Research/Digital Curation in Education

Digital curation involves maintaining, preserving and adding value to digital research data throughout its lifecycle. ("What is digital curation?", 2010)

The Digital Curation Center in "What is digital curation?" (2010) further describes the digital curation lifecycle as an ongoing process comprised of the following steps:


 * Conceptualise: conceive and plan the creation of digital objects, including data capture methods and storage options.
 * Create: produce digital objects and assign administrative, descriptive, structural and technical archival metadata.
 * Access and use: ensure that designated users can easily access digital objects on a day-to-day basis. Some digital objects may be publicly available, whilst others may be password protected.
 * Appraise and select: evaluate digital objects and select those requiring long-term curation and preservation. Adhere to documented guidance, policies and legal requirements.
 * Dispose: rid systems of digital objects not selected for long-term curation and preservation. Documented guidance, policies and legal requirements may require the secure destruction of these objects.
 * Ingest: transfer digital objects to an archive, trusted digital repository, data centre or similar, again adhering to documented guidance, policies and legal requirements.
 * Preservation action: undertake actions to ensure the long-term preservation and retention of the authoritative nature of digital objects.
 * Reappraise: return digital objects that fail validation procedures for further appraisal and reselection.
 * Store: keep the data in a secure manner as outlined by relevant standards.
 * Access and reuse: ensure that data are accessible to designated users for first time use and reuse. Some material may be publicly available, whilst other data may be password protected.
 * Transform: create new digital objects from the original, for example, by migration into a different form.

Resources

 * Wikipedia
 * Digital Curation for Teachers
 * Best Free Content #Curation Tools 2012


 * Digital Curation: What kind of digital curator are you?
 * The Teacher as Digital Curator – What Type Are You? (Seitzinger, 2011).


 * Best practices by Donna Papacosta http://www.slideshare.net/trafcom/papacosta-iabc-westcurationnov7
 * Content Classroom Applications http://fusionfinds.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/content-curation-classroom-applications/
 * Klout, Triberr, paper.li, and the future of content curation http://www.kilkku.com/blog/2011/08/klout-triberr-paper-li-and-the-future-of-content-curation/
 * Content Curation: Are You A Fire Hose or A Focusing Lens? Kanker, B. (2011) Are You A Fire Hose or A Focusing Lens? In Beth's Blog Retrieved from http://www.bethkanter.org/focus-lens/