Share Paper: Blended learning and digital curation: A course activity design encouraging student engagement and developing critical analysis skills
Wednesday, June 25 10:00-10:30 AM B3117
Abstract: This paper describes a blended learning design case study incorporating digital curation as a repeating series of classroom activities delivered in a university economics course. Digital curation, in education, has been described as the collection, organization, interpretation, annotation, and sharing of online resources by students on a topic of inquiry. In the case presented in this study, digital curation activities were presented to students prior to guest lectures in order to generate more informed student discussions. A second component of the digital curation activity included post-lecture review and critique of curated materials. Students reported that engagement with the digital curation ...