Open AccessA Study of Anecdotal Student Response to Virtual Art Museums in Online History Courses
Author(s) -
Adam I. Attwood
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the northwest elearning journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2768-1378
DOI - 10.5399/osu/nwelearn.1.1.5599
Subject(s) - the arts , student engagement , virtual learning environment , visual arts , multimedia , medical education , psychology , pedagogy , computer science , art , medicine
This anecdotal pilot case study of practice addresses the question: How can technology be used to make online history courses more engaging with museums? Findings from this case study suggest that virtual art museums via the Google Cultural Institute (now Google Arts & Culture) were an effective way to encourage students to do more than the minimum required for the online forum response assignment in a survey (100-level) history course at a community college in the northwest United States. The instructor designed an assignment that was posted in the learning management system as a PDF. Implications for practice are that online instructors of history, as well as online instructors of humanities, can assign virtual art museum visits with an online discussion component to encourage student engagement centered on course content.