Future of Museums

A New Deal for Museum Digital Skills: Making the Case for a Context-Centred, Values-Led, and Use-Focused Digital Literacy Framework for Museums

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Museums still don’t have the skills to lead the digital transformation we need and that our audiences expect. It’s time to frame a fresh set of assumptions around digital literacy in our profession. This open forum is underpinned by the latest findings and ongoing research from One by One, a nationwide digital literacy research project in the United Kingdom. Take this opportunity to identify ways a similar initiative and network of practice could grow in the United States.

Learning Objectives:

• Distinguish between a “competency,” “capability,” and “literacy” in the context of digital skills, and understand why this differentiation is crucial to building a transformational framework.
• Understand the value of a person-centered, context-based, value-led, and use-focused approach to digital literacy within the museum profession.
• Evaluate the conditions (resources, infrastructure, systems, culture, training) that must be in place to allow digital literacy to develop.

Moderator(s)

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  Ross Parry

  Professor of Museum Studies & Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Digital)
  School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, UK

Presenter(s)

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  Carolyn Royston

  Chief Experience Officer
  Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum