[Air-L] Inspiring the Technological Imagination Blog Series

[Heather Horst]

[Apologies for Cross-Postings]

Announcing the Inspiring the Technological Imagination Blog Series

- Digital Media and Learning Hub, UCHRI, Futuresoflearning.org (www.futuresoflearning.org 
)

We are very pleased to introduce a new blog series that reports on the  
literature review conducted as part of the project, Inspiring the  
Technological Imagination: Museums and Libraries in a Digital Age.  
Funded by the MacArthur Foundation as part of the Digital Media and  
Learning initiative, this project addresses one of the four key  
questions that defines the initiative:  How might institutions change  
to take advantage of the learning opportunities provided by new  
digital media?  The work discussed in this literature review seeks to  
contribute to the development of a field in new media and learning by  
focusing on the role of museums and libraries as part of distributed  
learning networks.

The research was directed by Anne Balsamo, PI. The blog postings will  
be authored by her and other members of the research team: Cara  
Wallis, Maura Klosterman, and Susana Bautista (University of Southern  
California). Over the next six to eight weeks, Anne Balsamo and her  
research team will address the following topics:

* Overview of Digital Archive Library projects: From information  
preservation to equality of access
* Digital Media in Communities Libraries: New Practices of Participation
* The Case of Virtual Libraries
* Museums and Digital Media: From Hands-on Explorations to Interactive  
Experiences
* The Creation of Museum Web Presences
* On-Line Museum Experiences
* The Case of Virtual Museums
* From Games to Play: Libraries, Museums and Digital Learning
* Learning from the Edge:  New Practices and Possibilities for Digital  
Media in Libraries and Museums

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Heather A. Horst
UC Humanities Research Institute
University of California, Irvine
307 Aldrich Hall
Irvine, CA 92697-3350
hhorst at uci.edu

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