Crowdsourcing in Higher Education: Theory and Best Practices

Title

Crowdsourcing in Higher Education: Theory and Best Practices

Creator

Agarwal V.; Panicker A.; Sharma A.; Rammurthy R.; Ganesh L.; Chaudhary S.

Description

The widespread use of crowdsourcing strategies in higher education institutions improves the performance of students by using collective initiatives to enhance the skills of each student, efficiently optimizes the lecturing process by exchanging and pooling research materials, and also improves the financial situation of alumni by encouraging crowdfunding of tuition. We identify four main areas in this study where the use of crowdsourcing strategies plays an important role in the success of alumni in institutions of higher education. The proposed crowd teaching approach optimizes lecturing, allowing lecture notes to be shared and exchanged according to the various curricula of Higher Education Studies. With crowd learning, students learn by execution on collaborative projects in which different students share (effectively) teaching each other under the guidance of the lecturer, learn the necessary skills to achieve the projects goals and solve the proposed issue. In relation to accessing funding, the tuition fees of students can be financed by crowdsourcing approaches through crowd tuition and even crowdfunding can be used to procure laboratory and classroom content or the learning stays of students abroad. Using this crowdsourcing tool, students can find assistance in paying university taxes and also have an interest in further learning with other students. The application of crowdsourcing to education allows for optimization of the institutions budget and a more effective use of learning time, leading eventually to better outcomes for students. 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Source

Contributions to Finance and Accounting, Vol-Part F216, pp. 127-135.

Date

2021-01-01

Publisher

Springer Nature

Subject

Community college; Crowdlearning; Crowdsourcing; Higher education; Online learning; Students

Coverage

Agarwal V., Center for Management Studies, Jain (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India; Panicker A., Institute of Business Management, GLA University, Uttar Pradesh, Mathura, India; Sharma A., Institute of Business Management, GLA University, Uttar Pradesh, Mathura, India; Rammurthy R., Department of Management, Jain (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India; Ganesh L., School of Business and Management, Christ (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India; Chaudhary S., Center for Management Studies, Jain (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISSN: 27306038

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Book chapter

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77841-5_8

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