what they've made with it. But that email address is never accessible to other users, and unless she is from a town of 1, she's somewhat protected. Adults and Kids, All in One Place.

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