Sessional Lecturer, MSL2335H - The Digital Museum: From Strategy to Implementation (42890)
Sessional Lecturer, MSL2335H - The Digital Museum: From Strategy to Implementation (42890)
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University of Toronto
Faculty of Information
Sessional Lecturer
Winter Term 2026 (January - April)
MSL2335H - The Digital Museum: From Strategy to Implementation
Course Description:Digital technologies present exciting new opportunities for interaction with museum objects. They help forge unique and novel paths of meaning and facilitate the creation of new museum publics. But they also unsettle the foundation of stability materiality and temporal order upon which many museums reside. This course explores the role of new and emerging digital technologies in the context of the contemporary museum experience. It is intended to provide students with the knowledge and skills to make informed decisions regarding opportunities and challenges afforded by digital technologies. Students in this course will investigate the impact of digital technologies on museums their staff their audiences and their value propositions. They will explore the adoption of user-centred multi-channel approaches to content creation and distribution and will consider the requisite digital skills and literacies that can inform responsible digital adoption development and transformation. From digital strategy to the practical aspects of project management and development of digital experiences students will gain an overview of processes related to the use of digital technologies by museum professionals. To develop this overview students will participate in collaborative prototyping of digital experiences with our partners at the Ontario Science Centre. The development of these experiences will be supported by readings case studies planning exercises technical demonstrations and tutorials and guest speakers.
MSL2335H - The Digital Museum: From Strategy to Implementation
Estimate of the course enrolment:35
Estimate of TA Support:None of 75 hours with enrollment of 36 or greater. Allocation of TA hours if any will be based on enrolment numbers.
Class Schedule: TBD. You are required to be located in geographical proximity to the applicable University premises in order to attend and perform your duties on University premises as of the Starting Date.
Sessional dates of appointment:January 1 2026 - April 30 2026
Salary:
Sessional Lecturer I: $10300
Sessional Lecturer I Long Term: $10764
Sessional Lecturer II $11021
Sessional Lecturer II Long Term: $11227
Sessional Lecturer III: $11279
Sessional Lecturer III Long Term: $11485
Please note that should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.
Qualifications:Preferably candidates will have a completed or nearly completed PhD degree in an area related to the course or a Masters degree plus extensive professional experience in an area related to the course. Teaching experience is preferred.
Brief description of duties:Preparing course materials; delivering course content (e.g. seminars lectures and labs); developing and administering course assignments tests & exams; grading; holding regular office hours.
Application Deadline:June 3 2025
Application Process:Applicants must submit a CV and a completed CUPE 3902 Unit 3 application form in one pdf file to the attention of:
Melissa Szopa Administrative Coordinator Academic
Faculty of Information 140 St. George Street
University of Toronto
This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement. Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II and Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12.
Employment Type
Contract
