Digitally crafting tactile learning experiences
0Catriona Cooper & Diane Heath
Sensory experience and engagements were an essential part of learning in the late 15th century, with reduced levels of literacy we relied on other senses in addition to the visual to understand and engage with the world around us. In this paper we will discuss how we are taking these medieval engagements with and offer similar learning experiences today. Today we privilege the same visual learning experiences when other sensorial approaches can provide addition levels of engagement, particularly for those with additional needs. We will discuss how a fragment of an alabaster altarpiece (created c. 1450-1500) 3D scanned for the NHLF/Medieval Animals Heritage project was transformed in a tactile memento for handling by SEND children and as a matrix subsequently for handmade keepsakes created by and for SEND children.