MuseumScouts: Exploring how schools, museums and interactive technologies can work together to support learning

• Published in: Computers and education Vol. 54; no. 3; pp. 669 - 678
• Main Authors: Wishart, Jocelyn, Triggs, Pat
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult Students; Austria; Computer Assisted Instruction; Computer Software; Cooperative Learning; Curriculum Implementation; Educational Technology; Electronic Learning; Elementary Secondary Education; Europe; Foreign Countries; Germany; Handheld Devices; Instructional Design; Instructional Effectiveness; International Programs; Internet; Learner Engagement; Learning by teaching; Lithuania; Mobile learning; Multimedia Instruction; Multimedia Materials; Museum learning; Museums; Online authoring; Partnerships in Education; Portugal; Postsecondary Education; Program Descriptions; Student Motivation; Student Projects; Teacher Educators; United Kingdom; United Kingdom; Austria; Lithuania; Portugal; Germany; Online authoring; Learning by teaching; Mobile learning; Museum learning

In this paper we report on the successes and challenges of a creative project involving museums, schools and interactive technologies. The MuseumScouts project is EU Comenius 2.1 funded and involves teachers, teacher educators, museum staff, students and researchers from five European countries: Ger...