[Each year we have an official event blogger to help make sure people who can’t attend our events can get a sense of the conversations and hot topics on the day. It’s also a lovely chance to introduce some new voices to the wider museum community. This time our official blogger was Rachel Kasbohm (@rekasbohm). […]
I thought I’d post my notes for the Chair’s Welcome to UK Museums on the Web: UKMW12 ‘Strategically Digital’, partly because it gives me a chance to re-thank everyone who helped make UKMW12 such a fantastic event. In the same spirit of sharing and transparency we’ll also post reports from the AGM. “Hi, I’m Mia […]
As well as sharing the speaker’s slides and audio (below), we’re sharing blog posts and other reports from UK Museums on the Web: UKMW12 ‘Strategically Digital’. If you’ve written about the event let us know in the comments or on twitter (@ukmcg) and we’ll add the link. If you’ve taken photos, please tag them ukmw12 […]
Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) Ticket Bursaries for UK Museums on the Web conference In support of museums’ ongoing engagement in the world of the digital and encouragement of young professionals’ exploration of the digital humanities, ACH is pleased to offer up to five (5) ticket bursaries for student/unwaged participants in UKMW12. Preference […]
Full programme now live: https://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/2012/10/26/programme-for-ukmw12/. FAQ: what is UKMW12? Museums on the Web is the Museums Computer Group’s annual conference about, well, museums and the web. As always, UK Museums on the Web is a day for being inspired by the latest ideas, for learning from case studies grounded in organisations like yours, and for […]
If you have got something that you’re working on or have launched recently; why not share it at UKMW12? There are 5 open mic slots available to talk for no more than 5 minutes. These can be informal and provide you with the opportunity to tell us about a project you are working on, make […]
Update, November 2012: the full programme is online at UK Museums on the Web: UKMW12 ‘Strategically Digital’ Programme. Follow the hashtag #ukmw12 on the day, or check back after the conference for a summary and a list of blog posts/tweets about the event. The Committee of the Museums Computer Group is excited to announce that […]
‘Engaging digital audiences in museums’ was another successful Museums Computer Group regional event, and it was even better because it was co-created with the Digital Learning Network. Here are some of the great reports and blog posts people wrote after attending ‘Engaging digital audiences in museums’: Learning and Technology sitting in a Museum Shaped tree…EngageM Take […]
For our joint conference with Museums Computer Group (MCG), we invited two bloggers to record the event – Nadja Ryzhakova used her iPad to capture the day in pictures and Laura Martin provided a written summary. Their work is shown below: On July 11th 2012, under the title ‘Engaging Digital Audiences in Museums’, professionals from museums […]
Museums are finding more and more ways to use digital technologies to enhance their learning and public engagement programmes. Technology has tremendous potential to engage, excite and inspire people, to make learning more flexible and to cater for different learning styles and abilities. In many museums, however, the work of learning departments and technology teams […]