Last modified: 31 Jul 2023 11:19
Gain skills and confidence with Digital Museum Practice. With our thematic lectures and practical activities, you’ll gain core experience in this key area of contemporary museum work.
Digital Museum Practice is intended to offer knowledge and skills development in relation to the use of digital technology in museums. By exploring a variety of themes and technologies in this area, the course aims to offer individuals experience and confidence in this important part of contemporary professional practice. The course is ideal for emerging professionals and early career practitioners who are looking to increase their digital confidence, and examine the possibilities of further qualifications in the field.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Session | Second Sub Session | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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In light of COVID-19, many museums have increased the rate at which they provided online resources; online collections, 360 degree tours and more. This brings into the open broader questions about accessibility, care of information, and data usage, which are key to museum practice. We need to note, however, that digital and computing technology have been impacting museum practice for almost 60 years, through documentation and collections management resources. With the rise in digital technologies as everyday items since the late 1980s, it is becoming increasingly urgent that museum practitioners also address the practical and philosophical questions of preserving and caring for artefacts of the Digital Age. However, recently released reports from the One by One project highlight a skills/confidence gap in the sector in relation to digital technology. These factors suggest the necessity of making training in digital confidence, resilience and skills more available to museum practitioners. For students, this course will offer the opportunity to explore this complex field, will encourage the development of ‘digital confidence’, offer an alternative mode of engagement with a PG level education, and offer opportunities for professional development.
Key topics on the course include:
Your course will include lectures, readings, journal reflections and discussions. There will be regular ‘Tech of the Week’ topics for you to explore. You will complete a presentation focused on a digital intervention at the University of Aberdeen’s Museums and Special Collections, and you will complete an independent critical evaluation of the digital offer of a museum of your choice.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 75 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 40 | Feedback Weeks | 44 | |
| Feedback |
An individually researched and written case study and critical evaluation of the digital offering of a museum of your choice. Essay will be submitted online. Feedback will be given via Grademark. |
Word Count | 4000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Analyse | Discuss critically, in written and verbal form, current issues and applications of technology in museums. |
| Conceptual | Create | Demonstrate evidence of independent research. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Drawing on relevant literature, describe and evaluate how museums communicate and interact with their audiences through digital means. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Critically evaluate museum websites and other digital media used by museums. |
| Factual | Remember | Demonstrate an awareness of the variety of digital technologies available to be used by museums. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 25 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 35 | Feedback Weeks | 39 | |
| Feedback |
Students will upload presentation slides to Blackboard via Grademark. Presentations will be recorded. Feedback will be given on the slides, through Grademark. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Analyse | Discuss critically, in written and verbal form, current issues and applications of technology in museums. |
| Conceptual | Create | Demonstrate an ability to prepare material for leading and participating in seminar discussions. |
| Conceptual | Create | Demonstrate evidence of independent research. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Critically evaluate museum websites and other digital media used by museums. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Drawing on relevant literature, describe and evaluate how museums communicate and interact with their audiences through digital means. |
| Factual | Remember | Demonstrate an awareness of the variety of digital technologies available to be used by museums. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 75 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 46 | Feedback Weeks | 49 | |
| Feedback |
For the essay, the student is permitted a second attempt. Their mark would be RP (resit pass) or RF (resit fail). Essay will be submitted online. Feedback will be given via Grademark. |
Word Count | 4000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 25 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 44 | Feedback Weeks | 47 | |
| Feedback |
For the group presentation, the group is permitted a second attempt. Their mark would be RP (resit pass) or RF (resit fail). Students will upload presentation slides to Blackboard via Grademark. Presentations will be recorded. Feedback will be given on the slides, through Grademark. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Analyse | Discuss critically, in written and verbal form, current issues and applications of technology in museums. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Critically evaluate museum websites and other digital media used by museums. |
| Conceptual | Create | Demonstrate an ability to prepare material for leading and participating in seminar discussions. |
| Conceptual | Create | Demonstrate evidence of independent research. |
| Factual | Remember | Demonstrate an awareness of the variety of digital technologies available to be used by museums. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Drawing on relevant literature, describe and evaluate how museums communicate and interact with their audiences through digital means. |
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