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Collections at the core of learningCreating digital connections between museums, schools and the world

Ben Sullivan

Museums and Heritage Show 19th May 2016@AxiellBen ben.sullivan@axiell.com

Brief introduction about AxiellThe broader market, our history, our focus & our customers (plus a few numbers)

Museums and EducationWhat is needed and who can benefit

Problems to overcomeWhat needs to be taken into consideration

Axiell’s offerWhat Axiell is currently providing to the Education sector and discussing the opportunity for museums and libraries

Axiell’s WeLearn demoNew education platform

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OVERVIEW TOPICS COVERED

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AXIELL IS A GLOBAL COMPANY ON THE CROSS SECTION BETWEEN

THE IT AND THE CULTURE SECTOR.

OUR AIM IS THAT PAST ANDPRESENT KNOWLEDGE

MERGE WITH THE FUTURE.

THE COMPANYIS FOUNDED

1980’s

SWEDISH AXIELLBIBLIOTEKSYSTE

M AB AND BTJ SYSTEM AB

MERGE

CSC CONSULTING GROUP’s

LIBRARY SECTION JOIN

2001 2004 2007 2008 2013 2014 2015

ACQUIRE FINNISH TIETOENATORLIBRARIES OY AND AKATEEMINEN

TIETOPALVELU ATP OY

MERGING WITH ENGLISH

COMPANY DS

ACQUIRE ADLIB INFORMATION SYSTEM AND SELAGO DESIGN.

THE BEGINNING OF ALM, WHERE WE ARE WORLD LEADERS.

AXIELL EDUCATION & MEDIA IS FOUNDED

ACQUIRE KE SOFTWARE

IN MELBOURNE ANDALVERA AB

ACQUIRE ELIB AB.ENTERING

THE E-MEDIA MARKET

AXIELL COMPANY DEVELOPMENT

AXIELL TODAY

1000PUBLIC LIBRARIES

3000AXIELL TODAY

SCHOOL LIBRARIES

AXIELL TODAY

3000ARCHIVES AND MUSEUMS

43CUSTOMERS IN

COUNTRIES24 +290

OFFICES IN

COUNTRIES CO-WORKERS

AXIELL TODAY

AXIELL MARKET

DEMOCRACY

COLLABORATION & EQUALITY

LEARNING

INNOVATION

CONNECTING MUSEUMS WITH EDUCATION

A single destination website should be created, bringing all Cultural Education resources together in one easily accessible place online.

In a digital environment

Henley, Darren (2012), Cultural Education in England Report, DCMS & Dept. for Education<https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/260726/Cultural_Education_report.pdf>

COLLABORATION between teachers and museum education staff. And between collections and education staff within the museum

ENGAGEMENT statistics and measures of success. Justification of investment and effort

LINKING between museum content and curriculum - Ability to create pedagogical descriptions of museum content, linked to curriculum

SHARING of enriched content – Open sharing of content to different audiences on different platforms. Easy export and flexible integration (APIs)

SOMETHING EASY for everyone

WHAT IS NEEDED?

The student – the pupil takes centre stage (learning by stealth)

The teacher – easy access to trusted, reviewed & engaging content

The museum educator – a closer connection to the audience helps ensure content is relevant and used.

The school – an easier way to engage directly with museums

The museum - Feedback and analytics to track goals for engagement. Justify existence, create funding opportunities

Community – successful pupil engagement canhelp reach out through family and friends

WHO CAN BENEFIT?

THE PROBLEMS IN THE PLAN

Lacking digital infrastructure between schools and museums. Museums don’t reach schools efficiently

MuseumSchool

Digital learning

resourcesMuseum Content

MuseumPedagogy

THE EXTERNAL ACCESS PROBLEM

British Museumwww.britishmuseum.org/learning/schools_and_teachers/resources.aspxImperial War Museumwww.iwm.org.uk/history/learning-resourcesV&Awww.vam.ac.uk/page/t/teachers-resources/Ashmoleanwww.ashmolean.org/education/resources/NHMwww.nhm.ac.uk/schools/teaching-resources.html

Museum

MuseumContent

MuseumPedagogy

Online Access

THE INTERNAL ACCESS PROBLEMThe museum pedagogues are separated from

collections information, both organisationally and technically.

THE TANK PROBLEMTeachers want to find stuff quickly and easily

“I want to find something about tanks”

Online Access

Online Access

Museum

MuseumContent

MuseumPedagogy

GOOGLE

TES

BBC BITESIZE

Google ImagesTES resourcesBBC Bitesize

How can we overcome these problems and increase the use of museum and cultural information as key learning resources for

schools and the community?

Open structures with well documented APIs

Platform not limited to internal access or content creation

Reuse and repurpose of existing museum content

Supply content in the education domain

Provide analytics to assess use and engagement

AXIELL OFFER

MuseumSchool

Axiell EducationPlatform

AxiellCollectionsPlatform

MuseumPedagogy

Axiell OpenAPI

Steering documents for

teachers

Axiell Open

API

THE SOLUTION

School

Axiell EducationPlatform

AxiellCollectionsPlatform

MuseumPedagogy

Axiell Open API

Steering documents for

teachers

Axiell Open API

Axiell Open API

Other online learning platforms

Museum

DEMO WeLearn

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THANK YOUBen Sullivan

Museums and Heritage Show 2016@AxiellBen ben.sullivan@axiell.com