The Educational and Economic Value of Online Learning for Museums

William B. Crow William B. Crow oversees programs for K-12 schools and teachers at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. He is Assistant Professor of Graduate Studies in the M.A. Program in Media Studies at The New School, and Adjunct Instructor in the M.A. Program in Museum Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He holds an M.S.Ed. in Museum Education Leadership from Bank Street College, and is currently a Ph.D. student at Columbia University.

Herminia Din Herminia Wei-Hsin Din is associate professor of art education at University of Alaska Anchorage. She was the Web Producer at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis and Education Technologist at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. She is on the Board of the AAM Media and Technology committee, and co-authored The Digital Museum: A Think Guide, published by the AAM Press. She holds a doctorate in art education from Ohio State University.

Abstract

Given the increasingly interactive, dynamic, and cost-effective online learning platforms that are available, as well as studies that demonstrate the efficacy of online and blended learning, museums should consider how these new formats may complement their existing educational programs. Besides offering new possibilities for education, online learning also offers new streams of revenue and may reduce direct costs of in-person programs. Museums should consider both the educational and economic value of online learning, and how these 21st century approaches may help support their goals and mission.

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