Learning and Enquiry via Collections in Real and Virtual Worlds

Abstract

This paper will explore the issues raised by current research underway at the University of Manchester. The 'Values & Worth' project began as a means of developing an Enquiry Based Learning (EBL) approach to encountering and constructing collections in both the real and the virtual world. It involves the digital capture of objects held within the University's collections as a way to introduce school students to the reflective learning essential at the University level via a generative learning object (GLO)