Creating curators: using digital platforms to help students learn in art collections

This case study describes a collaboration between Imperial College and University College London in which science and technology students at Imperial were asked to create an online exhibition from artworks they had studied first-hand in UCL's art collections.  It describes the structure of the activity and its fit with the learning style of the students the course aims and the schedule of assessment.  It concludes that combining first-hand study of artworks with the use of digital platforms to develop key skills associated with visual analysis critical thinking and archival research has obvious resonance for current and next generation learners.