Ready, Set, Curate: 8 Learning Experts Tell You How - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 156286940X ISBN 13: 9781562869403

Publisher: Association for Talent Development, 2015

Synopsis

Good content is everywhere.

In our digital world we are content rich, but quality poor. Good content surrounds us, but it begs to be collected, transformed, and shared. And who better to distill and dismantle it for the benefit of learning communities than today’s learning and development professional? 

Curation isn’t novel in itself, and there’s much to learn from the successes of others. News sites commonly curate stories adding their own analysis. Retailers and marketers crowdsource ideas from consumers. Businesses build curation strategies to leverage product reviews. 

Ready, Set, Curate shows you how to elevate the most important content from an endless sea of learning information and offers strategies to better connect with your audience. Using case studies and relevant examples, eight curation experts share tips and best practices for creating a curation strategy and collecting content that is relevant to your learning communities.

About this title

About the Author:

Ben Betts is an entrepreneur, technologist, and social learning expert. He and his team at HT2 develop products and services for online learning. In his role as CEO of HT2, Ben developed the Curatr Social Learning platform and the open source learning record store Learning Locker.
Allison Anderson has a passion for creating compelling experiences for organizational learners. With more than 20 years' experience as a learning leader in higher education and the private sector, Allison's roles have included learning strategist at Intel Corporation and director of learning at ESCO in Portland, Oregon. With a focus on social and collaborative learning, learner experience, and strategic visions, her favorite projects include creating a staff and faculty training program for Lewis & Clark College and leading Intel's Learning Community of Practice.

Review:

“Who curates matters, both from a perspective of quality and of process.’ Nothing could be more apt to describe this masterful work. Ben and Allison have put together an important resource to empower learning professionals to shift their practice from producers of content to curators of meaningful, valuable resources in support of their audience.”

 

Aaron E. Silvers

Partner, MakingBetter

 

“Fantastic! Curation is the next big thing. Ready, Set, Curate clears out the clutter to get you there fast!”

 

Marcia Conner

Co-Author, The New Social Learning

 

“Ready, Set, Curate clearly sets the context for the shift from content creation to content curation. It provides strategies and practical solutions to help individuals and organizations make sense of the sea of information they swim in every day. After reading it there is no doubt you’ll be better equipped to navigate the content ocean.”

 

Charles Jennings

Director, Internet Time Alliance & Duntroon Consultants

About this edition

• Publisher: Association for Talent Development
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 156286940X
• ISBN 13: 9781562869403
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120
• Editor: Betts Ben, Anderson Allison