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Crowdsourcing: A Million Heads is Better than One. - 4 views

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Smadar Goldstein

The Future of E-Learning is Crowd Sourcing - 5 views

  • Smadar Goldstein
     
    So, right off the bat, I need to correct a common misrepresentation that I repeated in my first paragraph. Crowdsourcing is not intended to be "random people from around the Web," but, rather to serve as a tool for bringing together qualified, though distributed individuals. However, while Howe's model may be great for digital photography, can it really work for something as intellectually nuanced as instructional design?
  • Smadar Goldstein
     
    I posted the quote above from Justin Marquis, Ph.D, from his article, The Future of E-Learning is Crowd Sourcing, posted by Cary Harrod. I posted this quote, because I, too, shared his skepticism, in that how can we gain intelligent, useful information from 'random people from around the Web?' I am gaining insight that it is not meant to be random, brainless people, but people who have passion, shared interest and knowledge about specific subject.

    My personal skeptical thoughts that remain are: what if some skeptic, un-passionate web surfers post unintelligent comments and stain an otherwise intelligent and gainful crowdsourced conversation?

    How do you know where to begin?

    Are there specific questions or topics that are most appropriate for crowd sourcing and how does one know what they are?

    I certainly am more convinced of the appeal of crowdsourcing, especially after having viewed Jeff Howe's video http://youtu.be/F0-UtNg3ots. It's a wonderful method of gathering opinions, perspectives, and insights to other people's experiences.
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