Digital curation- avoiding content overload and developing literacies [789] Members : OER15

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Wed, Apr 15 2015, 10:00am – 11:00am

Authors: Anne Marie Cunningham, Duncan Cole, Charles Pope, Shafqat Batchelor, and Emma Rengasamy

Room: Room 0.18 Ground Floor Main Building

Theme: Learners and Other Communities

Type: Workshop

Description

Students can feel overwhelmed with the rising amount of publicly available content which is free to access online. Digital curation sites allow educators to select the online content which they see as most relevant to their students. It is not just about producing a list of weblinks but adding value by explaining to students what is particularly good about the resource and what the weaknesses might be. Students can also be active co-curators and this workshop will be copresented with them.

Intended outcomes:
1To be familiar with the concept of digital curation and some of the tools which are available
2To consider how to use and embed digital curation within existing curriculum
3To develop a network of those interested in researching digital curation in education

Structure:
This workshop will be highly participative. We will explore the relationship between traditional reading lists, bookmarking tools and curation tools and how they are used by participants.

We will share ideas on how curation tools can be used to develop critical thinking skills and information literacy, and how this fits with participants current practice.

We will tell the story of how digital curation has been introduced in our medical course and share some of the lessons we have learned on what works to enable curators.

The final part of the workshop will consider how curation fits conceptually with approaches such as problem-based learning, and some of the common causes of resistance to curation as a method.

Who Should Attend:
Students, educators and administrators interested in developing skills in digital curation.

Level of workshop:
Introductory

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