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Panel Discussion at the ASTC Conference in October
Next month I will be on a panel at the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) conference in Baltimore. The session is entitled, Innovative Collaborative Development and Sharing of Educational Resources Online. Here’s the description: Come learn about some of the … Continue reading
MOPA Project in Japan – Update
MOPA (Museum of Photographic Arts) in San Diego has just posted more information about their new exhibit which uses Open Exhibits software. MOPA in Japan – My Gallery ??? (Interactive) MOPA has been part of an amazing collaboration with the … Continue reading
Building a Better Collection Viewer
(You might want to see a new post on this topic: updated October 3, 2011) Our Collection Viewer software is a multitouch-enabled media viewer that can display images and video from local files or from Flickr or YouTube. It is … Continue reading
Website Improvements
If you’re a regular here on Open Exhibits you may have noticed some recent improvements. We’ve been working on making the forum and the comments “engine” for software better. We’ve also greatly simplified the software section of the site. You’ll now notice … Continue reading
Emerging Exhibits: Exploring New Models of Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
This fall I will be teaching a course on exhibit development for the Cultural Resource Management Program at the University of Victoria. The course will be held in Vancouver at the Museum of Vancouver from September 26 -28. There is … Continue reading
Search Across Informal Science Education Sites
Open Exhibits is one of the sites included in the new Informal Commons federated search site. The purpose of the Website is to provide consolidated search of multiple informal science education (ISE) sites. Currently seven ISE professional development sites are included: Assessment … Continue reading
Summary Document from the Open Exhibits Design Summit
A major event in the young history of the Open Exhibits project was the Design Summit that we held here in Corrales back in March. We have more than a dozen blog posts about the summit, but I wanted to put … Continue reading
Open Source for Museums: The Experiment Continues – Session at AAM
In May we will be at the American Association of Museums Conference in Houston, Texas. Along with an exhibit booth, we will be participating in a session entitled, Open Source for Museums: The Experiment Continues. This is a follow up … Continue reading
Open Exhibits Bootcamp at Museums and the Web 2011
This afternoon Paul Lacey and I conducted the first-ever Open Exhibits bootcamp at Museums and the Web Conference in Philadelphia! We led a group through the basics on Open Exhibits. We discussed how the software works and we showed some … Continue reading
Multitouch and Multiuser Design – Museums and the Web 2011
This morning Paul Lacey and I led a half-day workshop at the Museums and the Web conference in Philadelphia. The session focused on multitouch and multiuser design in museums. We also explored various multitouch technology and conducted a brief design … Continue reading
