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/