Crowdsourcing eLearning (Feedback)

May 13, 2009 at 8:53 am 1 comment

I understand crowdsourcing courses, lessons and other eLearning-related material can be a tough call for any sector (corporate, K12, etc.). But has anyone had any experience crowdsourcing the development of learning experiences from a user feedback perspective at least? 

One question could be how is crowdsourcing feedback different from simply putting a feedback button on your website or a particular lesson or product? Crowdsourcing seems to be more powerful since instead of relying on static feedback submitted by individual users at a given time, when feedback is given in a community-driven platform, it can much more powerful. Users will spark discussions around one’s content in a dynamic manner, sharing their thoughts and ideas from perspectives others might not have considered if submitting a single “feedback ticket”.

So, again, has anyone used crowdsourcing for engaging the learners in the development process?

Services that use crowdsourcing for feedback and product ideas include (not limited to):

Get Satisfaction 

UserVoice

IdeaScale

SuggestionBox

Spigit

CrowdSound

BrightIdea

Google Moderator

CrowdSpirit

IdeaBlob

OK, I might need to stop here, the “idea/innovation management” crowdsourcing field seems to be the one that suffers the most from “cloning” in the social media era… almost like they ran out of ideas for innovative takes on the same topic… 😉

 

Here is a more comprehensive list of crowdsourcing modalities and websites.

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  • 1. compassioninpolitics  |  July 6, 2009 at 7:50 am

    Interesting post.

    I would suggest that Amazon and Netflicks are also using this technology with their respective recommendation engines.

    Also, you might check out the Crowd Sourcing Examples Wiki for more examples. Its very categorized–although the link to open innovation above is quite interesting + informative.

    Cool stuff.

    Keep on rock’n!

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