Curation And The Human Web...
Posted by Tom Foremski - November 16, 2010 There is no doubt in my mind that the topic of curation and the Internet, is an important one and that it will be a dominant topic in 2011. Curation is important because we are reaching the limits of what can be achieved through algorithms and machines in organizing and navigating the Internet. Aggregation looks like curation but it's not. (Please see: Aggregation Is Not Curation - There Is A Big Difference - SVW) I define curation as a person, or a group of people, engaged in choosing and presenting a collection of things related to a specific topic and context. Aggregation employs software (algorithms) and machines (servers) to assemble a collection of things related to a specific topic and context. Aggregation tools can be employed by curators but the human act of curation adds a layer of value that aggregation alone cannot provide. A good example is Techmeme, the news aggregator run by Gabe Rivera. However, such approaches reach a natural limit.
Jorum listens: Towards a new vision and approach :: May 2011 :: News :: Mimas
Jorum has been listening to its users and stakeholders and is changing to respond to the rapidly evolving Higher Education and technological environment that we inhabit. As we consider the feedback and plan Jorum’s future trajectory, it becomes clear that if Jorum is to thrive in the future, we must examine our approaches anew – and with a critical eye. We must now strive towards a new vision where Jorum becomes a shared national service for discovering Open Educational Resources (OER) that also fosters the ecology of reuse of those resources across the sector and beyond. In pursuing this, we are confident that Jorum can become pivotal to the achievement of excellence in learning and teaching and support others with the same aims. Amber Thomas, JISC Programme Manager (Digital Infrastructure), states: “It’s great to see that Jorum has been listening to feedback. From 01 August 2011, Jorum will be run solely from Mimas. From user requirements to new technological approaches Contact us
Curation - The Third Web Frontier
Posted by Guest Writer - January 8, 2011 Here is a guest article by Partice Lamothe - CEO of Pearltrees (Pearltrees is a consulting client of SVW.) This is a lightly edited version of "La troisième frontière du Web" that appeared in the magazine OWNI - Digital Journalism - March 2010. The article argues that the founding pricinciples of the Internet are only now being implemented and that the next frontier is in organizing, or curating, the Internet. By Patrice Lamothe Everyone realizes that the web is entering a new phase in its development. One indication of this transition is the proliferation of attempts to explain the changes that are occurring. Although these explanations are both pertinent and intriguing, none of them offers an analytical matrix for assessing the developments that are now underway. The "real time web," for example, is one of the clearest and most influential trends right now. In contrast, other explanations are far too broad to serve any useful purpose.
The Curator
Sharing e-Learning Content ITT
JISC wishes to commission an individual or team to review and synthesise the work of various specified projects and programmes engaged in the development, use and sharing of elearning content. We are commissioning this study in order to support JISC in planning future funding calls and to further the dissemination of programme outcomes. The proposed study will be focused on deliverables and reports from a variety of projects and programmes, including the JISC Jorum1, the Digital Libraries in the Classroom programme2, the Distributed e-Learning programme3, the FAIR programme4, the Digital Repositories programme5, e-Learning Transformational projects6 (funded by the Scottish Funding Council) and the Exchange for Learning7 (X4L) staff development resources. It is estimated that this study will require between 30 and 40 days work, during the period May to September 2007. A full version of the ITT can be found below.
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Les diff?rents types de curation | Citizen L. aka Laurent Fran?ois
by Laurent Francois Citoyens ! Ca y est : la curation, notion poussée en France par Pearltrees; est désormais entrée dans les moeurs comme application-type de nouveaux usages du web social. Première question : y a-t-il des consommateurs finaux de curation ? La réponse est normande : à la fois oui et non. Dans une situation d’urgence informative (voir à ce sujet l’étude que nous sortirons dans quelques semaines avec L’Express), l’enjeu de la synthèse de l’information est clé. Dès-lors, quels sont les différents types de “curation” ? l’archivage “classique” : un peu comme les 1ers blogs lancés au début des années 90, il s’agit de trouver sur un même article les liens pertinents avec un sujet ou avec une semaine. Plus intéressant : quels seront les types futurs de curation ? une anticipation des chemins de pensée ? L’enjeu étant désormais complexe : continuer à devenir “mainstream” afin de faire partager l’accès au savoir. Un jeu de pouvoir en somme où les historiens vont jouer un rôle clé…
Design for learning key outcomes
A selection of key documents and reports from the first phase of activities under the Designing for Learning theme of the e-Learning and Pedagogy programme have been highlighted (10th September 2004). A detailed overview of all the programme activities together with commentary on how the outcomes and recommendations from completed activities may be taken forward is contained in 'Designing for Learning: An update on the Pedagogy strand of the JISC eLearning programme1'. Work Package 1a A review of available approaches to modelling (e)learning, including key definitions and scoping of the proposed projects. Work Package 1b e-Learning Models desk study This study carried out by Chimera: Institute of Socio-technical Innovation and Research, University of Essex under Professor Chris Fowler is now complete. Work Package 2 Work Package 4a Work Package 4b Work package 4c Work Package 3b
Social curation finds an audience: Pearltrees reaches 10M pageviews
With its slick visual interface for bookmarking content, Pearltrees is unique enough that I’ve been both impressed and slightly skeptical that a mass audience will actually use it. But it looks like the site has found plenty of users. The French startup just announced that it crossed two big milestones in March: It has more than 100,000 users curating links, and it received more than 10 million pageviews. Not only does that show the concept is resonating, but it also suggests Pearltrees could reach the scale where it can build a real business around advertising or by offering premium accounts for publishers. When you share links on Pearltrees, they show up as little circles called Pearls. Pearltrees launched in December 2009, and it recently enhanced the social aspect with a new teams feature that lets groups of people create Pearltrees collaboratively. Pearltrees has raised 3.8 million euros in funding.
