ELIS Wheel « Plearn Blog. Making crowdsourcing work. My best practices. I've been advising several clients on crowdsourcing initiatives recently. Some have been product development efforts, others for marketing campaigns and one even about solving a global crisis. It has been interesting as crowdsourcing stitches together so many facets of social influence marketing. And I believe that in today's world no product or marketing campaign should be launched without some form of crowdsourcing having driven it.
With that in mind, I've developed a list of crowdsourcing best practices. Tell me what you think and feel free to add your own to the list. It would only be appropriate. 1. 2. A. B. C. D. Which role do you want your participants to play? 3. 4. Anytime you run a crowd-sourcing initiative, it is important to connect the employees who are normally tasked with the jobs that are being crowdsourced with the participants. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
#plenk2010 OR #plenk OR #plenk10. Interaction in Online Courses: More is NOT Always Better. Is Crowdsourcing the Future of College Education? This fall, Duke University students in professor Cathy Davidson's "This is Your Brain on the Internet" course will explore the use of crowdsourcing—when a group takes over a task typically performed by an individual—in education, putting collaborative learning methods and peer review to the test. Her undertaking could significantly change the way teachers, students and parents approach learning, and provides a powerful opportunity to link technology and the Web to the classroom.
According to Eric Ferreri in an article for The Charlotte Observer, Davidson's concepts question the role of the professor. Is she an information dispenser, or simply a manager who guides students "as they figure out things for themselves? " Students in Davidson's class will use a "contract grading" system that spells out exactly what they must do to earn a certain grade. Unclasses.org - community powered learning. Crowdsourcing Education. I have advocated that technology and other key drivers have created an environment in which individual Professional Learning Communities can be networked with, not only other Professional Learning Communities, but useful individuals such as specialists, district personnel, researchers, etc. I call this model the Professional Networked Learning Collaborative. The essence of the PNLC is that the "who" of potential members and collaborators is increased exponentially because of individual members networking through collaborative technology platforms, the "what.
" The Professional Networked Learning Collaborative makes use of what network researchers call a “small world network.” Keith Sawyer, author of Group Genius, explains that small world networks consist of, "many densely connected small groups with less strong connections. " However, on the extreme end of the collaboration capabilities created through the Professional Networked Learning Collaborative is Crowdsourcing. By courosa. SOS Classroom.