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SOPHIE
DUNCAN
Biography:
Sophie Duncan is the learning project
manager for People's War. Having joined the BBC in 2002, Sophie
has managed a number of learning campaigns - including Making Sense
of the Mind - a community based project engaging people in the science
of their brains.
Sophie has over ten years of experience of engaging
adults and families in learning, particularly with science. Having
worked for the Science Museum in London developing programs and
managing the development of exhibitions, Sophie went on the work
as a program manager for Science Year - a government initiavtive
to promote science to teenagers.
Sophie has been managing the BBC People's War
project for it's second phase, which has seen the development of
a new regional infrastructure - engaging hundreds of people as volunteer
story gatherers to help contributors tell their story on the site.
Title:
People's War Project
Summary:
Sophie will talk about
the development of the People's War project, and explore some of
the successes and challenges to date. Through a number of local
case studies, the talk will cover
- how the project was set up and run
- the opportunities and issues in working with
older people
- the opportunities and issues in working with
an internet based project
- engaging volunteers
- intergenerational learning
- long term access to the People's War archive
- lessons learnt
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