The ILAM Charter is a document that lays out the critical parts of the Libraries and Museums Groups' reasons for founding. It outlines its mission statement, membership criteria, overview, objectives, criteria for success, use cases, meetings, and confidentiality statement. Below I will give a brief summary of each of these sections. along with my own beliefs and views regarding each sections content.
The mission statement of the iLAM is quite straight forward, it outlines the purpose and central reasoning for the existence of the iLAM group. It addresses all necessary facilities associated with libraries and museums and their connection with immersive education.
The membership criteria is quite open in my honest belief. It opens its doors to pretty much every student in the world with access to any sort of museum or library in either the virtual or physical world. It is quite welcoming as would be expected of such a noble initiative.
The Overview is just that, an overview. It relates the advent of new technology and the opportunity that these technologies allow for the sharing of educational methods. It also addresses the rapid digitalization of libraries and the needs they have in the coming age. Also, it references the need for museums to become more open and available and how they can cope with the shift into the digital age, a primary concern.
The Objectives outline 10 subobjectives in line to fulfill their overarching goal of provisioning libraries and museums with the tools, resources, and information necessary for immersive education to not only exist, but flourish. Its goals are realistic and should all be manageable with the steadfast dedication of its members and all levels of education.
Its Criteria for Success outlines the steps necessary for successful implementation and building of a framework for the LAM. It outlines the structure of files that will ultimately support the entire system. It is well worded and each step is fundamental for success of the initiative.
The Use Cases section outlines specific examples of how such an environment would instrumental impact the learning environment as we currently know it, outfitting students and teachers with resources and immersive experiences never before thought possible with traditional learning environments. It provides a visionary outlook on the Global Village we will soon be learning and exploring through our education system.
The Meetings section mentions how both virtual meetings and face-to-face meetings in and outside of the environment will take place and the expected schedule for such. It is a hopeful and specific guideline that would provide a serious commitment from its members, whilst allowing them to garner feedback and hear from less vocal members of its community.
The confidentiality section is, of course, legalese...Enough said.
Source: "Immersive Education Libraries and Museums Technology Working Group (LAM.TWG)"
Link for you to visit: http://JiED.org
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