The Lean Content Movement - Atlantic BT. Scoop.it Leading The Lean Content Movement Listening to Scoop.it CEO Guillaume Decugis discuss “Lean Content” on Blog Talk Radio it felt like they are on to something important.
The Scoop.it team defines “lean content” on their #leancontent Scoop as, “Resources, tools, tips, and tricks for the most efficient use of content with the minimum use of resources”. This definition echos one of my most viral posts 5 Magical Do More With Less Curation Tools. I tweeted into the broadcast to ask if “lean content” also meant creating less content that does more. Yes, the Scoop.it team confirmed. Trends driving the lean content movement include: Content explosion even as available attention remains constant. The Content Explosion Eric Schmidt tagged the content explosion at the 2010 Techonomy Conference when he said, “Every two days we create as much content as from the dawn of man up to the year 2003″.
The content marketing, or “inbound marketing”, worm has surely turned. Mobile Tsunami. 9 content curation tools that better organise the web. Content curation is a huge deal on the web today.
As content on the web grows exponentially, our ability to make sense of it is inversely proportional. In other words, we are fast sinking under the sheer amount of content pouring onto the web every day. How to Become an Online Authority Using Scoop.it. Popular Today in Business: All Popular Articles What is Scoop.it?
Scoop.it is a powerful content curation tool that allows you to pool information into an online newspaper. Why is it powerful? Because it provides you the potential to become an authority in your area of expertise, without ever writing a blog (although I wouldn’t say this is advisable). Imagine that, becoming an authority blogger? A new web paradigm: Pearltrees. SXSW blog, day three: Meet the curators. Curatology. Content Curation World. PKM. PKM is a set of processes, individually constructed, to help each of us make sense of our world and work more effectively.
PKM means taking control of your professional development, and staying connected in the network era, whether you an employee, self-employed, or between jobs. PKM Workshops are available for groups of 10 or more. PKM in 40 Days – new format for online workshops as of 31 March 2014 Personal – according to one’s abilities, interests & motivation. (not directed by external forces)Knowledge – understanding information and experience in order to act upon it. PKM, and my Seek > Sense > Share framework, are discussed in Dan Pink’s book, To Sell is Human: Exploring Curation as a core competency in digital and media literacy education. Abstract: In today's hypermedia landscape, youth and young adults are increasingly using social media platforms, online aggregators and mobile applications for daily information use.
Communication educators, armed with a host of free, easy-to-use online tools, have the ability to create dynamic approaches to teaching and learning about information and communication flow online. In this paper we explore the concept of curation as a student- and creation-driven pedagogical tool to enhance digital and media literacy education. We present a theoretical justification for curation and present six key ways that curation can be used to teach about critical thinking, analysis and expression online. We utilize a case study of the digital curation platform Storify to explore how curation works in the classroom, and present a framework that integrates curation pedagogy into core media literacy education learning outcomes. The role of curators in storytelling as tribal influencers and bankers. We are increasingly confronted by more and more content, and that is why many of us appreciate services that help us discover the gems.
Google tackles the problem with advanced search algorithms, but we also rely on brands and publishers. Another solution, to the problem, is the role of the curator. Do you want to learn what curating is? Please watch the video above. Many companies and organizations use influencers to help them reach out to people. Curation: Beyond the Buzzword - Resources Shared at #ASTD2013. At the 2013 ASTD International Conference and Exposition, I am conducting a concurrent session entitled Curation: Beyond the Buzzword.
The session is taking place on Sunday May 19th at 1:45pm, so if you’re attending the conference, please feel free to attend. Www.getmespark.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/AttentionDoesntScale-Whitepaper-Nov2012.pdf. As We May Think: A 1945 Essay on Information Overload, “Curation,” and Open-Access Science. By Maria Popova “There is a new profession of trail blazers, those who find delight in the task of establishing useful trails through the enormous mass of the common record.”
Tim O’Reilly recently admonished that unless we embrace open access over copyright, we’ll never get science policy right. Curation in Learning. I’m getting very excited about the possibilities of using more digital curation in learning.
The trouble with curation is that I’m seeing it everywhere. As such I wanted to come up with a short framework that I could use to talk about how I see curation in learning being used, both at the organisation level and for individuals. So, go easy on me; here’s what I’m proposing…