From: Donovan@ILINET on 08/20/99 04:28 PM


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Subject:  September Seminar

The Institute for Learning Innovation invites you to its September
Professional Development Seminar, presented by Institute director, Dr. John
H. Falk.  See flyer below.
Hope to hear from you soon.

P.S. If you haven't already, remember to help us with our professional
development survey.  Respond to our short questionnaire located on our
website.  Your input will help us shape future professional development
offerings.  http://www.ilinet.org/ilisurveyintro.html

Thanks for you help.
Elizabeth Donovan

                     INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING INNOVATION
                     Professional Development Seminar
                            Annapolis, Maryland
                            September 23, 1999

                     Assessing the Impacts of Museums

                            John H. Falk, Ph.D.
                                 Director
                     Institute for Learning Innovation

How effectively do museums and other free-choice learning institutions
accomplish their missions? What are the benefits that the millions of
people who visit museums annually derive from their experiences?  To what
degree do museums actually facilitate changes in long-term learning,
attitudes and behavior?  How successfully do the various research and
evaluation efforts undertaken by museums today answer these questions?
This seminar will review what we do know about learning in museums,
describe conceptually how to begin to think about meaningfully and
systematically assessing the impact of museums, and provide examples of
research that begins to more systemically and broadly measure that impact.

Dr.  John  H. Falk is known internationally for his research on free-choice
learning.   He  has  authored over sixty scholarly articles in the areas of
learning,  biology  and education as well as numerous educational materials
and  books.   Recent  books  include  Leisure Decisions Influencing African
American  Use  of  Museums  (1993),  Bubble  Monster  and other science fun
(1996),  Bite-Sized  Science (1999) and Free-Choice Learning: Assessing the
science  education  infrastructure (in press); books with Dr. Lynn Dierking
include  The Museum Experience (1992), Collaboration: Critical Criteria for
Success  (1997);  Public Institutions for Personal Learning: Establishing a
Research Agenda (1995) and Museums and Learning: How People Learn When They
Don?t  Have  To (in press). Before founding and directing the Institute for
Learning  Innovation,  Dr.  Falk  worked at the Smithsonian Institution for
fourteen  years  where he held a number of senior positions.  Falk received
doctorates  in  Biology  and Education from the University of California at
Berkeley.   He also earned a masters degree and bachelors degree in Zoology
and  a secondary teaching credential in biology and chemistry from the same
institution.


Seminars are offered at no charge.  And are held from 4:30-5:30 followed by
a wine and cheese reception.  To register or receive more information
please contact Elizabeth Donovan, [log in to unmask], or call (410)
268.5149. Visit our website at www.ilinet.org

The Institute for Learning Innovation is a non-profit organization
committed to understanding and facilitating free-choice learning.  We
accomplish this mission through learning workshops, publications and
seminars which make current research findings accessible to practitioners
working in the field of free-choice learning.



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