Phoenix Rising: Online New Media Centre development

位于莱斯特的凤凰艺术中心最近成立了一个新的数字媒体中心，以补充其繁忙的文化议程。这是一个新的前提，为电影、娱乐、艺术、企业、研究和教育等领域的新兴技术展示了一个更具互动性和吸引力的计划。他们与德蒙福特大学创意技术研究所合作创建了一个在线新媒体中心(ONMC)，希望吸引所有年龄段的人以及更广泛的地理和多元文化背景的兴趣。在线媒体中心向更广泛的社区开放了凤凰艺术场景，并赞扬了他们的新前提。最近的硕士毕业生Matthew Fedak在客座教授Howard Rheingold、Sue Thomas和德蒙特福大学创意技术研究所所长Andrew Hugill教授的指导下，建立了一个网站，其中包括一套在线教育工具、一个互动游戏中心、虚拟世界和讨论新媒体的论坛。这提供了一个定制的空间来展示新的研究创造力及其对社会的影响。ONMC还提供一套关于数字技术和新媒体的入门在线课程。凤凰卫视的工作人员也接受了这些能力的培训。ONMC旨在向新的受众开放凤凰卫视，包括学生、年轻人、联网的个人和残疾用户。Matthew Fedak将该项目带到了柏林的Web2.02008博览会上，并将数字媒体中心展示在了国际观众面前。反过来，德蒙福特大学探索了在线新媒体中心的概念，以及它是否实际上是一个“中心”，或者仅仅是网络的一部分。它获得了案例研究材料、教材和使数字研究适应现代艺术组织需求的专业知识，对其他组织和研究环境有用。应届毕业生Matthew Fedak能够提高自信和沟通技能，在Knowledge Catalyst计划之后，他在该领域获得了一份工作。凤凰城媒体中心庆祝了大量新的观众人数，并鼓励参与新媒体和作为该项目结果的新的、不断发展的艺术场景。

The Phoenix Arts Centre in Leicester has recently set up a new Digital Media Centre to complement its busy cultural agenda. This is a new premise that displays a more interactive and engaging program for emerging technologies in film, entertainment, art, enterprise, research and education. They have teamed up with the Institute of Creative Technologies at DeMontfort University to create an online new media centre (ONMC), which hopes to attract interest from all age ranges and from broader geographic and multi-cultural backgrounds. The online media centre opens the Phoenix Arts scene up to a much wider community and compliments their new premise. Recent masters graduate Matthew Fedak, under the guidance of visiting professor Howard Rheingold, Sue Thomas and the Director of The Institute of Creative Technologies Professor Andrew Hugill at De Montfort University, set up a site that comprises a suite of online educational tools, an interactive games hub, virtual worlds and forums for discussion about new media. This offers a bespoke space to showcase new research creativity and its impact on society. The ONMC also provides a suite of introductory online classes in digital technologies and new media. Phoenix staff were also trained in these abilities. The ONMC is aimed at opening up the Phoenix to new audiences, including students, young people, networked individuals and disabled users. Matthew Fedak took the project to the Web 2.0 2008 Expo in Berlin and placed the Digital Media Centre in front of an international audience. In turn De Montfort University explored the concept of an online new-media centre, and whether or not it is in fact a 'centre' or simply a part of a network. It gained case-study material, teaching material and expertise adapting digital research to the needs of a modern arts organisation, useful for other organisations and research environments. New graduate Matthew Fedak was able to improve both confidence and communications skills and following the Knowledge Catalyst scheme secured a job in the field. The Phoenix Media Centre has celebrated significant new audience numbers and has encouraged participation in new-media and a new, evolving arts scene as a result of the project.