Curation in Learning Design

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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