The document discusses digital curation, which is the process of organizing and maintaining valuable online content. It notes that medical students have access to too much information from various sources, making it difficult to determine what is high quality and relevant. Digital curation involves students and staff filtering online resources and adding context to curate collections of content on topics. The presenter's institution has been using digital curation platforms like Scoop.it to organize content for case-based learning groups and subjects, finding that only around 25% of groups actively used and contributed to the curated resources. Plans are discussed to provide more support and training to expand the use of digital curation.

1. DIGITAL CURATION:
HOW AND WHY
Dr Anne Marie
Cunningham
Academic Lead for
eLearning
Institute of Medical
Education, Cardiff
University
@amcunningham

2. 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

3. CASE BASED LEARNING
Active Collaborative Supported

4. WHAT DO
STUDENTS LEARN
FROM? Textbooks
Online content from
other universities
Lectures
Online content made
by other students
Tutorials YouTube

5. THE PROBLEM?
Too
much
content!
What is
good
quality?
What is
relevant?

6. How do you
manage “too
much content”
with learners?

7. “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/

8. STUDENTS CHOOSE WHERE TO
SHARE LEARNING
Facebook Wiki Scoopit

9. THE SOLUTION? …… CURATION
Social
media
Peer-reviewed
content
Student
generated
content
Curator filters and adds commentary - posts
resources to Scoopit

10. WHO ARE THE CURATORS?
Staff Students

11. HOW ARE WE USING IT?
CBL group pages
Case “master” pages
Subject-specific pages

12. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE A GOOD
CURATOR?
•Accuracy
•Relevance
•Framework
Know
subject
•Ease of
access
•Right level
Know
audience

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Credit: John Curran @designedlearnin http://www.designedforlearning.co.uk/category/curation-2/

14. PARTICIPATION?
25/30 groups
used at all
Median contributors per group
3.5
Median scoops per group 8.5
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19. OUR LEARNING AND PLANS
Development
Staff Students
Review
Quality Features
Future
Maintaining Extending
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Credit: John Curran @designedlearnin http://www.designedforlearning.co.uk/create-or-curate/

21. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
For more information please see:
http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/onlinecontentcuration/