Completing a crowdsourcing task instead of an assignment; What do university students think?

Vassilis Javed Khan; Konstantinos Papangelis; Panos Markopoulos

doi:10.1145/3334480.3375228

Completing a crowdsourcing task instead of an assignment; What do university students think?

Vassilis Javed Khan, Konstantinos Papangelis, Panos Markopoulos

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Abstract

University educators actively seek realistic projects to include in their educational activities. However, finding an actually realistic project is not trivial. The rise of crowdsourcing platforms, in which a variety of tasks are offered in the form of an open call, might be an alternative source to help educators scale up project- based learning. But how do university students feel about executing crowdsourcing tasks instead of their typical assignments? In a study with 24 industrial design students we investigate students' attitudes on introducing crowdsourcing tasks as assignments. Based on our study we offer four suggestions to universities that consider integrating crowdsourcing tasks in their educational activities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI EA 2020 - Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450368193
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3334480.3375228
Publication status	Published - 25 Apr 2020
Event	2020 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2020 - Hawaiʻi Convention Center, Honolulu, United States Duration: 25 Apr 2020 → 30 Apr 2020 https://chi2020.acm.org

Conference

Conference	2020 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2020
Abbreviated title	CHI 2020
Country/Territory	United States
City	Honolulu
Period	25/04/20 → 30/04/20
Internet address	https://chi2020.acm.org

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The author would like to acknowledge colleagues at Microelectronic and Nanotechnology Shamsuddin Research Centre (MiNT-SRC), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia for providing technical and moral support. The authors are grateful to the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) Vot 1215 for research funding support.

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© 2020 Owner/Author.

Funding

The author would like to acknowledge colleagues at Microelectronic and Nanotechnology Shamsuddin Research Centre (MiNT-SRC), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia for providing technical and moral support. The authors are grateful to the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) Vot 1215 for research funding support.

Keywords

Crowdsourcing
Higher education
Project based learning
University students' attitude

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10.1145/3334480.3375228

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Khan, VJ, Papangelis, K & Markopoulos, P 2020, Completing a crowdsourcing task instead of an assignment; What do university students think? in CHI EA 2020 - Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems., 3375228, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2020 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2020, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, 25/04/20. https://doi.org/10.1145/3334480.3375228

Completing a crowdsourcing task instead of an assignment; What do university students think? / Khan, Vassilis Javed; Papangelis, Konstantinos; Markopoulos, Panos.
CHI EA 2020 - Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2020. 3375228.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review