Join Bill Barkley and other established museum professionals from across Canada for regular interactive Thursday afternoon online ‘conversations’ in a new forum called Learning Circles, hosted by the Cultural Resource Management Program at the University of Victoria. Discussions start in January 2006.

 

 

Learning Circles: Towards Community Engagement

An online learning opportunity

 

Explore the opportunities and challenges inherent in the move to more socially responsible roles for museums and share in perspectives on the significant shift in the ways in which museums relate and respond to communities. This six-week series of one-hour online interactive sessions both builds on the expertise of the facilitator and draws on the experiences of participants and the challenges facing cultural institutions.

 

Suggested discussion themes include, but are not limited to:

* Museums as social change agents

* The role of museums in building human and social capital

* Changing dynamics and trends in museum management

 

As a participant in Learning Circles, you contribute to weekly discussions and provide suggestions for new discussion themes for later in the Learning Circles series.

 

Dates: Thursday afternoons from 3:00 to 4:00 pm (Pacific Standard Time,) from January 26 to March 2, 2006

 

Fee: CDN$120 plus GST

 

Facilitator: Bill Barkley is one of Canada's most respected museologists. Barkley is a Fellow of the Canadian Museum Association and Chair of the Virtual Museums of Canada Editorial Board. His list of past experiences includes Chief Executive Officer at the Royal British Columbia Museum, President of the Canadian Museums Association, President of the Victoria AM Tourist Association, Academic Advisor for the Cultural Resource Management Program at University of Victoria and President of Interpretation Canada.

 

Technology Requirements: To participant in Learning Circles you will need a computer with a microphone, speakers, and Internet access. No special software is needed to participate in the sessions, but some participants may need to download a new Java script before logging into the Learning Circles website. Technical assistance will be available in advance of the Learning Circle session each week.

 

During each session, you will be required to log-in to a dedicated course website. The website uses a new interactive program called Elluminate. Elluminate allows the whole group to talk and share written and electronic information, to open websites and documents, and to interact with Bill and other participants in real-time, regardless of Internet speed.

 

This opportunity is open to professionals involved in museums, heritage, science and cultural centres, and art galleries. Register online at https://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/forms/crm/online_reg.aspx or for more information contact:

 

Lisa Mort-Putland, Program Coordinator

Cultural Resource Management Program

Continuing Studies, University of Victoria

PO Box 3030 STN CSC Victoria BC Canada V8W 3N6

Tel: 250 721-6119 Fax: 250 721-8774

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