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Development of a Museum Exhibition System Combining Interactional and Transmissional Learning

Development of a Museum Exhibition System Combining Interactional and Transmissional Learning
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Author(s): Shinichi Hisamatsu (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 15
Source title: Multiplatform E-Learning Systems and Technologies: Mobile Devices for Ubiquitous ICT-Based Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Tiong Thye Goh (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-703-4.ch020

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Abstract

“Hands-on” exhibitions, which not only present objects for viewing but also stimulate learning by allowing visitors actually able to touch them, is gaining increasing popularity at museums. By actually handling an exhibited object, the visitor can get a better understanding of the characteristics of the object that cannot be fully grasped by just looking it, such as the object’s underlying structure and hidden aspects, as well as tactile information like the object’s weight, hardness, and so on. The experience also arouses curiosity and interest and becomes a learning opportunity for the viewer. The author has developed an interactive exhibition system for museums, which combines learning based on the interaction with physical objects and knowledge transmission. In this system, the user handles and looks at an actual physical object, which appears just like the original object and talks directly to the user. This “conversation” with the object as the user “grasps” (in both senses) the object deepens the user’s understanding of and interest in the object. This “narrative” feedback to the user is achieved through the active linkage between, in the case presented here, a fossil in real space and three-dimensional computer graphics employing Augmented Reality (AR). The system uses RF-ID technology to determine the level of the user’s “grasping” state and to feed back information to the user. In this chapter, the author presents the actual implementation of this interactive system at a museum and a school. The system was tested with elementary and junior high school students and I present results of the trials that show the convenience of the system and its beneficial effect on learning.

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