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Call for Proposals Museums and the Web Asia 2013 sticky icon

We are delighted to announce that we have launched the Museums and the Web Asia 2013 website and opened the call for proposals for our 2nd Hong Kong conference which will be held Dec 9-12, 2013 at the Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel and Towers! http://mwa2013.museumsandtheweb.com

You can submit a proposal here: http://mwa2013.museumsandtheweb.com/submit-proposal/

Get the MW2013 Proceedings and discounted past proceedings now

We are now accepting orders for the MW2013 Selected Papers and Proceedings and for a limited time are offering all past proceedings at half price when ordered with this year's copy.

Add to your MW shelf and pick up any missing volumes at:

http://mw2013.museumsandtheweb.com/publications/

How do we make change? We want your answers!

As museum technologists, we need to evolve constantly. But how? How do we create the conditions for change in ourselves, in our museums, and in the wider community?

Remembering Ed Bachta

 

In January of this year, our friend and colleague Ed Bachta passed away at the age of thirty-six. A senior application developer at the Indianapolis Museum of Art for five years, Ed was a key member of the IMA Lab team that developed groundbreaking projects for the museum community, including Steve.Museum, Art Babble, TAP and TourML, and the Online Scholarly Catalogue Initiative (OSCI) toolset, as well as innovative web and interactive projects for the Indianapolis Museum of Art such as the IMA dashboard and FLOW Can You See the River. Those of you who had the privilege of knowing Ed will remember him as a quiet and gentle man, with a sly sense of humor and a passion for his work. Though he was a technical wizard with a background in data visualization and human computer interaction, Ed was also an infinitely patient translator of technology who helped less technical members of the museum community apply and embrace advanced computing techniques.
Ed's passions were eclectic and wide-ranging: he loved biking, gaming, Japanese culture, and the outdoors, and was intensely interested in science and environmental conservation. In April, a tree was planted in the IMA's Art and Nature Park to honor his lasting impact at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Ed was also an engaged and productive member of the Museums and the Web community, contributing to a number of papers and workshops in recent years. He enjoyed coming to MW, and his work will be represented at this year's conference in a fascinating paper on eye-tracking technology that will be presented on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. in Salon H&G (http://mw2013.museumsandtheweb.com/proposals/capturing-visitors-gazes-th...). 
Ed's friends and colleagues have created a Museums and the Web scholarship in his memory. Beginning next year, the Ed Bachta Memorial Scholarship will support registration and travel expenses for a deserving Museums and the Web attendee who is working in Ed's areas of interest. We hope to award the scholarship to a museum professional working at the intersection of art and science or who shares Ed's interest in games and gaming. 
To establish the scholarship fund, we're throwing a fundraising party on Thursday night, April 18. Drink tickets will include a small contribution to the scholarship fund, and can be purchased at the conference from any of us, or on the night of the party, which will be held at the Radio Room Bar, 1101 NE Alberta Street, Portland. We'll be toasting Ed with artisanal root beer (his favorite) as well as with a good selection of Portland brews and cocktails, sharing reminiscences, and enjoying the company of fellow conference-goers. Those of you who can't make it to the party are encouraged to make a donation to the fund by contacting one of us. 

In January of this year, our friend and colleague Ed Bachta passed away at the age of thirty-six. A senior application developer at the Indianapolis Museum of Art for five years, Ed was a key member of the IMA Lab team that developed groundbreaking projects for the museum community, including Steve.Museum, Art Babble, TAP and TourML, and the Online Scholarly Catalogue Initiative (OSCI) toolset, as well as innovative web and interactive projects for the Indianapolis Museum of Art such as the IMA dashboard and FLOW Can You See the River. Those of you who had the privilege of knowing Ed will remember him as a quiet and gentle man, with a sly sense of humor and a passion for his work. Though he was a technical wizard with a background in data visualization and human computer interaction, Ed was also an infinitely patient translator of technology who helped less technical members of the museum community apply and embrace advanced computing techniques.

On building a better MOOC

When building a MOOC, one of the most important questions that professionals ask is: What do I use to build this MOOC? This is no small question and the there is no one small answer. There are a plethora of opportunities and possible solutions, the selection of which really depends on the general sensibility and educational goals of the institution and of the course to be offered.

To MOOC or not to MOOC

"To MOOC or not to MOOC, that is the question. Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrow of outrageous learning, Or to take regular classes against a sea of technology, and by opposing them, return to the classroom...." loosely paraphrased from William Shakespeare's Hamlet: Director of educational technology.

To MOOC or not to MOOC

"To MOOC or not to MOOC, that is the question. Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrow of outrageous learning, Or to take regular classes against a sea of technology, and by opposing them, return to the classroom...." loosely paraphrased from William Shakespeare's Hamlet: Director of educational technology.

More talk about MOOCs and Museums

http://davidgreenfield.net/blog/

MOOCs and Museums- a talk in Los Angeles

If you are in LA on March 11, please join me at Future Salon LA, where I will be presenting "Major mayhem or a marvelous match? An introduction to museums and MOOCs."
http://futuresalon17.eventbrite.com/

[Announcement] Michigan State University 2013 Cultural Heritage Informatics Fieldschool


Taking place from May 27th to July 3rd on the campus of Michigan State University and offered by the Department of Anthropology, the 2013 Cultural Heritage Informatics (CHI) Fieldschool introduces students to the tools and methods required to creatively apply information and computing technologies to cultural heritage materials and questions.

New York Historical Society/ECOARTPEDIA

New York Historical Society MUSEUM & LIBRARY announced upcoming 2013 Exhibition "The Armory Show at 100" at
http://www.nyhistory.org/exhibitions/armory-show-at-100

Graduate studies in Museum Studies and Information in the University of Toronto

As a faculty member of the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto and director of its Museum Studies program, I would like to bring our master’s programs to your attention, and invite you to share this information with collaagues and students who may be interested.

Museums and the Web 2013 Early Registration Thru Dec 31st

What’s better than 4 days of fabulous interactions with the brightest museum technologists from around the world?

Meeting them in Portland, a city renowned for its inventive chefs cooking in its many food carts and the vast range of brews from its 30 breweries!

Join us in Portland, Oregon April 17-20, 2013 for the 17th annual Museums and the Web conference!

Early bird rates apply through December 31st, 2012 when you register for Museums and the Web 2013: http://mw2013.museumsandtheweb.com/registration/

Conference: Human-Computer Interaction in Informal Science Education (HCI+ISE)

Conference: Human-Computer Interaction in Informal Science Education (HCI+ISE)
June 11-14, 2013
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Open Source Software in the Cultural Heritage Domain

As part of the Europeana Version 2 project we have made available the first iteration of an Inventory of FLOSS in the Cultural Heritage Domain. This inventory aims to create a valuable resource, collecting relevant open source software tools for the cultural heritage domain.