<p>Friday, November 8, 2019</p> <p>Our collections may be digitised, and our exhibits interactive. Our channels may be multiple and our infrastructure technical. And yet, whatever the level of connectivity we might have in our museums, whatever prevalence of technology there may be, everything, always comes down to the skills of the staff at the heart of the organisation.</p> <p>That is why for the last two years the ‘One by One’ national research project in the UK (funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council) has been attempting to understand the conditions that need to be in place in any museum to allow digital skills to thrive in the workforce.</p> <p>Bringing together leading professional agencies within the UK (including the Museums Association, Association of Independent Museums, National Lottery Heritage Fund, Arts Council England, Culture24 and the Collections Trust) this 30-month project is now nearing completion and is ready to explore its insights with the MCN community.</p> <p>This session will share the findings of the six action research projects (led by a network of ‘Digital Fellows’ embedded in museums across the country), each exploring the critical importance to digital skills development of: clarifying values; distributing leadership; centring people; ensuring agency; and cultivating creativity.</p> <p><strong>Session Type</strong>30-Minute Session (Presentation or Case Study)</p> <p><strong>Track</strong>Strategy<br> <strong>Chatham House Rule</strong>No</p> <p><strong>Key Outcomes</strong></p> <p>After attending this session participants will be able to:<br> - Identify the conditions that need to be in place in any museum to allow digital skills to thrive in the workforce.<br> - Use workable and modern definitions for museums of ‘Digital' (something we use, something we manage, something we create, something we understand), and ‘Skills’ (differentiating between competency, capability and literacy).<br> - Apply a range of practical interventions and activations in their own institutions to kick start the move to digital confidence.<br> - Question how the MCN community (specifically) and the US (generally) could build its own sector-wide collaboration to support the development of museum digital skills.</p> <p><strong>Speaker:</strong> <u>Ross Parry, Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Digital) / Professor of Museum Studies, University of Leicester</u></p>

MCN 2019 sessions recordings

MCN (Museum Computer Network)

Competencies, Capabilities And Literacies: Building The Conditions For Museum Digital Skills To Thrive

NOV 19, 201930 MIN
MCN 2019 sessions recordings

Competencies, Capabilities And Literacies: Building The Conditions For Museum Digital Skills To Thrive

NOV 19, 201930 MIN

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<p>Friday, November 8, 2019</p> <p>Our collections may be digitised, and our exhibits interactive. Our channels may be multiple and our infrastructure technical. And yet, whatever the level of connectivity we might have in our museums, whatever prevalence of technology there may be, everything, always comes down to the skills of the staff at the heart of the organisation.</p> <p>That is why for the last two years the ‘One by One’ national research project in the UK (funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council) has been attempting to understand the conditions that need to be in place in any museum to allow digital skills to thrive in the workforce.</p> <p>Bringing together leading professional agencies within the UK (including the Museums Association, Association of Independent Museums, National Lottery Heritage Fund, Arts Council England, Culture24 and the Collections Trust) this 30-month project is now nearing completion and is ready to explore its insights with the MCN community.</p> <p>This session will share the findings of the six action research projects (led by a network of ‘Digital Fellows’ embedded in museums across the country), each exploring the critical importance to digital skills development of: clarifying values; distributing leadership; centring people; ensuring agency; and cultivating creativity.</p> <p><strong>Session Type</strong>30-Minute Session (Presentation or Case Study)</p> <p><strong>Track</strong>Strategy<br> <strong>Chatham House Rule</strong>No</p> <p><strong>Key Outcomes</strong></p> <p>After attending this session participants will be able to:<br> - Identify the conditions that need to be in place in any museum to allow digital skills to thrive in the workforce.<br> - Use workable and modern definitions for museums of ‘Digital' (something we use, something we manage, something we create, something we understand), and ‘Skills’ (differentiating between competency, capability and literacy).<br> - Apply a range of practical interventions and activations in their own institutions to kick start the move to digital confidence.<br> - Question how the MCN community (specifically) and the US (generally) could build its own sector-wide collaboration to support the development of museum digital skills.</p> <p><strong>Speaker:</strong> <u>Ross Parry, Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Digital) / Professor of Museum Studies, University of Leicester</u></p>