1. Museum Learning via Social Media:
Can interactions on Twitter enhance the museum learning experience?
Research Questions
• How can museum spaces, artefacts and
Introduction social media tools be used to create
New technologies and online services have participatory learning experiences which
changed the traditional ways of are engaging and meaningful?
communication and learning radically. Such • How do young people’s online interactions
Personal help them to engage meaningfully with
developments bring unique and
fundamental opportunities, alongside
Context museum content and make sense of their
challenges, for rethinking learning in both experiences?
formal and non-formal learning spaces,
Methods
such as museums and schools.
This research employs case study research
Description Social Physical methodology. Methods included: pre- and
The museum visit was designed around the
Context Context post-test questionnaire, observations in the
classroom and the museum, track Twitter
theme ‘Get Up, Stand Up: Fight for your
and semi-structured interviews.
rights’. It is related to KS3 History
Curriculum. The Museum of London was Participants
Contextual Model for Learning
selected as the site of the study. The study The museum learning experience is shaped by time and “filtered through the personal A Year 9 History class in a secondary school
context, mediated by the social context and embedded within the physical context”
included a museum visit and some pre-visit Falk and Dierking (1992) in Milton Keynes (n=29).
and post-visit classroom based sessions.
“I like that...cos you got to see other people‟s opinions...you can
Why ? see how they interpret it [...] „You could just look back at it and
•popular ‘microblogging’ service look through it...and just see what different opinions...the most
•synchronous and asynchronous attributes important thing...everyone has an opinion‟” (Nina)
•effective educational tool (Elavski et al; Junco et al.) “With the tweeting...you get lots of opinions on what you have
•easy to use, simple web and iPhone app interface posted, forming judgments, and the best part...you can get some more
information, particular items you are interested in and search about it.‟”(Neil)
Koula Charitonos
Research Student CREET/IET “I really enjoyed it, it was a brilliant way of learning and very interactive...” (Sara) (Data from interviews )
K.Charitonos@open.ac.uk/ @ch_koula Data from Twitter
![Museum Learning via Social Media:
Can interactions on Twitter enhance the museum learning experience?
Research Questions
• How can museum spaces, artefacts and
Introduction social media tools be used to create
New technologies and online services have participatory learning experiences which
changed the traditional ways of are engaging and meaningful?
communication and learning radically. Such • How do young people’s online interactions
Personal help them to engage meaningfully with
developments bring unique and
fundamental opportunities, alongside
Context museum content and make sense of their
challenges, for rethinking learning in both experiences?
formal and non-formal learning spaces,
Methods
such as museums and schools.
This research employs case study research
Description Social Physical methodology. Methods included: pre- and
The museum visit was designed around the
Context Context post-test questionnaire, observations in the
classroom and the museum, track Twitter
theme ‘Get Up, Stand Up: Fight for your
and semi-structured interviews.
rights’. It is related to KS3 History
Curriculum. The Museum of London was Participants
Contextual Model for Learning
selected as the site of the study. The study The museum learning experience is shaped by time and “filtered through the personal A Year 9 History class in a secondary school
context, mediated by the social context and embedded within the physical context”
included a museum visit and some pre-visit Falk and Dierking (1992) in Milton Keynes (n=29).
and post-visit classroom based sessions.
“I like that...cos you got to see other people‟s opinions...you can
Why ? see how they interpret it [...] „You could just look back at it and
•popular ‘microblogging’ service look through it...and just see what different opinions...the most
•synchronous and asynchronous attributes important thing...everyone has an opinion‟” (Nina)
•effective educational tool (Elavski et al; Junco et al.) “With the tweeting...you get lots of opinions on what you have
•easy to use, simple web and iPhone app interface posted, forming judgments, and the best part...you can get some more
information, particular items you are interested in and search about it.‟”(Neil)
Koula Charitonos
Research Student CREET/IET “I really enjoyed it, it was a brilliant way of learning and very interactive...” (Sara) (Data from interviews )
K.Charitonos@open.ac.uk/ @ch_koula Data from Twitter](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/posterkoulafinal-110613062331-phpapp02/85/Museum-Learning-via-Social-Media_OUposter-1-320.jpg)
