Location
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BUA-MOOC
Online course on Digital Art and Culture
June 4-19, 2014
(webinars June 4-6, 2014)
The Bern University of the Arts (BUA) Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Digital Art and Culture provides insight into the digital net culture, the aspects of its historical development and its current challenges. MOOC means Massive Open Online Course and is a public learning format, which is accessible via internet for free to whom it may concern.
Objectives and Course Structure
The webinars provide useful insights into the issues around contemporary media art and culture, current approaches and preservation challenges. Current net art and culture appears seemingly unrestricted, ranging from commercial and social platforms to individual websites, tools and database-driven applications. As a result it is extremely complex to document and preserve these artworks. Not only is the environment continuously changing, but also the meaning of specific technologies can vary between different artworks. Finding sustainable managing routines is thus challenging. Not only do the constitutive elements (significant properties) need to be identified before finding appropriate preservation strategies, but also the risk of loss, obsolescence and the historical contextualization.
Therefore the MOOC starts with a series of three input webinars. The contents of the webinars are further extracted and bundled into short video sequences and then each set of extract made available successively. Our e-learning platform gives you the opportunity to enhance the acquired knowledge. For this purpose the e-learning platform provides comprehensive references, which are regularly updated and amended during the MOOCs. The blogs and forums provide the possibility to exchange experiences and connect with other participants.
MOOC: June 4 - October 19, 2014
Access: Online at
https://collab.switch.ch/bua_mooc/
Webinars: June 4-6, 2014 at 4:30 pm CET
Technical requirements: Web browser and Internet connection, speakers/headphones
No pre-registration necessary. When entering the room you will be asked to provide your name.
Additional information: http://mooc.pdach.ch
The BUA MOOC on Digital Art and Culture is realized in cooperation with the post-graduate program MAS in Preservation of Digital Art Cultural Heritage
http://www.hkb.bfh.ch/en/further-education/preservation-of-digital-art/
Partner Institutions are the Rhizome ArtBase (The New Museum NYC) and University of Applied Sciences and Art in Hildesheim/Holzminde/Gottingen
Contact: Prof. Tabea Lurk M.A., Hochschule der Kunste Bern