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Universal Design For Learning At The Toledo Museum Of Art: Mobile Learning Guide, Katie Hatch

Master of Education in Instructional Design and Technology Plan II Graduate Projects

The purpose of this project was to create a mobile learning guide based on Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles that would help the casual visitor understand and engage with objects or exhibits located in the Toledo Museum of Art’s Classic Court. Adhering to the UDL principles (i.e., providing multiple means of representation, action and expression, and engagement), the guide showcased four artifacts in the gallery. The contents of the mobile learning guide included an orientation to the guide and the four artifacts highlighted within, an introduction to visual literacy, and a chapter for each artifact, containing information organized thematically. …

Museum. Edu : A Guide For Developers Of Museum Web Sites That Strive To Educate, Michael J. Mathews

Graduate Student Independent Studies

Often, as a museum's web site is developed, designers strive to create experiences that educate the web site visitor who may or may not ever visit the actual physical collection. This paper is intended to be a guide for museum educators who are seeking to design or assist in the design of museum web sites that connect with users.

The World Wide Web is expanding at a breathtaking rate. It is quickly becoming simply expected that established companies and institutions will have an address on the web. Museums and other educational institutions have helped to pioneer much of what the …

Active Learning On The Internet : Flexible Development Framework For Museum Web Site Activities, H. Courtney White

Graduate Student Independent Studies

Provides museum professionals with a flexible framework for developing museum web site activities and allows them to question, evaluate, and change their web site in response to the museum's and visitors' needs.