You may not know it, but you are probably already a curator.
If you have ever put together a playlist, organised a personal library in your house or on a device, bookmarked your favourite sites on your computer, or subscribed to a feed reader, you are a curator!
This module takes us beyond curating for ourselves and our personal interests. It explores ways in which we can curate from our learners’ perspective to create engaging, interactive, and open course materials. It discusses Creative Commons and Copyright, and explores strategies to search for, find, and evaluate Open Education Resources (OER).
The learning pathways are as follows:
- Curation for Learning
- Comparing Creative Commons with Copyright
- A Savvy Search System
- Adopting a savvy search system
- Choosing keywords carefully
- A review of limiters
- Spotlight on Repositories
- Spotlight on repositories – Introduction
- Visual interest: Graphics and photos
- Curator activity 1
- Learning objects: Simulations, games, texts, modules
- Curator activity 2
- General repositories
- Discipline-specific repositories
- Curator activity 3
- Assessing OER
- Assessing OER: Spotlight on CRAAP
- Curator activity 4
- Closing Thoughts
- Reflection
- Module checklist
—Will Rogers
Overview
You may not know it, but you are probably already a curator.
If you have ever put together a playlist, organised a personal library in your house or on a device, bookmarked your favourite sites on your computer, or subscribed to a feed reader, you are a curator!
This module takes us beyond curating for ourselves and our personal interests. It explores ways in which we can curate from our learners’ perspective to create engaging, interactive, and open course materials. It discusses Creative Commons and Copyright, and explores strategies to search for, find, and evaluate Open Education Resources (OER).
The learning pathways are as follows: