Museums and the Web 2009 Workshop


The Handheld Handbook: Capturing and developing best practices in mobile interpretation for museums

 

Please let us know if you can help with the planning or presentation of the workshop.

 

Aimed at both experienced mobile developers and museum professionals just getting started with handheld platforms, this workshop is designed to capture and share best practice in developing mobile interpretation programs in museums. We hope both to help those new to these platforms get started and avoid common pitfalls, and to gather new ideas and challenges to carry the conversation to the next level and begin collectively developing the next generation of mobile solutions.

 

In the first 20 minutes of the session, four presenters will review ‘top tips’ mapped by an earlier workshop of 30 museum professionals from around the world with experience in the full range of handheld platforms. These Mind Maps cover four major areas of handheld development, and can be found online on the Handheld Wiki that came out of this earlier workshop:

 

  1. Handheld basics: good tour design 

    http://tatehandheldconference.pbwiki.com/Mind+Map+Handheld+Basics

  2. Choosing the platform: audio tour, cellphone, iPhone, proprietary devices... 

    http://tatehandheldconference.pbwiki.com/Mind+Map+Platforms

  3. Getting it done: what you can do in-house, outsource, cutting costs & attracting revenues (Silvia's presentation)

    http://tatehandheldconference.pbwiki.com/Mind+Map+Getting+It+Done

  4. Advanced handhelds: working cross-platform & pre-purposing content; the virtuous circle of pre-, during- & post-visit services; next generation (UGC, social networking...) 

    http://tatehandheldconference.pbwiki.com/Mind+Map+Working+Cross-platform

 

Next, Koven will do a 10 minute presentation of his paper for the work shop on ‘next generation’ handheld development, followed by small group discussion in response to the presentation (20 min). The discussion will be facilitated by contributors to the original Mind Maps and Handheld Wiki. In closing, participants will be asked to report back to the whole group in response to the questions:

 

 

The outcomes of the workshop discussion will be added to the Handheld Wiki so that the conversation and collaboration can continue. Workshop participants can also join the Wiki before the workshop, to post questions and key issues for the presenters and facilitators to address.