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Title: Web-Based Museum Trails on PDAs for University-Level Design Students: Design and Evaluation
Language: English
Authors: Reynolds, R., Walker, K., Speight, C.
Source: Computers & Education. Nov 2010 55(3):994-1003.
Availability: Elsevier. 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, FL 32887-4800. Tel: 877-839-7126; Tel: 407-345-4020; Fax: 407-363-1354; e-mail: usjcs@elsevier.com; Web site: http://www.elsevier.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 10
Publication Date: 2010
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Museums, Educational Technology, Internet, Problems, Design, Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Electronic Learning, Handheld Devices, Computer Software Evaluation, Web Based Instruction, College Students, College Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
Geographic Terms: United Kingdom (London)
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.04.010
ISSN: 0360-1315
Abstract: This paper describes the development and evaluation of web-based museum trails for university-level design students to access on handheld devices in the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London. The trails offered students a range of ways of exploring the museum environment and collections, some encouraging students to interpret objects and museum spaces in lateral and imaginative ways, others more straightforwardly providing context and extra information. In a three-stage qualitative evaluation programme, student feedback showed that overall the trails enhanced students' knowledge of, interest in, and closeness to the objects. However, the trails were only partially successful from a technological standpoint due to device and network problems. Broader findings suggest that technology has a key role to play in helping to maintain the museum as a learning space which complements that of universities as well as schools. (Contains 1 table.)
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