Museum experience integrated with interactive e-book in visual arts teacher education

The aim of this study is to enable visual arts teacher candidates to experience face-to-face and online learning through interactive e-books within the scope of museum education course and to discuss the emerging situation in the context of museum and teacher education. Since the research focused on the museum experiences of visual arts teacher candidates integrated with the interactive e-book, the "holistic single case design" was used. The study group of the research consisted of 3rd grade visual arts teacher candidates who took the "Museum Education" course, studying at Denizli Pamukkale University, Faculty of Education, Department of Painting in the 2021-2022 academic year. The study group was determined on the basis of "criterion sampling", one of the purposive sampling methods. Data were collected in three stages in this study. In the first stage, a personal information form was used. The second stage focused on the data of the activity process. In this context, data were obtained from worksheets, activity forms, researcher's diary, evaluation documents and artistic works created in the process used in the application process planned as pre-museum, interactive museum experience and post-museum learning activities. In the third stage, a focus group interview was conducted by selecting an internal sample from the participant group. The collected data were analyzed by content analysis. As a result of the research, in the online museum experience that teacher candidates discovered under the guidance of interactive e-books; It was seen that they had fun, their sense of curiosity was triggered and they were motivated to the process. On the other hand, findings such as not being able to respond to the request for contact, not being able to focus on the details in the work, desire for physical experience, and not being able to give the feeling of being lived showed that the expectation for the museum was not fully met. The experience of teacher candidates; They found it useful in terms of supporting individual learning, getting detailed information, awareness in learning and supporting multi-dimensional learning. They stated that the interactive e-book is a guide for the museum and facilitates the teaching process both physically and in terms of access to information. They evaluated the fact that the book allows interaction and is supported with remarkable elements as a factor that increases the effectiveness of the lesson. Although they stated that the museum experience with the interactive e-book has some limitations due to in-app technical constraints and insufficient social interaction, they stated that when they become teachers, they can include the museum experience with the interactive e-book in their classrooms when they need it, especially to support the cultural heritage learning area. Keywords: Interactive e-book, cultural heritage, digital teaching material, digital museum guide, museum education