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Design - Learning Styles and Educational Approaches

As museums embrace their role as educators, many look to the Internet to extend their programming beyond exhibits, galleries and museum classrooms.

Educational programming on the web may require that you revisit your traditional program development and evaluation methodology. An educational activity or lesson that works within your museum may or may not work well on a website.

Consider your visitor's learning styles. There are many ways of categorizing visual, auditory, and interactive learning approaches. The "Theory into Practice" learning site lists over 50 types of learning styles.
http://tip.psychology.org/index.html

The following websites provide resources and examples for you to compare, evaluate, build, or enhance your online educational programs:
Canada's SchoolNet Learning Resources (Education)
On-line teacher resources based on museum objects
Art2LIFE: The Canadian Century
Cloth & Clay Communicating Culture
The McCord Museum. Click on the EduWeb link

Ask the Audience - evaluating resources and activities with visitors to museums.
This publication brings together a range of case studies that illustrate different approaches to evaluating displays, workshops, activities, and teacher packs with users.

UK Citizenship
This website supports the Citizenship curriculum and is aimed at online enquiry-based learning in secondary schools in the UK.

SmARTkids is all about online learning from virtual art objects.

Educational tools
This site provides tools to evaluate educational materials presented in digital format.