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Digital Curation: What kind of curator are you?
Joyce Seitzingeraka @catspyjamasnz
#converge1124 November 2011
Joyce Seitzinger
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Why digital curation?
New role for teachers: the digital curator
http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2011-10-30/
Why a bad rap?
Google: content curation
Why do we need a socially curated web?
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Why a curated web?
Why a socially curated web in education / training?
• In course design phase, finding/selecting resources is large part of work (should not be creation!)
• During facilitation of course, direct students to resources, information streams and network
• Idea: Live curating for teaching
Who’s doing it well (in
edtech)?
@pgsimoes
Paulo
Simoes(@pgsi
moes)
Curates e-
learning & ed
tech news
Alec
Couros
(@courosa
)
#eci831
Types of digital curators
Closed door• “Have everything I
need”• No information in, no
information out
Hoarder• Collects everything• Doesn’t
discriminate• Doesn’t organise• Doesn’t share
• Risk of ‘bloat’
Scrooge • Hoards• Keeps track of
hoard and organises
• Doesn’t share• Intentional /
unintentional
National Enquirer• Is indiscriminate• Shares rubbish
The Robot• Aggregates
information and shares automatically
• No human meaning giving
• Are you better than Google?
Timing
Timing
Timing
How does it work?
There are 3 things you can curate
Individual objects or artefacts
Information streams
Information streams
People streams / networks
Copyright Alis Yeh: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alisyeh/4923890824/
PhD list
An
example:
I curate a
phd list
Converge11
• Lee Watts: Learners need to find their way in and to information streams
• Trend 6: Workplace learning is part and parcel of workplace culture. Does not happen in isolation
Curation processCuration Lifecycle Model by Digital Curation Centre
(dcc.ac.uk)
I propose a simpler model
to get started…
Step 1: Set up your streams
Set up streamsSet up streams
Step 2: Regularly access & review your streams
AccessAccessSet up streamsSet up streams
iPad is magic for this
Step 3: Select what to curate
This is all you….
• Why?• Who for?• What value to me?• What value to others?
AccessAccess SelectSelectSet up streamsSet up streams
CollectCollect
Step 4: “Tag it and bag it”
AccessAccess SelectSelectSet up streamsSet up streams
AccessAccess SelectSelect
CollectCollect
ShareShare
Other part of Step 4: Share
Set up streamsSet up streams
Some new tools to use
Now, go forth & curate…
Activity:•Create a Scoop.it account (or Pinterest or Pearltrees)•Optional: add a co-curator•Create a topic•Share it in the Twitter stream #converge11
Website: www.deakin.edu.au
Blog: www.cats-pyjamas.net
Twitter: @catspyjamasnz
Email: joyces@deakin.edu.au
Questions?