Museum learning between physical and conceptual spaces

Museum learningbetween physical andconceptual spaces
Mike Sharples
Learning Sciences Research Institute
University of Nottingham

Museums as physical spaces

Museums as conceptual spaces
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/explorerflash

Creating the physical in the conceptual
http://www.organismedia.com/virtualmuseum/
http://www.ltmcollection.org/museum/floorplan/floorplan-main.html

Creating the conceptual in the physical

Context as link between physical and conceptual
“ Context is not an outer container or shell inside of which people behave in certain ways. People consciously and deliberately generate contexts ... in part through their own [objectives]; hence context is not just ‘out there’.”
(Nardi, 1995: p38)

Context can be seen as an ever-playing movie
each frame of current context is a progression from earlier ones
entire movie is a resource for learning
continually being constructed by the cast, from moment to moment, as they share artefacts and create mutual understanding through conversation

Creating context through interaction: narrative structures
Diary
Tree
Phelps, K. Story Shapes for Digital Media. Glass Wings, 1998. http://www.glasswings.com.au/modern/shapes/.
Braided
Rhizome
Thanks to Rob Jones for the illustrations

Create and share personal memories
Diary
OOKL
Diary narratives

OOKL: diary narratives

Visitors as curators
Creating multimedia conceptual spaces from museum visits

Interactive museum guides: braided narratives
Braided

Chaotic encounter: tree narratives
Pocket PC, GPS, headphones
Audio story based on Nottingham folktales
Content adapts to listener’s movement patterns
Progress through story depends on speed and direction of user
Seamless audio narrative
L = low chaos
M= medium chaos
H = high chaos
time

Traditional art gallery
Ultrasound tracking system
Learning content determined by movement
Current location
How long
Been there before
CAGE: rhizome narratives
Rhizome

Traditional art gallery
Ultrasound tracking system
Learning content determined by movement
Current location
How long
Been there before
Generated resources for conversation
CAGE: rhizome narratives

Tentative guidelines
Provide appropriate narratives to guide learners through physical and conceptual spaces
Design the physical in the conceptual and the conceptual in the physical
Enable learners to be curators
Support interaction through physical movement
Where appropriate, let the learner choose a narrative structure
Avoid over-immersion
Match the interactivity and delivery to the audience
Live delivery requires an audience in the same place at the same time

Challenges
To connect and enrich physical and conceptual spaces for learning
To construct rich meaning through physical interactions
To explore co-creation of meaning through shared interactions

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