tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627367356050316576.post5704104973295075769..comments2024-01-31T00:56:33.779+00:00Comments on A Little About a Lot: Curation Skillsniallgavinukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04370683626939155999noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627367356050316576.post-73116710506184633822016-04-14T14:33:01.180+01:002016-04-14T14:33:01.180+01:00Hi Lisa, now that's what I call a blog comment...Hi Lisa, now that's what I call a blog comment! Thanks for taking the time. I love including 'seeking alternative data and challenging popular views' into the curation skills mix!<br />niallgavinukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04370683626939155999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627367356050316576.post-55307103480240687202016-04-14T14:07:55.564+01:002016-04-14T14:07:55.564+01:00Great discussion starter here Niall and I know you...Great discussion starter here Niall and I know you've asked Julian for some feedback on this. I think your post raises another question as well - many organisations are guilty of not trusting people to have the ability to critically think and so terrified of deviation from the company line that they can manipulate this argument. <br /><br />It's true that it's easy in a time pressured environment to take the first answer that appears in the search. But one of the great advantages of the social age and access to information is that although granted, some of it may be utter nonsense, there is more room for critical analysis, scrutiny by those better versed in the type of rigour drummed into any of us who did a BSc (well, in my case, scraped through the statistics module ;-) ), sharing of alternative sources and stories. So it could be argued we end up being held to greater account because of this. <br /><br />One interesting phenomenon I have seen on social learning platforms however is that through ranking, likes and gamification of content sharing, you can get the issue of confusing quality with most popular or most volume! Often, more challenging but valuable assets get hidden away as the easiest or most common answers win out on top. So in this context, curation is not just about finding, organising and making available a scaffold to springboard learning. It's also retaining a wider view and making sure our scaffolds are in of themselves not narrowing the conversation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com