The Institute for Learning Innovation announces:
"Learning Workshops for Museum Professionals, Spring 1999"
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THINKING EVALUATIVELY: UNDERSTANDING YOUR VISITORS
February 25 & 26, 1999
National Museum of African Art
Faculty: John Falk, Marianna Adams, Jessica Luke

Are you among the many museum professionals who want to better
understand your visitors' experiences?  This two-day interactive
workshop will focus on how to integrate evaluative frameworks into
program/exhibit design and implementation to create better programs and
exhibits.  Discuss learning theory and recent research about museum
visitors with John Falk.   Work with professional evaluators to learn
how to frame meaningful and realistic questions.  Gain practical
experience with a variety of evaluation methods and techniques.
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TEACHING WITH OBJECTS
March 12, 1999
Baltimore Museum of Industry
Faculty: Margaret Piatt, Dale Jones

Museums and objects are inseparable, and museum professionals are
continually looking for the most effective ways to use objects in
teaching school groups and interpreting for the general public.
Participants in this one-day interactive workshop will explore a variety
of ways to look at and interpret objects.  Learn how to use objects in
tours and oral presentations.   Write age-appropriate labels that match
current educational constructs.   Discover new ways of incorporating
objects into your programs.
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APPLYING EDUCATIONAL THEORY & TECHNIQUES
March 5 & 6, 1999
Baltimore Museum of Art
Faculty:  Lynn Dierking, Andrea Lewis, Dale Jones

Participants in this two-day interactive workshop will explore
contemporary learning theories and concepts and then create activities
based on several models, including Howard Gardner=s and Bernice
McCarthy=s. Discuss educational theory and application with Lynn
Dierking. Learn to use critical thinking and active learning in your
programs.  Examine questioning strategies, object-based learning trunks,
and hands-on models.  Discover how to tap into resources all around to
get new ideas for old programs and exhibits.
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MAKING IT COME ALIVE: MUSEUM THEATRE & COSTUMED CHARACTERS
March 26, 1999
Maryland Historical Society
Faculty: Dale Jones, Margaret Piatt

There is no better way to add excitement to a program or to interpret
difficult topics than by adding museum theatre and costumed characters.
Museum theatre performances and dyanmic living history characters can
add new dimensions to your programs.  In this interactive workshop,
participants will learn how to develop high-quality museum theatre
programs, create effective costumed characters and enhance existing
programs.

Registration form:

Name ________________________________________________
Title _________________________________________________
Organization __________________________________________
Address ______________________________________________
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Phone _______________________Fax _____________________
Email _______________________

Please indicate which workshop(s) you would like to attend:


                        Postmarked by 1/31/99    Postmarked after 2/1/99
Thinking Evaluatively:          $225                    $250
Applying Educational Theory     $225                    $250
Making It Come Alive            $125                    $150
Teaching with Objects           $125                    $150

 Total $   __________
 (For additional registrants, please photocopy form.)

Make checks payable to Institute for Learning Innovation.
Mail registration with check to:

Learning Workshops
Institute for Learning Innovation
166 West Street, Annapolis MD 21401
Register by phone:      410-268-5149 c/o Dale Jones
by fax:                 410-268-2179
by email:       [log in to unmask]

For further information contact Dale Jones at above email, phone, or
address.