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Bob Russell wrote:

 Dynamic presentations by people works very well. Boring lectures  don't. So
 the question isn't so much, does it work in general, but what  kinds of
human interventions, presentations really work well in an interactive 
museum.

Bob, I was just trying to formulate this and you did it so very well. I'd
like to add to the end of that "to support good visitor experience."

I remember in my educational technology research course in the mid-70's
 one of the maxims, based on 40 years of research, was: studies that compare
media type to media type (e.g., educational television to face-to-face 
instruction)
always show no significant difference when all the variables were
controlled. Recognizing that leads us to look at what special capacities 
human
beings have-- and to make choices about when to include that in the mix of 
strategies.

Carey

Carey E. Tisdal
Phone: 314-531-9766
Cell: 314-496-9097
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