Edutopia

How Object-Based Learning Supports Deep Thinking

Tactile learning experiences—a strategy borrowed from museum education—can help students of all ages retain new information.
Smithsonian Magazine

Field Trips at the National Postal Museum Deepen Student Learning and Connections

At a Smithsonian museum just off the National Mall, PreK-8th grade students engage in free field trip experiences that focus on storytelling through design, problem solving, and object-based learning ...
Nature

Maximizing reusability of learning objects through machine learning techniques

Maximizing the reusability of learning objects through machine learning techniques has significantly transformed the landscape of e-learning systems. This progress has fostered authentic resource ...
Nature

Mechanical intelligence for learning embodied sensor-object relationships

Intelligence involves processing sensory experiences into representations useful for prediction. Understanding sensory experiences and building these contextual representations without prior knowledge ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Case for Training Teachers in Object-Based Learning

The Case for Training Teachers in Object-Based Learning Object-based learning is a pedagogical approach core to many museum experiences, inspiring close observation and deep critical thinking. An ...