Digital Technologies and the Museum Experience: Handheld Guides and Other Media

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Loïc Tallon
Rowman Altamira, Aug 28, 2008 - Business & Economics - 264 pages
The biggest trend in museum exhibit design today is the creative incorporation of technology. Digital Technologies and the Museum Experience: Handheld Guides and Other Media explores the potential of mobile technologies (cell phones, digital cameras, MP3 players, PDAs) for visitor interaction and learning in museums, drawing on established practice to identify guidelines for future implementations.
 

Contents

Ch01 The Exploded Museum
3
Ch02 Enhancing Visitor Interaction and Learning with Mobile Technologies
19
Ch 03 Designing MobileDigital Experiences
35
Part II DELIVERING POTENTIAL
61
Talking the Walk
63
Reflections from TenYears of Practice
79
Ch 06 Improving Visitor Access
97
Ch 07 Structuring VisitorParticipation
109
Ch 08 Designing for MobileVisitor Engagement
125
Ch 09 CrossContext Learning
147
Ch 10 Interactive Adventures
167
The Futurein Our Hands? PuttingPotential into Practice
179
Bibliography
195
Index
223
About the Contributors
231
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Loïc Tallon has worked as an independent researcher and as a project manager and new media consultant with Cultural Innovations, a leading international museum consultancy. Kevin Walker has worked in and with museums since 1996, including five years as senior software designer for exhibitions at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

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