African Art and the Museum Without Walls

The Museum Without Walls project was a distance learning program

that combined computer applications with flexible, interdisciplinary

curriculum modules. The first of its modules was created around

images from the African art collections of the East Carolina University

School of Art and Design(SOAD). The immediate audience for the

interdisciplinary program is formed by school districts in eastern North

Carolina &151; a predominately rural, economically disadvantaged

region.

Anticipated outcomes of the project are (1) increased academic

achievement in the arts and sciences for learners and (2) expanded

instructional and technology skills for in-service and preservice

teachers. The final products of the Museum Without Walls will be a

distance learning program on the World Wide Web and a high

resolution CD. These products will be available to students, artists, and

other interested viewers around the world.

Click on the following link to go the African Art database.