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. We can think of digital curation as being useful to us in four broad roles that I’m calling Inspiration, Aggregation, Integration and Application. Inspiration With the proliferation of content on the Web, it should come as no surprise that we are in increasing need of systems to sort, maintain and re-purpose content in a systematic manner. Organizations can of course benefit from this approach. Aggregation Increasingly we are being challenged to deliver ‘more with less’ in the learning department. In the context of a formal learning intervention, organizations can use curation to aggregate content as part of the learning design process. Integration Application Related: Curation

Content Curation & Fair Use: 5 Rules to being an Ethical Content Curator * Update: I have a much lengthier updated post that incorporates the material below: Content Curation: Copyright, Ethics, & Fair Use Recently, Kimberley Isbell of the Nieman Journalism Lab cited a Harvard Law report and published an extensive post on news aggregation and legal considerations. From a curation perspective, the whole article is interesting, but what was the most surprising was that her recommendations for being an ethical content aggregator, were the same as being an effective content curator. The five recommendations are below. 1. Marketing reason: The more you link to third parties, the more likely they are to link back to you – which ultimately improves your SEO. 2. Marketing reason: A good content curator is selective an only links to the most relevant content on a specific topic or issue. 3. Marketing reason: Demonstrating that you have curated content from a wide variety of sources, and content from some very reputable sources, makes you more credible as well. 4. 5.

A framework for content curation | E-Learning Provocateur In conversation at EduTECH earlier this month, Harold Jarche evoked George E. P. Box’s quote that “all models are wrong, but some are useful”. Of course, the purpose of a model is to simplify a complex system so that something purposeful can be done within it. Nevertheless, if we accept the inherent variability in (and fallibility of) the model, we can achieve a much better outcome by using it than by not. It is with this in mind that I have started thinking about a model – or perhaps more accurately, a framework – for content curation. I have grown weary of hotchpotch lists of resources that we L&D pro’s tend to cobble together. Surely we can put more design into our curation efforts so that the fruits of our labour are more efficient, meaningful, and effective…? Consider the trusty instructional design heuristic of Tell Me, Show Me, Let Me, Test Me. As a framework for content curation, however, I feel the heuristic doesn’t go far enough. Attract me Motivate me Tell me Show me Let me Extend me

Tutorials 5 content curation examples so good they'll make you jealous - Scoop.it Blog You know how “a picture is both a thousand words”, right? Well, sometimes just showing an example is the best way to illustrate an idea. In that spirit, it seemed about time for a round up of some great examples of content curation. And while we might not have deliberately set out to do a “how to” article here, each of the examples has some excellent lessons to teach. These are companies and publications that don’t just aggregate content – they add their own commentary and spin to what they curate. Every edition of their newsletter, every blog post, every social media share is chosen for a specific purpose and reviewed by a human before it is shared. In other words, these sources curate their content like museum curators. They are discerning collectors. These are definitely not the only great examples of content curation examples, but they are at least some of them. 1. If any curator meets the criteria of ‘discerning collector’, it has to be Maria Popova. 2. They also offer polls. 3. 4. 5.

Some of The Best Digital Curation Tools for Teachers October 3, 2017 A few days ago, we featured 4 good web tools to help teachers and educators make the best of their collaborative team work and today we are re-featuring a collection of some of the best bookmarking tools out there. These are applications teachers can use to curate and organize digital content. Some of these tools support collaborative features allowing you to collectively bookmark and curate content of shared interest. 1- eduClipper ‘Clip items from the web, upload your own work, or find and re-clip content from others to customize and maximize your learning.’ 2- Diigo Diigo is ‘save and tag your online resources for easy access anytime, anywhere. 3- Instapaper ‘Save all of the interesting articles, videos, cooking recipes, song lyrics, or whatever else you come across while browsing. 6- Pinterest ‘With Pinterest, you can discover, search and save great content from across the web. 7- Trello Trello allows you to organize and manage your projects in effective ways.

au.pcmag Let's talk about Google Keep. You remember Google Keep, right? It was supposed to revolutionize taking and organizing notes in 2013, but it's faced a lot of competition. There are, of course, plenty of productivity and organizational apps that will help you shepherd your life across multiple devices. Evernote may be a PCMag Editors' Choice for note-taking apps, but Keep has its benefits as a free, minimalist tool that simplifies the process of sharing ideas across multiple devices. For example, you can jot down notes in Keep on your Android or iOS device while in transit, and pick it up later on your computer. So if you haven't been using Keep, or actually had no idea it even existed, there are plenty of reasons why you should give it a try. Easily Copy to Google Docs One of the greatest benefits of Keep is its seamless integration with the entire Google ecosystem. If you're in the app, all you have to do is tap an item, select the three-dot menu, and choose Copy to Google Docs.

8 Chrome Extensions That can Help You in Content Curation Are you in search of some really good Chrome Extensions that will help you in content creation and curation and make your work a lot more simplified? If yes, then probably you have come to the right place. With so much software and extension options available, it can get very difficult to find a perfect fit. Here I am going to enlist 8 chrome extensions that can prove to be really helpful for you, save your time and manual efforts, and most importantly save you from searching or hunting for these when you have got so much other important stuff to do already! So, let’s get started! Pocket Pocket comes very handy when you find something important but want to view it later, so you just put it in ‘Pocket’. It is available in both free and premium versions. What’s special about Pocket: 2. AllTabs helps you manage your tabs in Chrome. Features of AllTabs: 3. SimilarSites helps you discover sites which are similar to the ones you already know and love. What’s special about SimilarSites: 4. Features:

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