iGuides¶
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Evidence · 6 claims (4 for, 1 mixed, 1 against) · 1 study (1 design),q2· 0 of 1 report an effect size · 6 claims rest on one study
Description¶
iGuides is a web-based museum-trail system created by StreetAccess that delivers linked audio, text, video, and image content on handheld devices and lets learners create and share personalised trails.
Components¶
- iGuides web-based museum trail system on PDAs at the Victoria and Albert Museum: The iGuides system, created by StreetAccess in 2004, links museum-created or external web pages into trails containing audio, text, video and images; users can input their own responses via photographs, voice recordings or text, creating personalised trails accessible on the web after the visit. Twenty trails were developed for HE design students at the V&A, hosted on the StreetAccess website and accessed via handheld PDAs over wireless networks installed in nine galleries. (Reynolds et al. (2010))
Claims¶
- Trails were only partially successful technologically due to device and network problems [-W]
- Trails pointed students to objects they would not otherwise have noticed and helped when galleries felt overwhelming [+W]
- Multi-perspective, tutor-created trails were the most popular, and students valued hearing multiple views of the same object [+W]
- Technology sometimes distracted students from the learning experience, but distraction was balanced by the usefulness of content and structure [~W]
- Students preferred conducting a trail outside their own subject area, and help with learning to look was welcomed at all course levels [+W]
- Web-based museum trails enhanced design students' knowledge of, interest in, and closeness to museum objects [+W]
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Key Sources¶
- 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
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iGuides is a web-based museum-trail system created by StreetAccess that delivers linked audio, text, video, and image content on handheld devices and lets learners create and share personalised trails. |
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