1. Re-envisioning
Pedag gy
Educators as curators
Corinne Weisgerber, Ph.D.
Shannan Butler, Ph.D.
St. Edward’s University
@corinnew, @shannanbutler

2. cu • ra • tor

3. cu • ra • tor
Someone who plans and oversees the
arrangement, cataloguing, and
exhibition of collections. S/he describes
and analyzes valuable objects for the
benefit of researchers and the public.

4. The list is the origin of culture. It’s part of
the history of art and literature. What does
culture want? To make infinity comprehen-
sible. And how, as a human being, does
one face infinity? How does one attempt
to grasp the incomprehensible? Through
lists, through catalogs, through collections
in museums & through encyclopedias &
dictionaries.
- Umberto Eco

5. Curation as a metaphor

6. Find
Select
becoming an
Editorialize
Arrange
Create
Share
Engage
Track
Educator-Curator
Steps to

7. FIND
Find relevant info/content:
- Set up a personal learning network
of colleagues, authors, experts, etc.
- Aggregate what you discover

8. SXSWedu Presentation 2011

9. Aggregating potential course material with social bookmarks
COMM 3309 tag: my social media class

10. The journey of a
resource: from birth
to bookmark

11. The journey of a
resource: from birth
to bookmark

12. The journey of a
resource: from birth
to bookmark

13. The journey of a
resource: from birth
to bookmark

14. The journey of a
resource: from birth
to bookmark

20. SELECT
Filter content
Select content:
- quality
- relevance
- originality

21. EDITORIALIZE
Conte
xtuali
ze co
n tent
Introd
uce/s
umm
arize
Add y
our p
erspe
ct ive

23. Contextualizing
resources

24. Contextualizing
resources
Link to intro &
perspective

26. ARRANGE
Sort content
Rank content
Lay out content
- Juxtaposition

27. ARRANGE
Sort content
Rank content
Lay out content
- Juxtaposition

28. Info Molecules
“A curator is an information chemist. He or she mixes atoms together in a way to
build an info-molecule. Then adds value to that molecule.” - Scoble

29. Info Molecules
“A curator is an information chemist. He or she mixes atoms together in a way to
build an info-molecule. Then adds value to that molecule.” - Scoble

33. Sorting and arranging resources into course modules

34. CREATE
5
Decide on a format:
Paper.li, Scoop.it
Storify, Storiful, etc.
Wiki, CMS, Slides

37. Pictures Tweet Create
Course
Stats Graphs Content
Editor- Blog Editor-
ializing Video Post ializing
News Editor- UN
Audio Story ializing Reports

38. Jan. 25th
&the 21st
century
Internet
issues
Create
it raises
Course
An action unprecedented in Internet history:
Government switches off Internet, mobile & SMS
February 2nd:
Internet returns
Content
?
Why cut access
to the Net Neutrality
An ISP could start treating different content types, platforms & sites differently What IF
we lost net neutrality?
INTERNET Message
control in
this case:
Kick out Al
Jazeera
Message
controlled by
the State
Media:
No
protesters
Slow Lane:
For the Rest
please wait ...
Internet
Tiered
Matter of Message Control:
Fast Lane:
social media shifts message control to people
For the Rich
What IF
Should the government be allowed to switch off the Internet in case of a cyber emergency?
The INTERNET
KILL SWITCH we lost net neutrality?
• Some ISPs may not allow
access to sites like
Youtube (hence no video
of the revolution)
• Rich may have access to
Video not available
faster network that can
handle video, poor may
not be able to afford that
Internet access
A Basic Human Right?
Mobile reporting: Important in getting story out

39. iBooks2 and iBooks Author
January 19, 2012

40. SHARE
Sharing = social
Sharing with your network
Sharing as a lagniappe

41. Sharing projects & lessons learned

42. "For it is in giving that we receive."
-St. Francis of Assisi

43. ENGAGE
Host the conversation:
- Provide space
- Participate
- Invite others
- Animate

44. Role of the curator-educator:
Inviting others, animating discussions

45. Engaged students? Conversation carried on after class
Responses to live-tweeting & current news slides discussed in class

46. TRACK
Track engagement
- comments, shares
- depth & quality of discussion
Assessment used for improvement

47. Assessment used for improvement
Feedback from former students (sometimes takes a while to appreciate)

48. CREDITS
Corinne Weisgerber, Ph.D. Shannan Butler, Ph.D.
Associate Prof. of Communication Associate Prof. of Communication
St. Edward’s University St. Edward’s University
@corinnew @shannanbutler