The MCG Committee are pleased to announce our Spring meeting:
Engaging Visitors Through Play
Museums Computer Group hosted by the Centre for Media Research
Event reports:
- Event blogger Mairead Quinn’s Engaging Visitors Through Play
- Museums Association ‘Game on’ by Mia Ridge
- Maeve O’Brien’s Digitising Information in the online era… 21st Century Plath!
- Alex Moseley’s Engaging Visitors Through Play | MOERG: Games & Social Networks in Education
- Mia’s talk notes ‘Digital challenges, digital opportunities’ at MCGPlay, Belfast
- Mia’s event notes ‘Engaging Visitors Through Play’ – the Museums Computer Group in Belfast (re-posted by the Museums Association, above)
- Museum Games: Dishes Best Served to Order references some themes from the event
- MCGPlay Flickr photo pool
- Tweets for #MCGPlay
- Alex Moseley has kindly shared the game he created for this event with the MCG community, you can find out how to play ‘Curate a Fact’ and download his game cards to run it yourself.
Event information:
30th May 2013
University of Ulster, Belfast Campus
12:00 – 17:00
#MCGPlay
Followed by
#Drinkingaboutmuseums
Venue TBC
17:00 -19:00
A symposium showcasing local talent and international best practice. This event will provide delegates with a platform from which to explore how their museum could use games and play to create meaningful visitor engagement, and will provide game developers with an insight into emerging opportunities to work with museums and arts organisations both in Northern Ireland and internationally.
Engaging Visitors Through Play builds on the #ArtsNI series of digital meet ups held in Belfast, during 2012 and seeks to foster exciting, relevant and challenging conversations, collaborations and professional development opportunities for those working in and with museums and arts organisations.
Event Details
#MCGPlay
A symposium showcasing local talent and international best practice. This event will provide delegates with a platform from which to explore how their museum could use games and play to create meaningful visitor engagement, and will provide game developers and arts organisations with an insight into emerging opportunities to work with museums both in Northern Ireland and internationally.
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11:45 Registration (Tea, Coffee and Sandwiches)
12:00 Welcome and Introductions
12:10: Digital Challenges. Digital Opportunities. Mia Ridge, Chair, Museums Computer Group
12:30 Panel 1 – Play: A Northern Ireland Showcase
Chaired by Nico Fell, AV Browne Group
- Immersive Theatre and Digital Experience: Lyndsey Jackson, General Manager, Kabosh
- Learning to Play: Hack days, rapid protoyping and digitally mediated solutions:Oonagh Murphy PhD Researcher, University of Ulster
- My NI Developing a photography game: Reflections on Research Methodologies vs R&D: Alan Hook, Lecturer, University of Ulster
- Panel discussion and Q&A
13:45 Panel 2 – Games: Best Practice and Innovative Approaches Chaired by Matt Johnson, Digital Circle
- Play at Tate, Past, Present and Future: Sharna Jackson, Tate Kids
- Truth and Fact: Museums and Public Engagement: Danny Birchall, Wellcome Collection
- The Educational Potential of Low Budget Games: Alex Moseley, University of Leicester
- Panel discussion and Q&A
15:00 Tea and Scones
15:15 Lightening talks
A range of short presentations from thinkers, practitioners and representatives from the regional creative industries to spur discussion and debate, collaboration and enquiry.
- Matt Johnson – Digital Circle
- Anna Patrick – Take Back Belfast
- Steven Shaw – Big Motive
- Adrian & Gordan Campbell – Design Zoo
- Lance Wilson – Lancorz Design
16:30 Game Play
Using a collections based game designed especially for this event, Alex Moseley will provide delegates with practical insights into how to turn a game concept from an idea to a reality.
16:50 Closing remarks
17:00 Conversations move to The Hudson Bar for #Drinkingaboutmuseums
The symposium will be followed by a #drinkingaboutmuseums pub meetup between 17:00 -19:00. Similar pub meetups have been held around the world from Australia to America, they provide an informal setting to discuss ideas and develop collaborations with like-minded people. Open to all, the Belfast event will allow speakers and delegates to discuss interesting ideas that have emerged during the symposium over a beer
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This is the Museums Computer Group’s first event in Northern Ireland in decades and provides delegates with the opportunity to connect with and learn more about an organisation that connects, supports and inspires those working in and with museums across the UK.
‘Engaging Visitors Through Play’ is hosted by The Centre for Media Research