Applying ILFA Inspiring Learning for All

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Applying ILFAInspiring Learning for All

• Abigail Thomas
• Head of Audience Development Learning, Royal
  Pavilion Museums

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ILFA

• Inspiring Learning for All is Museums, Library
  Archive Council initiative which describes what
  an accessible and inclusive museum, archive or
  library which stimulates and supports learning
  looks like. It invites you to
• Find out what the people that use your services
  learn
• Assess how well you are achieving best practice
  in supporting learning
• Improve what you do

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ILFA

• Further information www.inspiringlearningforall.go
  v.uk
• Success of any project measured in terms of
  learning for
• People,
• Places,
• Partnerships,
• Policies Procedures

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People

• Focus Groups
• Close relationship with museum inputting directly
  into decision making
• Bursary Holders
• 6 research bursaries unique opportunity
• Audiences
• Displays variety of learning styles, access to
  more of collections, hidden histories uncovered
• Public programmes greater relevance and
  involvement
• Future programmes shaped through development of
  audience consultation model

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Places

• The Museum
• Enhanced documentation contextual information
• Increased visits from target audiences
• Embed research culture which actively courts
  alternative perspectives
• Relationship with targeted non users to inform
  service delivery
• Pilot new creative approaches to research,
  interpretation presentation
• Staff training development

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Partnerships

• University of Sussex
• Development of research skills workshops (didnt
  happen due to University failing to secure
  funding)
• Other Museums
• Share research and project process through
  dissemination

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Policies Procedures

• Audience Development
• Awareness of perceived actual barriers to
  attendance
• Increased representation of C2DE first time
  visitors in profile
• Staff Development
• Skills development and awareness in audience
  informed programming, display marketing
• Organisational Development
• Cross team project working with target audiences

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Evaluation - People

• Front End
• Focus group perceptions and leisure activities
• Bursary holders expectations
• Formative
• Focus groups consulted on display, content and
  marketing
• Bursary recipients monitored through councils
  training development schemes
• Summative
• Focus group reactions
• Attendance figures and gallery questionnaires
• Bursary holders feedback

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Evaluation - Places

• Front End
• Existing displays evaluated by focus groups
• Staff expectations
• Formative
• Interpretation and presentation developed with
  focus groups
• Summative
• Success of displays measured through gallery
  questionnaires
• Quantitative success of meeting redisplay and
  documentation targets
• Staff feedback on project

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Evaluation - Partnerships

• Front End
• Assessment of existing data on C2DE focus group
  working and work with non traditional researchers
• Formative
• Discussion of possible skills sharing sessions
  with MLASE
• Summative
• Feedback on training sessions and skills sharing
  days

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Evaluation Policies Procedures

• Front End
• Identify gaps in awareness of audience informed
  programming
• Formative
• Monitor audience data collection
• Monitor cross team working
• Summative
• Assessment of learning in staff of audience
  informed programming
• Audience profiles collated analysed
• Staff assessment of project success cross team
  working
• Assessment of wider implications and learning for
  organisation