Myartspace extended the time students spend engaged with exhibits in the museum¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? A museum Education Officer reported that a normal visit lasts approximately 20 minutes while a Myartspace visit lasts an hour and a half, giving students more time working with museum material. → Vavoula 2009

Evidence¶

Vavoula 2009¶

Vavoula, G., Sharples, M., Rudman, P., Meek, J., & Lonsdale, P. (2009). Myartspace: Design and evaluation of support for learning with multimedia phones between classrooms and museums. Computers & Education. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2009.02.007

q2 · i? · design · r3

Interview evidence from a museum Education Officer reported in the meso-level evaluation. The officer stated "A normal visit lasts approximately 20 minutes; a Myartspace visit is an hour and a half". Teachers in all trials noted students spent more time and engaged more with exhibits.

"According to one museum Education Officer, Myartspace extends considerably the average time students spend in the museum: "A normal visit lasts approximately 20 minutes; a Myartspace visit is an hour and a half, so that students have more time working in the venue, looking at the material.""

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Students found Myartspace easy to use and reported the visit was more engaging than traditional museum visits — related
• Myartspace enabled students to gather substantial multimedia evidence during a museum visit — related
• Collecting with Myartspace prompted collaborative and competitive negotiation among students about what to collect — related
• The post-visit lesson supported reflection and synthesis, but students could not effectively process all collected items in one lesson — related