DIGITAL CURATION: HOW AND WHY
Dr Anne Marie CunninghamAcademic Lead for eLearningInstitute of Medical Education, Cardiff University @amcunningham
OBJECTIVES
To be familiar with the concept of digital curation and some of the tools which are available
To consider how to use and embed digital curation within existing curriculum
To develop a network of those interested in researching digital curation in medical education
CASE BASED LEARNING
SupportedCollaborativeActive
WHAT DO STUDENTS LEARN FROM?
Textbooks
Online content from other universities
Lectures
Online content made by other
students
Tutorials YouTube
THE PROBLEM?
Too much
content!
What is good quality
?
What is
relevant?
How do you manage “too much content” with learners?
“CONSUMERS ARE NOW ‘PINNING’ THINGS LIKE ARTICLES, PHOTOS AND
RECIPES TO SHARE WITH THEIR FRIENDS MORE OFTEN THAN
EMAILING LINKS.”— SHARETHIS
HTTP://WWW.WIRED.COM/2014/01/PINTEREST-MORE-POPULAR-THAN-EMAIL/
STUDENTS CHOOSE WHERE TO SHARE LEARNING
Facebook Wiki Scoopit
THE SOLUTION? …… CURATION
Curator filters and adds commentary - posts resources to Scoopit
Peer-reviewe
d content
Student generat
ed content
Social media
WHO ARE THE CURATORS?
StudentsStaff
HOW ARE WE USING IT?
CBL group pages
Case “master” pages
Subject-specific pages
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE A GOOD CURATOR?
•Accuracy
•Relevance
•Framework
Know subject
•Ease of access
•Right levelKnow
audience
13Credit: John Curran @designedlearnin http://www.designedforlearning.co.uk/category/curation-2/
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PARTICIPATION?
25/30 groups used at all
Median contributors per group 3.5
Median scoops per group 8.5
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OUR LEARNING AND PLANS
Future
Maintaining Extending
ReviewQuality Features
DevelopmentStaff Students
20Credit: John Curran @designedlearnin http://www.designedforlearning.co.uk/create-or-curate/
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
For more information please see:
http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/onlinecontentcuration/