One of the main goals of the Mu.SA project is to address the increasing disconnection between formal education and training and the world of work in the museum sector. In order to achieve this goal, the MU.SA project was conceived in different phases. The findings will be used in order to develop training programmes in various different formats such as the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), European specialization courses with face-to-face classes, as well as e-learning and workplace learning, in line with the specific needs of the museum sector.
The consortium investigated which digital and transferable competences are fundamental in order to support museum professionals and help them in their efforts to make museums thrive in a digital environment by capitalizing on and revising the results of the eCult Skills project.
Partnership carried out a field research (interviews and focus groups) with the involvement of 81 experts in Europe, ranging from museum directors to policy makers, researchers, freelancers, etc. along with a desk research on the training provisions in the field for the 3 countries.
The desk & field research resulted in 4 emerging role – profiles: Digital Strategy Manager, Digital Collections Curator, Digital Interactive Experience Developer and Online Community Manager, which were updated and revised according to the current needs of museum professionals.
Based on the research analysis, the Mu.SA consortium designed, developed and ran a blended training course in 2 phases: a MOOC (only online) common for all 4 role profiles and consequently, 4 courses (online, face to face and work-based learning) specialised in one of the role profiles.
The project Mu.SA results are now available online:
Identification of emerging roles of museum professionals
- R2.1 Mapping the skills supply and demand of the Museum Sector
- R2.2 Emerging Job Profile for museum professionals
Design and development of training methodologies and contents
- R3.1 Modular VET Curricula
- R3.2 Methodology for realizing VET curricula
Handbook of the 4 role profiles
- R3.3 – Digital Strategy Manager Handbook
- R3.3 – Digital Collections Curator_Handbook
- R3.3 – Digital Interactive Experience Developer_Handbook
- R3.3 – Online Community Manager_Handbook
Piloting the MOOC
- R4.1 MOOC Public
Piloting the Specialisation course
Evaluation
- R6.2 Report on procedures to validate the non-formal, informal and prior learning in the museum sector
Dissemination & Exploitation in Mu.SA
- R7.1 Musa website public
- R7.2 Printed Dissemination Material
- R7.3 Online Dissemination Material
- R7.4 Other Dissemination Material
- R7.5 Communities of practice
- R7.6 Dissemination and awareness raising events
- R7.8 Mu.SA Final Conference
Papers
- R2.3 Paper on the training needs in digital and transferrable competences in the museum sector
- R3.4 OERs
- R3.5 Paper on the training approach and methodology
- R3.6 Paper on the VET curricula
- R5.6 Paper on the training platform
- R6.3 Paper on training museum professionals using the MOOC
- R6.4 Paper on training museum professionals using the specialization course
- R6.5 Paper on training museum professionals using the work based learning
Newsletters
- Musa Newsletter N1
- Musa Newsletter N2
- Musa Newsletter N3
- Musa Newsletter N4
- Musa Newsletter N5
- Musa Newsletter N6
- Musa Newsletter N7
Events
- 2nd International Conference “DC-Me 2: Digital Challenges for Museum Experts”, Athens – Greece (link)
- Re-designing museums. Digital skills for change and innovation, Rome – Italy (link)
- +Digital Future: Competences for the Cultural Sector, Porto – Portugal (link)