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Facilitating learning through hands-on engagement with virtual museum artefacts
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Neale, S and Chinthammit, W and Lueg, C and Nixon, PA, Facilitating learning through hands-on engagement with virtual museum artefacts, Proceedings of the 28th International BCS Human-Computer Interaction Conference, 9-12 September 2014, Southport, United Kingdom, pp. 222-227. (2014) [Refereed Conference Paper]
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DOI: doi:10.14236/ewic/hci2014.27
Abstract
In collaborative museum learning contexts, it is problematic that groups of museum visitors are
not able able to touch, handle, and pass museum artefacts around during collaborative
discussions. This can be due to the fragility of the artefacts themselves or due to the people
discussing them being in different locations. Interacting with virtual representations of artefacts is
a solution to the problem, but digital experiences have typically lacked many of the qualities that
are so successful in engaging museum learners with physical artefacts.
In this paper, we introduce our theory that hands-on, reality-based interaction using a tablet
interface offers a much more engaging way for collaborators to explore and discuss virtual
artefacts than the more traditional desktop interface-based experience, and that this increase in
engagement will potentially lead to learning outcomes for the collaborators.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Conference Paper |
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Keywords: | museum informatics, reality-based interaction, user engagement, asynchronous learning |
Research Division: | Information and Computing Sciences |
Research Group: | Library and information studies |
Research Field: | Human information interaction and retrieval |
Objective Division: | Information and Communication Services |
Objective Group: | Information services |
Objective Field: | Library and archival services |
UTAS Author: | Neale, S (Mr Steven Neale) |
UTAS Author: | Chinthammit, W (Dr Winyu Chinthammit) |
UTAS Author: | Lueg, C (Professor Christopher Lueg) |
UTAS Author: | Nixon, PA (Professor Paddy Nixon) |
ID Code: | 97019 |
Year Published: | 2014 |
Deposited By: | Information and Communication Technology |
Deposited On: | 2014-11-28 |
Last Modified: | 2018-01-16 |
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