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16 May, 2014
Andrew HiskensManager, Learning Services SLV, and President, Museums Australia Education
The MAENN chance: Museums Australia Education a year on…
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Member Survey
• Brand many respondents did not understand what MAENN was
• Communication especially the need to ensure that information gets to the people who
need/value it (77% of respondents said that they did not receive MAENN info from their manager)
prefer to get communications by email (one inbox…)• Professional Development
the need to provide National workshops or presentations on a regular basis, experimenting with different media/portals/software. Face to face PD was also highlighted.
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Workshop and whiteboard…
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Actions
• Branding MAENN would now be called Museums Australia Education (MAE)
• Communication set up a new MAE website on WordPress, to allow anyone interested to
subscribe for automatic email updates, thereby avoiding communications being held up by ‘gatekeepers’
expand this into social media, setting up a Facebook page, LinkedIn Group, Google+ and a Twitter account (links can be found on the website, the Twitter handle is @MA_Education)
MAE Newsletters and President’s Reports will still be emailed to MAE members, but will also be replicated on the MAE website and alerts sent out via social media, as a kind of ‘belt and braces’ communication
have a drive for website subscribers and social media members in February/March 2014
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Actions
• Professional Development use Google Hangouts, which offer functionalities such as streaming live
online panel discussions and then publishing the captured video to YouTube and also embedding this in the website – allowing us to build up a library of PD resources over time
the first online PD for the year was Constructivism in Australian Museums an Interview with Dr. Louise Zarmati
Future sessions may include a discussion about how to set up a local state MAE group (for those states/territories without one), learning in Art Museums and a session on early years
run a pre-conference day – MAE Day – on Friday 16 May, immediately before the Museums Australia Conference in Launceston
encourage state and territory groups to run their own face to face PD sessions
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MAE website
http://museumsaustraliaeducation.wordpress.com/
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MAE website
http://museumsaustraliaeducation.wordpress.com/
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MAE Day – pre-conference day
• A panel discussion titled ‘How did I get here? (The facts of life of museum education)
• A short AGM• A presentation session (3x15 minutes each plus questions)• A ‘Peep Show’ – an hour long program where 10 speakers have 5 minutes each
to present a brief summary of a program, innovation, etc – supported by ONE prop
• A tour after lunch (because we need to get out of the venue for a subsequent booking…)
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Communities of Practice (Lave and Wenger)
• A Community of Practice is a group of people who are active practitioners.• Community of Practice participation is not appropriate for non-
practitioners.• The purpose of a Community of Practice is to provide a way for practitioners to
share tips and best practices, ask questions of their colleagues, and provide support for each other.
• Membership is dependent on expertise – one should have at least some recent experience performing in the role or subject area of the Community of Practice.
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Cultivating a successful community of practice
• Design the community to evolve naturally Because the nature of a Community of Practice is dynamic, in that the
interests, goals, and members are subject to change, CoP forums should be designed to support shifts in focus.
• Create opportunities for open dialog within and with outside perspectives While the members and their knowledge are the CoP’s most valuable
resource, it is also beneficial to look outside of the CoP to understand the different possibilities for achieving their learning goals.
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Cultivating a successful community of practice
• Welcome and allow different levels of participation The core group who participate intensely in the community through
discussions and projects. This group typically takes on leadership roles in guiding the group
The active group who attend and participate regularly, but not to the level of the leaders
The peripheral group who, while they are passive participants in the community, still learn from their level of involvement. Wenger notes the third group typically represents the majority of the community.
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Cultivating a successful community of practice
• Develop both public and private community spaces While CoP’s typically operate in public spaces where all members share,
discuss and explore ideas, they should also offer private exchanges. Different members of the CoP could coordinate relationships among members and resources in an individualized approach based on specific needs.
• Focus on the value of the community CoP’s should create opportunities for participants to explicitly discuss the
value and productivity of their participation in the group.
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Cultivating a successful community of practice
• Combine familiarity and excitement CoP’s should offer the expected learning opportunities as part of their
structure, and opportunities for members to shape their learning experience together by brainstorming and examining the conventional and radicalwisdom related to their topic.
• Find and nurture a regular rhythm for the community CoP’s should coordinate a thriving cycle of activities and events that allow for
the members to regularly meet, reflect, and evolve. The rhythm, or pace, should maintain an anticipated level of engagement to sustain the vibrancy of the community, yet not be so fast-paced that it becomes unwieldy and overwhelming in its intensity. (Wenger, McDermott & Snyder 2002)
(excerpt from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_of_practice, accessed 5pm, 18 April, 2012)
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“Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
