1. EMPOWERING NEW GENERATIONS TO DISCOVER THEIR HERITAGE/CULTURE Namir Anani - December 2006

2. ONLINE PRESENCE The size of the challenge –Globalization –Volume of information –Authenticity –Copyrights & IP –Preservation –Privacy –Content management

3. OPPORTUNITIES Growing level of connectivity Strong consumption of cultural/heritage resources Participative online culture Thirst for trusted resources

4. EVOLVING ERA Online trends –Information web –Social web –Resident web Information web Resident web Social web

5. SOCIAL WEB Characteristics –Dialogue & Rationalization –Community endorsement –Exchange and enrichment of content –Human interactions

6. RESIDENT WEB Characteristics –Space and physicality –Experiential –New social identities

7. LEVERAGING THE SOCIAL WEB CHINs current focus –Heritage professional learning with CHIN & each other –Public, especially youth learning with museums Building professional skills Engaging youth

8. Museums Personalized Learning Community Learning Learning with experts (Heritage professionals learning with CHIN and each other) KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE CHINS NETWORK

9. 1. Contextual Content (voice, video & text) 2. Learning Outcomes (for a range of grades) 3. Learning Activities (games, tools, others) Exhibits National Repository (Museums, Libraries, and Archives) Museums (Public, especially youth learning with museums) Museums Learning Objects (IEEE Standards/GCED) AGORA CHINS NETWORK Schools

10. Contextual content Learning Outcomes Learning Activities Learning Object AGORA ( portal ) LEARNINGOBJECTS LEARNING OBJECTS

11. Class mgt Blogs Messages Wikis BookmarksLesson plans Videoconferencing User account AGORA FEATURES

12. MUSEUMS TEACHERS Access to quality learning resources Creation of lesson plans Authoring and publishing Creation of Learning Scenarios Communication tools Access to quality learning resources Online collaboration Authoring and publishing Communication tools STUDENTS YOUTH LEARNING WITH MUSEUMS

13. CURRENT RESEARCH PLAN Transformational agenda –Understand the museums competitive environment Educational Entertainment Business Others –Identify opportunities Museums

14. THE ROAD AHEAD At the cusp of a new era, requiring the need to: –Harness our collective knowledge –Share research agenda and best practices –Enable centres of expertise http://www.chin.gc.ca/