Organizers are entities responsible for designing, launching, and managing the crowdsourcing process for education. They can be individuals, educational institutions, open education platforms, or research organizations.

Organizers in Crowdsourcing for Education

Learners participate in crowdsourcing for education primarily as recipients of knowledge, but they can also serve as contributors. When acting as contributors, they provide assistance and unique perspectives to their peers. This peer-based involvement is advantageous because the anonymity of the process can reduce stress, and the learners' recent, firsthand experience with the subject matter helps them identify common errors and learning challenges.

Learners in Crowdsourcing for Education

IT platforms serve to connect organizers, contributors, and learners. Internet technology allows for a massive scale of interaction between these actors. They platforms are typically generic social IT platforms or specific crowdsourcing platforms.

IT Platforms in Crowdsourcing for Education

Contributors are those that serve the learner crowd. They are typically part of the learner crowd or an external crowd. 

Contributors in Crowdsourcing for Education

Those involved in Crowdsourcing for Education include:
- Organizers
- Learners
- Contributors
- IT platforms

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An online activity where an educator or educational institution proposes by way of an open call for individuals or groups to help learning or teaching. 

Crowdsourcing for Education

Jiang, Y., Schlagwein, D., & Benatallah, B. (2018). A Review on Crowdsourcing for Education: State of the Art of Literature and Practice. PACIS, 180

A Review on Crowdsourcing for Education: State of the Art of Literature and Practice

- Crowd Wisdom
- Crowd Creation
- Crowd Funding
- Crowd Voting

Types of crowdsourcing used education

- Creating educational contents (resources)
- Providing practical experience (activities)
- Exchanging complementary knowledge (support)
- Augmenting abundant feedback (evaluation) 

Crowdsourcing use-cases in education

Actors in Crowdsourcing for Education

How crowdsourcing tasks are arranged often varies. They are typically arranged in these three ways.
- Distributed
- Collaborative
- Competitive

Organization of Crowdsourcing for Education

Peoples motivation to take part in crowdsourcing for education can vary. These motivations include: 
- Altruism
- Outward Recognition
- Challenge
- Sense of Community
- Virtual Compensation
- Monetary Compensation
- Enjoyment
- Requirement

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