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Improvement on Teaching and Learning
Even in a large city, the range of museum offerings is limited, yet museums and their
collections are important repositories of knowledge and cultural artifacts. Furthermore,
many community college students work long hours in addition to attending school, making
it difficult to visit museums during their hours of operation. Using the Internet
significantly expands the average student's access to such materials.
Nontechnology comparison
The same quality of learning could not be achieved through nontechnological means.
Even if cost were not prohibitive, the time to travel to a large number of physical
museums would be impractical.
Pertinent Issues
The instructor must be ready to guide and support students who need help. In some
cases, the instructor should structure a virtual museum visit from one or more
sources to make the material best fit the course and the needs of the students.
In such cases, the instructor will need to confirm that the links are still active
each time the assignment is given.
How to Use in the Classroom
Students would be required to research a particular topic that would be the subject of
a museum exhibit, but rather than visiting a physical museum (or supplementing such a
visit if a physical museum is convenient), the student will access web-based materials
that duplicate the museum experience but are chosen (by the instructor) from the great
range of material on the Internet.
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