1. Agora-The Learning Centre Transforming information into education Canadian Heritage Information Network February 2007

2. National Inventory Program A strong network of over 1280 museum members A national centre of expertise, unique in Canada with the mission of Enhancing the capacity of heritage professionals in the creation, presentation, management, and preservation of Canada's digital heritage knowledge for current and future generation of Canadians Who is CHIN…

3. Virtual Museum of Canada

4. First Generation VMC- Showcasing Second Generation VMC- Participation VMC - Next Generation

5. The VMC Learning Centre

6. Communication Participation Creativity Digital Content Sharing Authoring Tools Learning Resource Creation Lesson and assignment creation Blogging Messaging WIKIS Web conferencing Learning by doing

7. Access to tools for authoring and publishing trusted and usable content Communication tools Access to quality learning resources Online collaboration Authoring and publishing Communication tools Access to quality learning resources Creation of lesson plans Authoring and publishing Creation of Learning Scenarios Communication tools Participation and interaction

8. Account management Class manager Blogging Messaging Features Wiki My content Lesson/ Project creation Videoconferencing

9. Media Files Learning Objects Learning Object Collections Learning Resources

10. Learning Object Input Tool http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/template/index.php?action=input.home

11. Learning Object

12. Agora Site Exploration

13. Content Strategy Building critical mass of content Re-purposing existing museum content Pursuing public and private sector content partnerships

14. Rights and Policies Research on Copyrights Privacy Impact Assessment Elaboration of policies for use of the space

15. User testing and evaluations Interface testing Teacher/student usability testing Input tool evaluation by museums In-class evaluation by teachers Interested in testing in class in March 2007? Send an email to valerie_chartrand@pch.gc.ca

16. Next Steps Evaluations Presentations – conferences Ajustments following evaluation Content integration In-class testing Communications/marketing Litterature Promotional video Communication with museums Pilot launch

17. www.virtualmuseum.ca/agora Coming Soon

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