Curation
Collecting and Sharing Learning
Curation Tools can be used to gather, organize and share digital content. These tools often act like a bookmark, binder or pin board to collect online resources around a given topic of area of interest. Some curation tools allow individuals to co-curate or build a repository of resources together, this is known as social curation. Other times the curation is done by one person and then shared with a group as a view only resource.
What is the purpose/value of digital curation?
For Faculty/Employees
Keep all those important resources organized and at the tip of your fingers. Share collections of resources quickly and easily with others and update dynamically without having to send emails! A great way to more effectively share all those favorite resources you have on a topic without overwhelming students with a list of links
For Students (Assignments/Activities)
We live in an era of knowledge abundance, but with so much information it is hard to keep students organized and to help them know what is valuable and what is not as valuable. Using curation assignments you can assist students in the process of sorting through information and keeping the best examples for later reference and research. Depending on how the assignment is constructed this type of activity can push students to higher-order cognition. Much like a curator in a museum, students would have to look at each “artifact” closely to evaluate whether it should be included in the collection. This requires critical thinking skills.
What is the purpose/value of digital curation?
For Faculty/Employees
Keep all those important resources organized and at the tip of your fingers. Share collections of resources quickly and easily with others and update dynamically without having to send emails! A great way to more effectively share all those favorite resources you have on a topic without overwhelming students with a list of links
For Students (Assignments/Activities)
We live in an era of knowledge abundance, but with so much information it is hard to keep students organized and to help them know what is valuable and what is not as valuable. Using curation assignments you can assist students in the process of sorting through information and keeping the best examples for later reference and research. Depending on how the assignment is constructed this type of activity can push students to higher-order cognition. Much like a curator in a museum, students would have to look at each “artifact” closely to evaluate whether it should be included in the collection. This requires critical thinking skills.
Resources
Pinterest is a free, web-based “visual discovery tool that you can use to find ideas for all your projects and interests”. Users can pin online resources to a virtual board and share with/follow others. The Educator’s Guide to Pinterest.
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Symbaloo EDUa free (up-to a given feature set), web-based “visual resource management tool that helps educators and students organize and share the best of the web” . Symbaloo collections, known as web mixes, can be shared and even copied and remixed. The friendly interface displays resources as tiles that can be color-coded. The result is kind of like a periodic table of web elements. Symbaloo Tutorials
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LiveBindersLiveBinders is a free (up-to a given feature set), web-based tool that allows you to organize your online resources including web sites, documents and more in a virtual 3-ring binder. LiveBinders can be used to create projects, lessons, textbooks, ePortfolios and more. LiveBinders Introductory Video and Knowledgebase
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PearltreesOrganize all your interests (web pages, files, photos, notes and more) online.
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Scoop.itFind, curate and publish (share) content online.
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Toolboxes
7 Things You Should Know About Social Content CurationEDUCAUSE - An emerging class of online tools, including Pinterest, Scoop.it, EduClipper, and others, allows users to quickly and easily gather, organize, and share collections of online resources, particularly visual content.
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Successful Content Curation Strategies in Higher EducationGetting Smart - (By Blake Beus) Is curation just another trendy buzzword in academic circles, or can it be a smart strategy to help manage the massive changes taking place across the learning and educational environment?
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