The growing abundance of quality learning resources available on the internet, in multiple formats to suit needs of different learners, implies that teachers need to become curators of content that they can use to enrich their teaching. This presentation, which I made at Allahabad University in India in Oct 2012, gives an overview of Art of Curation for teaching.
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Knowledge Sommelier 101 - The Art of Curation in Education
2. Curator
• A
curator
(La+n:
curare
meaning
‘take
care’)
is
a
manager
or
overseer
• A
content
specialist
responsible
for
an
ins+tu+on's
collec+ons
• Involved
with
the
interpreta+on
of
heritage
material
3. An Aggregator
• Simply
bundles
content
without
adding
any
personal
point-‐of-‐view,
or
context
5. Deluge of Online Information
• Varying
quality
-‐
accuracy,
trustworthiness,
bias
or
outright
wrong
• Constantly
changing
informa+on
6. Changing Complexion of Knowledge
• Knowledge
takes
the
property
of
the
medium
it
is
presented
in
o Knowledge
presented
in
the
medium
of
paper
was
bounded,
scarce,
seKled,
orderly,
step-‐by-‐step
and
driven
by
reason
o In
the
internet
age
networked
knowledge
is
unbounded,
overwhelming,
unseKled,
messy
and
linked
• Filter
Out
vs
Filter
Forward
(long-‐tail
of
educa+on)
8. Teachers
need
to
become
CURATORS
of
reliable,
up-‐to-‐date
and
good
quality
informa+on…
to
augment
learning
9. The Art of Curation
in Higher Education Context
1.
Filtering
Relevant
Informa+on
Algorithmic/Social/Personal
Filters,
Open
Educa+on
Resources
2.
Organising
Informa+on
Create
Personal
Learning
Repository
using
Diigo
3.
Adding
Context
&
Presen+ng
Informa+on
Facebook,
TwiKer,
Storify,
ScoopIT,
Paper.li
10. The Art of Curation
in Higher Education Context
1.
Filtering
Relevant
Informa+on
Algorithmic/Social/Personal
Filters,
Open
Educa+on
Resources
2.
Organising
Informa+on
Create
Personal
Learning
Repository
using
Diigo
3.
Adding
Context
&
Presen+ng
Informa+on
Facebook,
TwiKer,
Storify,
ScoopIT,
Paper.li
11. Three
ways
of
finding
online
informa+on:
• Algorithmic
Filters:
Google
or
Bing
• Social
Filters:
Recommenda+on
Systems,
Reputa+on
systems,
Social
Tagging,
TwiKer
• Personal
Filters:
Quora,
Facebook
12. Algorithmic
filters
like
Google
• Text,
Video,
Images,
Scholar,
Books,
News
• Video
Filter
>
Dura+on,
Date
• Books
Filter
>
Magazine/books,
Time
16. Go
online
and
find
3
good
books
on
Financial
Literacy,
for
beginners
17. -‐
Go
to
a
site
like
Amazon,
where
there
are
lots
of
users
-‐
Select
the
category
‘books’
-‐
Search
for
‘Financial
Literacy’
18. -‐
You
can
further
SORT
these
results
to
refine
your
search
-‐
In
our
case
we
will
choose
the
sort
filter,
‘Avg.
Customer
Review’
19. One
of
the
books
in
the
results
has
been
given
average
5
Stars
ra+ng
by
39
readers
-‐
this
is
a
‘Wisdom
of
the
Crowd’
social
filter.
Click
on
this
book...
20. On
Scrolling
down
on
this
page
we
can
see
another
Wisdom
of
the
Crowd
filter
-‐
“Customers
who
bought
this
item
also
bought”
Here we find another book that has been rated highly by 305
readers - certainly worth checking out
21. For
these
books,
search
the
respec+ve
authors
on
sites
like
YouTube
and
Vimeo
-‐
lots
of
+me
the
authors
have
done
a
short
book
review,
which
is
very
useful
to
find
out
relevance
22. You
can
also
look
for
free
informa+on
on
the
book
–
by
searching
for:
‘Google Talk <name of author>’
28. There
are
new
services
like
Quora
or
Curated.by
-‐
where
you
post
your
ques+ons
and
community
members
provide
answers
www.Quora.com
29. Filters – in Summary
You
can
find
informa+on
online
in
the
following
ways:
• Algorithmic
Filters
(Google
or
Bing)
• Social
Filters
(Facebook
and
TwiKer)
• Wisdom
of
the
Crowd
Filters
(ra+ngs,
reviews,
social
bookmarking
sites
like
Digg,
Reddit,Delicious)
• Personal
Filters
(Quora,
Curated.by)
31. "Open
Educa+onal
Resources
are
teaching,
learning,
and
research
resources
that
reside
in
the
public
domain
or
have
been
released
under
an
intellectual
property
license
that
permits
their
free
use
or
re-‐purposing
by
others."
Source:
Report
on
OER
by
Hewle4
Founda8on
57. Online Learning Resources - In Summary
• Tons
of
Open
Educa+on
Resources
• Learning
content
in
mul+ple
formats
like
text,
podcasts,
videos
and
games
-‐
choose
the
one
that
suits
your
learners’
learning
style
most
-‐ Pres+gious
Universi+es
–
free
online
learning
resources
ü iTunes
University,
Academic
Earth,
Coursera,
Udacity
-‐ TED,
YouTube
Educa+on,
MIT
World
-‐ Apps
-‐ Podcasts
-‐ Serious
Games
58. The Art of Curation
in Higher Education Context
1.
Filtering
Relevant
Informa+on
Algorithmic/Social/Personal
Filters,
Open
Educa+on
Resources
2.
Organising
Informa+on
Create
Personal
Learning
Repository
using
Diigo
3.
Adding
Context
&
Presen+ng
Informa+on
Facebook,
TwiKer,
Storify,
ScoopIT,
Paper.li
59. You
can
use
Diigo
to
collate
and
organise
online
content
-‐
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