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Jaye Johnson Thiel – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2025
Using a feminist-new materialist lens, this paper attends to child-digital interactions in fostering Indigenous literacies, by focusing on the "Quantum Sandbox" exhibit in the Digital Immersion Lab at a Canadian children's science museum. Analytically, this paper explores how a digital exhibit ("Quantum Sandbox") creates a…
Descriptors: Children, Museums, Science Teaching Centers, Literacy
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Vishkaie, Rojin; Seyed, Teddy; Emmons, Claire Thoma; Vom Lehn, Dirk – Educational Media International, 2022
Socializing and interaction are important aspects for families who visit museums. Mixed reality (MR) uses a set of technologies that museums employ to encourage this behavior, but they face challenges in maintaining family cohesion with experiences across different exhibitions and kiosks. In this paper, we explore these challenges broadly to…
Descriptors: Museums, Exhibits, Interaction, Children
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Vishkaie, Rojin; Seyed, Teddy; Emmons, Claire Thoma; vom Lehn, Dirk – Journal of Museum Education, 2021
Socializing and interaction are important aspects for families who visit museums. Mixed reality (MR) uses a set of technology that museums employ to encourage this behavior, but they face challenges in maintaining family cohesion with experiences across different exhibitions and kiosks. In this paper, we explore these challenges broadly to provide…
Descriptors: Museums, Exhibits, Foreign Countries, Socialization
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Prosser, Dominic; Eddisford, Susan – Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, 2004
This paper examines children's and adults' attitudes to virtual representations of museum objects. Drawing on empirical research data gained from two web-based digital learning environments. The paper explores the characteristics of on-line learning activities that move children from a sense of wonder into meaningful engagement with objects and…
Descriptors: Museums, Web Sites, Exhibits, Learning Activities