Kevin Walker
kevin@exhibitresearch.com
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E D U C A T I O N
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| Ph.D. | Institute of Education, London In Progress |
| Masters |
Interactive Telecommunications, New York University 1995 |
| B.A. (Honors) |
Anthropology/Mass Communications, University of California, Berkeley
1992 |
| Additional study |
Graphic Design, Academy of Art University, San Francisco 1986-87 |
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Journalism, U.C.Berkeley Extension 1989-92 Defense Information School, Indiana 1984-85 |
| Publications |
Digital Dialogues: Personal Technologies and the Museum Experience (forthcoming book; co-editor with Loïc Tallon) A method for creating collaborative mobile learning trails. (2006) Kaleidoscope Convergence Workshop, 'Intersecting and integrating collaborative-mobile-inquiry learning,' Amsterdam, 4-6 Dec. 2006. Narrative and mobile learning in practice and theory. (2006) 2nd Kaleidoscope Workshop on Narrative and Learning Environments , Palermo, 26-28 June 2006. Screens in the museum landscape. (2006) A visual essay. In Visual Communications 5(1) (June 2006).Story structures: Building narrative trails in museums. (2006) In Dettori, G. (ed.) Technology-mediated narrative environments for learning. Sense Publications. A Kaleidoscopic view of European research in educational technology. (2005) Educational Technology Nov.-Dec. 2005. Learning with "non-interactive" technology. (2005) Technology and Learning Research Symposium, NYU, 1-2 April 2005. Learning on location with cinematic narratives. (2004) Proceedings of ACM Multimedia 2004. (PDF, 116K) An interactive poster exhibit puts visitors in the picture, in real time. (2003) Proceedings of CHI2003 Interactive and informative art. (2003) IEEE Multimedia, Jan.-Mar. 2003 (PDF, 640K) Beware geeks bearing gifts. (2002) Curator, the Museum Journal 45:4 The museum as "information architecture. (2001) Spectra, Journal of the Museum Computer Network. Mass MoCA: A museum for new forms of energy. (1999) ArtByte, Dec. 1999 [ongoing] 'Learning Trails' column in Educational Technology magazine |
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Teaching & Speaking |
'Technology-enhanced learning in the museum,' Institute of Education museums course seminar, London (2005, 2006) Screens and the Social Landscape (2005) 'Educational Podcasting in the Museum,' Handheld Learning conference, Oct. 2005 'Learning in technology-enhanced environments,' CAL'05 'Video for Research' workshop, London Knowledge Lab (Spring 2005) 'E-Learning in London Museums' (with Pam Meecham), Institute of Education seminar, London (Spring 2004) Invited talks: CHI2003, ACM1; SIGGRAPH 2000; Museum Computer Network MCN2000 and MCN99; "Design: Visualizing the Unimaginable" forum at Exploratorium, 2002. |
| Academic Honors |
Learning Technologies Fellowship, Institute of Education, 2004 Student Senate, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU
Phi Beta Kappa
Golden Key National Honor Society |
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E X P E R I E N C E |
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| Educational Technologies |
Research Officer in Learning Design, London Knowledge Lab
Project Officer, Kaleidoscope network/London Knowledge Lab
Learning Technologies Fellow, Institute of Education, London
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| Interactive Exhibit Design |
Freelance design and consulting. Clients: West Office Exhibition Design, Whirlwind & co., Picture Projects, National Cowgirl Museum, Women's Museum, American Museum of Natural History
2001 to present
Sr. Software Designer, American Museum of Natural History, New York
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| Multimedia Design |
Clients: CNBC, Word, Warner Music Group, New Jersey Online, MediaSphere, GTE 1993 to present |
| Digital Audio Production |
DG Systems, San Francisco 1993
KDFC-AM/FM, San Francisco |
| Journalism |
KTVU-TV, Oakland, CA 1992
KPFA-FM, Berkeley, CA |
| Photography | Freelance. Photos have appeared in the New York Times, ArtByte magazine, Visual Communication, and licensed for advertising use. 1979 to present |
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A W A R D S |
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| Exhibition Awards |
AIGA Environmental Design awared for Endurance exhibit 2000
American Association of Museums award for 'Global Movement' video
Multimedia Grand Prix of Japan award for AMNH Biodiversity Hall computer kiosks |
| Web Awards |
Endangered! Exploring a World at Risk won various awards, 1997-2001
The Nature of Diamonds in World Online Digest
Electronic Newspaper featured at StudyWeb
Leonardo's Codex Leicester was New Scientist magazine's Site of the Day |
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A F F I L I A T I O N S |
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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) since 1999
Web Innovations Group at London Knowledge Lab since 2004 Kaleidoscope European networkin technology-enhanced learning since 2004 |
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