Using collective intelligence by sharing knowledge and gathering ideas. This can be used for problem solving, predicting outcomes, or to generate institutional strategies. 

Crowd Wisdom

Using the crowd for the creation of a product or a service. The group is used to produce a product or provide a service in a way that requires fewer resources from the institution. 

Crowd Creation

A group pools money that is typically raised by small donations to fund something. Typically used to fund scholarships or research. 

Crowd Funing

Getting the opinion, ideas, or decision of the public by way of voting. This can be used to get a group's opinion of something. It also can help get others invested in a given project.

Crowd Voting

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

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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

Solemon, B., Ariffin, I., Din, M. M., & Anwar, R. M. (2013). A review of the uses of crowdsourcing in higher education. International Journal of Asian Social Science, 3(9), 2066-2073.

A review of the uses of crowdsourcing in higher education. International

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

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

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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