Museum Council symposium on the educational role of museums and digital media
The Museum Council is hosting a symposium in the Museum House on Friday, October 26th from 2-5 pm on the educational role of museums and how digital media can support it.
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The symposium is being held following the publication of the Museum Council's status report on digital dissemination in recognized museums, "In step with the times? - Digital dissemination of museums for educational purposes" see: https://safnarad.is/stafraenskyrslaprentutgafa-2/
AGENDA:
14:00 Sentence and introduction
14:10 Merete Sanderhoff – What's the social impact of digitizing museums
15:00 Coffee break (The Reykjavík Maritime Museum introduces the use of virtual reality glasses in the exhibition Melckmeyt 1659 – underwater archaeological research.)
15:20 Vala Gunnarsdottir – Sarpur.is and its use for education
15:40 Ingibjörg Hannesdóttir – Communicating cultural heritage in the language of technology
15:55 Anna Maria Thorkelsdottir – Genius Workshops – 21st century skills and creativity made accessible in primary schools
16:35 Tryggvi Thayer – In tune with what times? Looking ahead in education and training
17:00 Light refreshments
The keynote speaker of the symposium is Merete Sanderhoff but she is an exhibition director and head of digital media at SMK – Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen, where she works for open access and reuse of digital cultural heritage. She is a popular speaker and moderator at international conferences on digital cultural heritage. She has also worked on open access/open accessibility in the GLAM* community, with Sharing is Caring conferences she has shaped. Merete has published a considerable amount of research on digital use in museums, including the anthology Sharing is Caring: Openness and Sharing in the Cultural Heritage SectorShe is the chairman. Europeana Network Association, and sits on the advisory board OpenGL.
Other speakers are Ingibjörg Hannesdóttir, project manager for education at the Reykjavík Art Museum, Vala Gunnarsdóttir, subject manager at Sarps, Anna María Þorkelsdóttir, teacher and project manager, and Tryggvi Thayer, project manager at MenntaMiðja at the School of Education, University of Iceland.
*Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums