We live in an age of rich content. So why is it that most of our elearning initiatives start with a call for more content, a practice that is both costly and time consuming? Ben Betts, one of the UK’s leading thinkers and practitioners in the field of curation, says the trick is not in creating learning materials centrally, but in curation: making best use of the materials that already exist, or that learners are already creating.
7. What happens when we can’t make
connections?
Lucien Monfils, 2008.
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8. It’s less about creating the perfect content
and more about letting learners create the
perfect content for themselves
9. Content Curation
Generic Unique
Process Driven Problem Driven
Standardised Personalised
Principles Solutions
For me, this is what Curation in our context
is all about; a personalised learning journey
for everyone
10. If that’s you, then nudging people towards
making connections is rapidly becoming what
you do...
11. Cognitive Presence is a 4-step method that can
help learners foster meaningful connections
(Garrison et al)
