Monday 25 November 2013

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Digital learning expert Deborah Howes comes to New Zealand

This November, museum and gallery educators should prepare to be inspired by Deborah Howes, Director of Digital Learning at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.

In partnership with Te Papa’s National Services Te Paerangi, and with support from the Museum Education Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (MEANZ), Deborah will host a series of workshops for museum staff. Her focus will be on creating innovative education programmes in the digital age. At workshops in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch, Deborah will discuss how learning and teaching is changing in the 21st century – and how these changes can enhance education programmes through new technologies and innovative ways of thinking.

According to Karen Walters, President of MEANZ, “MEANZ is delighted to support this opportunity for museum educators to benefit from Deborah’s expertise. Sharing knowledge is so important, and museum staff all over New Zealand will be able to participate and develop new ideas through attending these seminars.”

Location and date information:

Wellington – Te Papa, Thursday 28 November, 10.30am
Auckland – Voyager NZ Maritime Museum, Friday 29 November, 10.30am
Christchurch – Canterbury Museum, Monday 2 December, 10.30am

Background

Deborah Howes is the Director of Digital Learning at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, where she oversees the development and delivery of online courses and other educational initiatives.  In her 30-year museum career she has planned, created, and directed ground-breaking educational programmes, online exhibitions and resources, print and electronic publications, websites, and study centres for world-class institutions. Deborah is an effective facilitator of broad and creative thinking about the potential of digital tools in education. Deborah is a well-regarded public speaker with more than 20 years of experience teaching about the modern and contemporary art on view in The Art Institute of Chicago and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. She also serves as an adjunct professor for the Masters of Arts program in Museum Studies at Johns Hopkins University. 

National Services Te Paerangi works in partnership with museums, galleries, and iwi (tribes) in New Zealand, offering a range of practical and strategic programmes aimed at strengthening the sector. For more information about National Services Te Paerangi, visit www.nationalservices.tepapa.govt.nz

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