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OpenCulture Programme Features 30 Expert Speakers
The final programme for the Collections Trust’s flagship OpenCulture 2013 event is published this week, and it features more than 30 expert international and UK speakers. More than 200 registrations have already been received for the conference, which has the theme “How can Collections Management power the Participatory Museum of tomorrow?”
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From Art History to Smarthistory
Collections Trust CEO Nick Poole investigates Smarthistory, the new US-based phenomenon that is opening up art history to millions of online learners via the Khan Academy.
Ask Dr Steven Zucker and Dr Beth Harris where they got the idea for Smarthistory (tagline “Art. History. Conversation”) and they are characteristically modest, “It started quite humbly. We couldn’t get our students to read their art history textbooks. We needed a better way to inspire a conversation about art.”
Fast forward four years, and Smarthistory is part of a new generation of massively open educational platforms, offering access to more than 500 instructional videos about art and art history, used by millions of learners.
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Collections Trust and Securitas Launch New Security Partnership
The Collections Trust has agreed a long-term partnership with security specialists Securitas to help...
Collections Trust welcomes MA ‘Public Attitudes to Museums’ Research
The Collections Trust has welcomed the findings of the Museums Association’s “Public Attitudes to Mu...
Why you need to know about JPI-CH
Collections Trust CEO Nick Poole explores the relatively little-known EU Joint Programming Initiativ...
Create Once, Publish Everywhere (COPE)
After more than a decade of innovative research and development, the international museum community ...
Collections Trust launches Khan Academy MasterClass
Dr Beth Harris and Dr Steven Zucker, Deans of Art and History, Smarthistory at Khan Academy will pre...
New Collections Trust Award Celebrates Participatory Practice
Participatory Museum Practice will be celebrated on July 2nd at OpenCulture 2013 as part of the Coll...
Europeana Food and Drink - ICT PSP Proposal
The European Commission has announced the final call for project proposals under the ICT Policy Supp...
Valentine’s Day “Love Art Nouveau” Project is a Great Success for the Collections Trust
A unique insight into Art Nouveau architecture in the UK has resulted from the Collections Trust’s h...
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