Web-based museum trails enhanced design students' knowledge of, interest in, and closeness to museum objects¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r2 · q2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Student feedback showed that overall the trails enhanced students' knowledge of, interest in, and closeness to the objects. → Reynolds 2010

Evidence¶

Reynolds 2010¶

Reynolds, R., Walker, K., & Speight, C. (2010). Web-based museum trails on PDAs for university-level design students: Design and evaluation. Computers & Education. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2010.04.010

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Summative qualitative evaluation of the iGuides trails with HE design students at the V&A, drawing on interviews, observations and uploaded data; the review found "the trails enhanced students'knowledge of, interest in, and closeness to the objects" and that students "spent much longer looking at objects when following trails".

"Student feedback shows that overall the trails enhanced students'knowledge of, interest in, and closeness to the objects. They spent much longer looking at objects when following trails"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Trails pointed students to objects they would not otherwise have noticed and helped when galleries felt overwhelming — related
• Multi-perspective, tutor-created trails were the most popular, and students valued hearing multiple views of the same object — related
• Students preferred conducting a trail outside their own subject area, and help with learning to look was welcomed at all course levels — related
• Technology sometimes distracted students from the learning experience, but distraction was balanced by the usefulness of content and structure — related