Curation in Learning Design
Episode description
This episode covers what curation is, why we should embrace it in our learning design and how to go about it.
Here's what's covered in this episode:
01:39 What is curation?
02:15 Creation versus curation
03:20 Curation as signposting
04:25 We won’t be out of a job?
05:55 Curation as part of current trends in L&D
06:48 What should we curate?
07:50 Don’t leave people to Google’s mercy
09:58 How to stop curation eating your time
11:46 We are the filters
13:31 Specialists have an advantage
14:28 Curation as a change of pace
15:18 Curation isn’t just about pre and post course work
16:21 We need to put content in context
16:55 Learners make their own decisions about relevance
17:45 Tips for curating proactively
20:26 Getting content to come to you
24:05 Justifying curation (it’s not just browsing the internet)
24:29 Internal curation and getting people involved
26:53 Case study: programme design with a flipped classroom
29:18 Case study: linking people to existing resources
30:06 Fitting curation to the culture
30:45 What if somebody doesn’t do the coursework?
31:39 A programme in three parts’ instead of pre and post work
32:29 Catering for both those who’ve done the work and those who’ve not
34:08 Keeping an open mind on the what, how, when and where
34:35 Curation instead of workshops
35:55 Terry’s summary of the episode’s top tips
37:13 The mini-topic: overcomplicating things
42:09 Get in touch!
Resource Links
- Pocket: getpocket.com
- Evernote: evernote.com
- Workflowy: workflowy.com
- Feedly: feedly.com
- Scoop: www.scoop.it
- Curata: www.curata.com
- Mix: mix.com
- Digg: digg.com
- Anders Pink: anderspink.com
- Anders Pink pdf Guide: anderspink.com/documents/content-curation-book.pdf
- Honeycomb Works: www.thehoneycombworks.com
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