Fostering students' participation in creating educational content through crowdsourcing. Issue 1 (2nd January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zahirović Suhonjić, Anida; Despotović-Zrakić, Marijana; Labus, Aleksandra; Bogdanović, Zorica; Barać, Dušan
• Is Part Of: Interactive learning environments. Volume 27:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 72
• Page End: 85
• Publication Date: 2019-01-02
• Subjects: Crowdsourcing -- microlearning -- micro-courses -- collaborative learning; Educational technology -- United States -- Periodicals; 371.33
• DOI: 10.1080/10494820.2018.1451898
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1049-4820

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This paper proposes and evaluates a model of crowdsourcing in microlearning that includes the balancing of collaborative learning and crowdsourcing mechanisms. The goal of the research is to implement a learner-centered approach through crowdsourced content creation and to improve the process and outcomes of learning. Crowdsourced content creation was accomplished through a collaborative project within a higher education institution. Micro-courses in the form of short video lessons were created by students and published on the Coursmos platform and a certain group of students attended these micro-courses. The evaluation was carried out at the Faculty of Organizational Sciences, the University of Belgrade on a sample of 71 students who created micro-courses and 74 students who attended these micro-courses. The results show that the developed model provides simple communication and collaboration among students, high level of their self-organization and satisfaction, efficient management of crowdsourcing network and collaborative knowledge building.