Knowledge Management - Curation

Question 1

Application/Implementation

Answer 1

How individuals apply new insights in the real world and manage knowledge on a day to day basis

Question 2

Integration

Answer 2

Personal curation process - how individuals blend new learning experiences with existing thoughts

Question 3

Aggregation/Instruction

Answer 3

Curation done by others, but within a formal learning context. Involves using insights gathered from inside and outside the org as baseline content to develop new courses.

Question 4

Inspiration

Answer 4

Curation done by others on one’s behalf, outside a formal learning environment

Question 5

Types of Curated Content

Answer 5

instructional content
user-generated content
SME-generated content
public domain content
third-party content

Question 6

What type of content is this: A software developer posts their own ideas for error minimization on the learning portal

instructional content
user-generated content
SME-generated content
public domain content
third-party content

Answer 6

user-generated content

Question 7

What type of content is this: A SME provides a presentation for free as a download on their blog

instructional content
user-generated content
SME-generated content
public domain content
third-party content

Answer 7

public domain content

Question 8

Inspiration

Answer 8

(Organizational, Informal) Use curation at the business level to collect, transform, and share resources centrally

Information as a trigger or hook to inspire action or deeper involvement within the workforce

Question 9

Instructional

Answer 9

(Organizational, Formal) Use curation, collecting, and remixing existing content to form the basis of developing new courses.

Blending outside resources with a selection of resources from within the firewall can decrease the time to delivery and cut costs dramatically for learning and development.

Question 10

Implementation

Answer 10

(Personal, Informal) Individuals are starting to use curation techniques in the process of their daily work through personal knowledge management.

Many already do this through blogs, tweets, and other collections of knowledge that are shared with the world. This content seeds the stores that we curate from.

It is not advised to force people to share, but policies can be established that encourage people to share for themselves.

Question 11

Integration

Answer 11

(Personal, Formal) Allow learners to become curators during the learning process; ask them to reflect on and demonstrate how they are going to apply these insights on the job, link new knowledge to existing knowledge and experiences, etc.

Question 12

Content Curation

Answer 12

Ongoing activity within a knowledge management program

A curation-first strategy for your talent organization—curating existing content before creating new content—can help to create a significant competitive edge for the organization,

Question 13

All curators perform 3 basic actions

Answer 13

Store, Transform, Share

Question 14

How to support curation? (2)

Answer 14

Evaluate instructional and learning elements from various sources to support needs in the broader knowledge system.

Assess learning content, both internal and external to the organization, against the knowledge map to determine where there is an appropriate application.

Question 15

Curation vs. Learning Mindset

Answer 15

Invites vs. welcomes comments
understands by communication vs. understand by reflection
Shares as part of insight vs. sharing as afterthought
Annotates to add value vs. annotates to understand
Creates meaning vs. creates understanding
Builds and lives in networks vs. Sees networks as bonus
Focuses on the learning org vs. focusing on the individual
Aims for collective understanding vs. individual understanding
Ongoing dialogue vs. isolated dialogue

Question 16

Challenges in curation (3)

Answer 16

• difficult to find information
• information can be found in different ways
• information may not be updated

Question 17

Org Process for Curation

Answer 17

• Work with IT to set up the infrastructure
• Determine standards around how it will be shared and who owns it

Question 18

Sending a newsletter every month is an example of which: store, transform, share

Answer 18

Share

Question 19

Writing a blog post to narrate a story is an example of which: store, transform, share

Answer 19

Transform

Question 20

Bookmarking content or subscribing to a feed of information is an example of which: store, transform, share

Answer 20

Store

Question 21

Adding value happens during which: store, transform, share

Answer 21

Transform

Question 22

Remixing your collection of content is an example of which: store, transform, share

Answer 22

Transform

Question 23

Career bloggers who use their blogs to distribute content collections is an example of which: store, transform, share

Answer 23

Share

Question 24

Quoting from an article on Twitter to highlight a specific context differently from another professional is an example of which: store, transform, share

Answer 24

Transform

Question 25

Bookmarking training videos for another team in the organization is an example of which: store, transform, share

Answer 25

Share