MST 650 - Digital Media and the Museum (3 Credits)

Prerequisites: MST 610 , MST 620
How does a museum avoid doing “tech for tech’s sake” while being responsive to and remaining relevant in our increasingly digital world? This course will interrogate the myriad ways and the degrees of success to which museums engage technology and the digital to engage visitors and learners. From exhibition interactives to online learning, from digital humanities to social media presence cultivation, students will consider the impact digital media has on the museum experience, both positive and negative. Specific topics under study will include: expanding the institution’s mission and reach via the web, effectively utilizing interactives to convey content, integrating technological skills-learning into museum education, and digital collections-including improving access, collecting and cataloging “digitally-born” items, and managing content management systems.