Week 3. Young people and digital heritage education

Slovenian Alpine Museum — young visitors — Photo Miro Erzen. Culture.si Photo Library. CC BY-ND

Jump on to a new topic. Welcome to WEEK 3!

During this third week, we will explore together the relationship between 12 to 30-year-old young people and digital heritage education.

As every week, an essay will be posted in the blog and a talk will be recorded in the podcast. Apart from those elements, this week it will be published a case study about European Museums and digital initiatives focused on the initiatives for this audience.

The essay of this week is an introductory article around 12 to 30-year-old young people and their relationship with digital media and cultural heritage.

It is titled Young people, digital media, and cultural heritage. A sociological approach and explores how young people are in general across Europe, the cultural habits of this group, the motivation for cultural heritage, and more, with all data are taken from statistics periodic reports across Europe to build a sociological point of view of this topic.

Reklamefoto av et par som sitter i stua og lytter til radio. Dextra Photo. CC BY

In the third episode of the podcast, we will talk with Lotte Belice Baltussen about the relationship between cultural heritage institutions, providers, and schools related to digital heritage education, how young people face digital media in heritage education environments, new pedagogies in digital heritage education, and how they can improve it for boosting creativity, motivation, participation, and engagement with arts, culture, and heritage in young learners.

Families. Arts and Culture in Education Research Repository. CC BY-NC-ND

European museums and digital education initiatives. A case study will explore briefly the European Museums and their digital initiatives from several sources.

It’s a moment where museums are turning to digital and educational activities in museums but it is important to know how many big-size, medium-size, and small-size museums around Europe have started educational initiatives for distance learning and lifelong learning for young audiences and the impact of engagement with this audience.

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Thank you for reading!

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Raul Gomez Hernandez
The Digital Heritage Education Blog

Cultural Heritage PhD student| Digital Project Manager in cultural heritage |Digital Heritage & Education | The Digital Heritage Education Project