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Re-envisioning Modern Pedagogy: Educators as Curators
The document discusses the role of educators as curators, emphasizing the curation process of selecting, organizing, and sharing educational content. It explores the importance of quality, relevance, and originality in educational resources, alongside the challenges of internet access and net neutrality. The authors advocate for creating engaging learning environments and fostering conversations as part of the educator-curator's responsibilities.
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- 1. Re-envisioning Pedag gy Educators ascurators 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 isthe 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 ametaphor
- 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
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- 9. Aggregating potential coursematerial with social bookmarks COMM 3309 tag: my social media class
- 10. The journey ofa resource: from birth to bookmark
- 11. The journey ofa resource: from birth to bookmark
- 12. The journey ofa resource: from birth to bookmark
- 13. The journey ofa resource: from birth to bookmark
- 14. The journey ofa 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
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- 24. Contextualizing resources Linkto 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 curatoris 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 curatoris 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 arrangingresources 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 iBooksAuthor January 19, 2012
- 40. SHARE Sharing = social Sharingwith your network Sharing as a lagniappe
- 41. Sharing projects &lessons learned
- 42. "For it isin giving that we receive." -St. Francis of Assisi
- 43. ENGAGE Host theconversation: - Provide space - Participate - Invite others - Animate
- 44. Role of thecurator-educator: Inviting others, animating discussions
- 45. Engaged students? Conversationcarried 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 forimprovement 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