Museums and the Web

An annual conference exploring the social, cultural, design, technological, economic, and organizational issues of culture, science and heritage on-line.

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Designing an Interactive Visualization to Explore a Pre-Hispanic Collection

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Digital Exhibition
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digital heritage
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interaction design
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interactive
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Interactive Visualization
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interface design
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This demonstration presents the current status of the design, and the implementation of a digital interface to exhibit an archaeological collection online.

Type: 
Demonstration - show your project
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Designing Activity to Encourage Online Engagement

Type: 
Workshop
Tech Level: 
no prior technical knowledge required
Date & Time: 
Apr 6 2011 - 9:00am
Location: 
Commonwealth A2

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Archives & Museum Informatics EIN: 77-0708617; GST / BN 887978914

Description

This half-day workshop is for people who want to set up online activities for their visitors for the first time or who have some experience of doing this but want to expand or deepen their work. It will focus on the design of activities and not the technology.

Physical Keys to Digital Memories: Reflecting on the role of tangible artefacts in "Reminisce"

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interaction design
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ubiquitous computing
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field study
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open-air museum
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This paper will discuss the role that tangible artefacts in the context of an interactive multi-device installation have as mediators between the physical visitor experience of an open-air museum and the layer of digital information that is available to them about the site.

Type: 
Paper - in formal session