Criteria for Curation and a Reflection on the Process

Criteria for Curation and a Reflection on the Process – Google Document

This assignment required us to create 15-20 different criteria to use measure our future effectiveness at being quality web curators, who according this article are the “Web’s New Superheroes.” With the deluge of content filling the web, it is increasingly essential for the content to be filtered, analyzed and qualified by talented web curators. I am still learning how this can be applied to education. I would like to study the work of expert education curators on the web and understand how they decide their niche, where they pool for resources and how they manage their workflow, assuming web curation is not their primary job. I look forward to being able to flex these powers in the next weeks.

This assignment required a flexing of our collaborative skills. Our PLN got the ball rolling by creating a Google Document for the list of criteria and frame our discussion. A member of the PLN introduced us to the idea of the CRAAP model by the CSU system. It was a challenge to completely allow the CRAAP test to conform to the guidelines of the assignment. But it did give us a convenient framework, around which, we could organize our criteria.

We ended up using some elements of the CRAAP test and ultimately made it our own. Based on test, added 16 criteria, which, were gleaned from the readings and resources that we gleaned from the web. Ultimately, this was a group effort. But I feel indebted to the hard work of the group in finishing the assignment so early. I would definitely still be working on this if weren’t for the diligence and skill of PLN.