OBL resources and further reading

• Visible thinking in action has examples of learning activities for visual thinking through art (Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education).
• Think / See / Wonder thinking routine activities and questions to prompt students when exploring works of art (Umma Art exchange, University of Michigan).
• Learning activities and descriptions of sessions  can be used to plan gallery learning sessions (Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University).
• Guides for running museum class sessions university-level guidance for planning art museum sessions (Johnston Museum of Art, Cornell University).
• Engaging students with art through short videos to help plan object-based learning experiences across multiple disciplines (Getty Museum).

• Learning activities  short list of visual literacy activities to provoke responses to art objects (Duke University).
• How do you look? suggests questions to pose to students about different formats and contexts of art objects (Duke University).
• Teaching objects in the Museum video (duration 3:32 mins) explains how art objects are used in higher education archaeology, including observing and creating art objects (Princeton University).
• A Teacher’s Guide to Visible Thinking Activities has examples of thinking routine activities that could be adapted for higher education (Inquisitive, Australian education company).
• Art object resources  can be searched, filtered or viewed by theme or subject. Users can also collate and remix their own collections (Umma Art exchange, University of Michigan).
• Pre and post gallery visit resources for teachers including selecting objects, lesson plans, handouts and slideshows (Umma Art exchange, University of Michigan).
• Math Activity: Measuring Angles is an example of exploring maths through object-based learning. (Umma Art exchange, University of Michigan).
• The Art of Teaching Languages, includes questions, activity ideas for using art in teaching languages through object-based learning (Yale University Art Gallery).

Alvord, E. & Friedlaender, L. (2012). Visual Literacy and the Art of Scientific Inquiry: A Case Study for Institutional and Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration. In: Gold, M. & Jandl, S. (eds), A Handbook for Academic Museums: Exhibitions and Education, Edinburgh, UK.: MuseumsEtc.

Blanco et al. (2008). Formal art observation training improves medical students' visual diagnostic skills. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 23 (7), pp. 991–997. DOI:10.1007/s11606-008-0667-0

Chatterjee, H.J. (2010). Object-based learning in higher education: pedagogical power of museums. Putting University Collections to Work in Teaching and Research – Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the International Committee of ICOM for University Museums and Collections (UMAC), Berkeley, USA, 10th–13th September 2009, pp. 179-182.

Chatterjee, H.J. & Hannan, L. (2015). Engaging the Senses: Object-based Learning in Higher Education, New York, USA.: Routledge.

Duhs, R. (2010). Learning from university museums and collections in higher education: University College London (UCL). In: MacDonald et al. (eds), University Museums and Collections Journal 3: Putting University Collections to Work in Teaching and Research. Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the International Committee of ICOM for University Museums and Collections (UMAC). Berkeley, USA, 10th-13th September 2009, pp.183-186.

Gaunt, H. (2016). Friday essay: can looking at art make for better doctors?, The Conversation, 16 December 2016.

German, S. & Harris, J. (2017). Agile Objects, Journal of Museum Education, 42, 3, pp. 248-257. 
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10598650.2017.1336369

Hardie, K. (2015). Innovative pedagogies series: Wow: The power of objects in object-based learning and teaching, York, UK.: Higher Education Academy.

Keogh, C. (2019). Pathways for Empathetic Understanding in Modern and Contemporary Museums, Theory and Practice, 2.

Milkova, L. & Volk, S. S. (2014).  Transfer Learning in and through the academic museum. In: Gold, M. & Jandl, S. (eds), A Handbook for Academic Museums: Exhibitions and Education, Edinburgh, UK.: MuseumsEtc.

Morgan, L. (2018). Understanding Dworkin through art: object-based learning and law. The Law Teacher, 52 (1), pp. 53-67.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03069400.2017.1279437

Rusu, M. (2017). Empathy and communication through art. Review of Artistic Education, 14, pp. 139-146.

Salmon, F. and Wurm, J. (2017), The power of things: enhancing employability in higher education through object-based learning, Canberra, ACT: Australian Government Department of Education and Training.