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Open Innovation and Open Source: A Guide for Content Developers

bobk — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 03:07:20 +0000

MW2012

Robert Ketner, The Tech Museum, USA

http://thetechopensource.thetech.org

Abstract

There are clear advantages to working in collaboration with outside partners when developing exhibits and museum content. The actual structure of these collaborations can take many forms. This report outlines approaches to engaging with outside talent on three levels of commitment (Casual Contribution, Mentored Development, and Expert Networks) as may be required for different projects. Categories of methods for open innovation can be applied to create a manageable structure for the contributions (Orchestra, Creative Bazaar, Jam Session, and Mod Station models). A range of stages of completion, from ideas to completed content, can be expected from such collaboration efforts. Last, some findings from The Tech Virtual project are described.

Program Item Reference:

Open Innovation and Open Source: A Guide for Content Developers

SFMOMA’s Art Game Laboratory: Real-Life Mad Science Experiments in Visitor Engagement

Rich Cherry — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:36:06 +0000

MW2012

Erica Gangsei, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA

www.sfmoma.org/artgamelab

Program Item Reference:

SFMOMA’s Art Game Laboratory: Real-Life Mad Science Experiments in Visitor Engagement

egangsei — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 01:41:13 +0000

MW2012

Published Paper:

SFMOMA’s Art Game Laboratory: Real-Life Mad Science Experiments in Visitor Engagement

Keywords:

games

Keywords:

community

Keywords:

crowdsourcing

Keywords:

analog/digital

Keywords:

audience interaction

Keywords:

prototyping

Abstract:

At Museums and the Web 2011, I proposed and led an unconference session called “Setting Ourselves Up to Fail: Low Cost, Low Stakes Strategies for Visitor Engagement.” About 40 MW attendees participated, and we had a lively discussion and brainstorm on the topic. My current project is an attempt to test out some of the ideas from this session in real space and real time at my museum. ArtGameLab is an interactive exhibition of crowd-sourced game prototypes, displayed and distributed in SFMOMA’s Koret Visitor Education Center. My aim in proposing this paper is to report back on this experiment, using the key principles from my unconference session as measures of the project: What does it mean to be “low cost?” And “low stakes?” How did this project succeed (and fail) in overcoming institutional barriers to experimentation? How can we use games to engage visitors, and how can we measure their engagement?

Several months ago, we sent an open call out to Bay Area game designers, experience designers and conceptual artists. We asked for inventive but low-cost ideas for games SFMOMA’s visitors can play in the galleries and other public spaces of the museum. I received about 50 proposals from community members from a multitude of disciplines and with wide-ranging levels of experience. The proposals varied from the highly-technological to the determinedly-analog, from the absolutely-feasible to the absurdly-farfetched. I am currently collaborating with the artists and designers who submitted the strongest and simplest game ideas to develop: prototypes, proposals for thought-provoking games that cannot be executed, and engaging public programs.

Starting in January 2012, the museum will display this selection of crowd-sourced games onsite, and provide a list of all SFMOMA-based game resources online at sfmoma.org/artgamelab (url not yet active). The exhibition will include hands-on activities, opportunities for discussion, and avenues for critical thought about gaming in museums. Programs around the exhibition will include a panel discussion on the topic, regular “SFMOMA’s Got Game” meet-ups for community members who want to play together, and opportunities for visitors to invent their own games.

The primary goal of this exhibition is to engage SFMOMA’s community in employing vocabularies of game play to test out strategies for visitor engagement. Like a game, I am setting up the parameters but have no idea at this point what the exact substance or outcome will be. This is wholly an experiment, and I wish to share my findings – both successes and failures – with my colleagues in the field at the upcoming Museums and the Web.

Type:

Mini-Workshop - teaches something or explores approaches

Mini-Workshop on SFMOMA’s Art Game Laboratory: Real-Life Mad Science Experiments in Visitor Engagement

Site:

http://www.sfmoma.org/artgamelab

Authors:

Erica Gangsei

Open Innovation and Open Source: A Guide for Content Developers

bobk — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:27:36 +0000

MW2012

Published Paper:

Open Innovation and Open Source: A Guide for Content Developers

Keywords:

participation

Keywords:

co-creation

Keywords:

design

Keywords:

prototyping

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collaboration

Keywords:

open source

Abstract:

The Tech Open Source museum project launched in late 2007 (as "The
Tech Virtual") with the goal to apply the latest in open source
collaboration methods and tools to the creation of museum content. It
is composed of an online platform (a website with user-generated
content) and modeling resources hosted in a 3D virtual world. Offered
as a resource for the museum community as a whole, the project was
funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and is hosted by The
Tech Museum in San Jose, CA.

The ambitions of the program include development of museum exhibits
and content through open contribution by a diverse community of
curators, experts, hobbyists, scientists, and thinkers. This is
accomplished by connecting with individuals, institutions, and online
communities internationally. Thus far the project has involved the
participation of over 20 institutions and 1300 site members, who have
generated more than 400 exhibit designs and video projects.

As part of the grant products we will present a report of these
methods for the museum industry in the form of a project white paper
at Museums and the Web 2012.

The paper includes descriptions of the methods in use and results
obtained by the project. These are summarized in a practical structure
which covers open source approaches for Casual Contribution, Mentored
Development, or Expert Network level contributors. It also explains
how to apply a range of open innovation categories to structure open
source projects.

The paper is meant as a guide for institutions considering open
innovation programs or open design projects.

Type:

Paper - in formal session

Optimizing engagement

Site:

http://thetechopensource.thetech.org/

Authors:

Bob Ketner

Design and Development of a Collections Dashboard

biblio — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:34:42 +0000

Twidale, M., Urban R., & Adamczyk P. (2010). Design and Development of a Collections Dashboard. (Trant, Jennifer, David Bearman, Ed.).Museums and the Web 2010. Proceedings.