Presentation to the DREAM centre, Denmark.

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

2. Museums as physical spaces

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

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

6. Creating the conceptual in the physical

8. 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)

9. 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

10. 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

11. Create and share personal memories Diary OOKL Diary narratives

12. OOKL: diary narratives

13. Visitors as curators Creating multimedia conceptual spaces from museum visits

14. Interactive museum guides: braided narratives Braided

16. Audio story based on Nottingham folktales

17. Content adapts to listener’s movement patterns

18. Progress through story depends on speed and direction of user

19. Seamless audio narrativeL = low chaos M= medium chaos H = high chaos time

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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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