Crowdsourcing - 2020 Forecast: Creating the Future of Learning

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21st Century Decision Making

James Surowiecki, author of The Wisdom of Crowds, explains how the decision-making ability of a diverse group of people is more effective than that of individuals. 21st Century Decision Making »

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Google’s New Online Reference Tool

Google is unveiling a free internet encyclopedia so people can profit from their expertise on any topic. Anyone with a Google login can submit an article and have ads displayed through Google’s marketing system. The contributing author and Google will […] Google’s New Online Reference Tool »

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Postyourtest.Com Raises Ethical Concerns

As a student at St. Louis Univ., Demir Oral met students acing exams because they could access a bank of previous tests of the same professor. Fraternities and sororities compiled exams from prior years and made them available to members as a study tool […] Postyourtest.Com Raises Ethical Concerns »

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Students Profit from Diligent Note-Taking

Knetwit.com, created by two award-winning students from Babson College in Massachusetts, invites students and professors nationwide to upload class lecture notes, to be available for anyone with a free Knetwit account. Knetwit.com offers Knetwit “Koins […] Students Profit from Diligent Note-Taking »

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Innocentive

A company based in Andover, Massachusetts, that matches scientists and researchers around the world with companies trying to solve difficult problems that they cannot solve using internal resources. Innocentive »

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Next Stop Design

Next Stop Design is an experiment in "crowdsourcing" the best ideas and designs to build a better bus stop. We hope that better bus stops will encourage more people to ride public transportation, which benefits us all (and our planet) in many ways. Next Stop Design »

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Digg

Digg users submit online articles, images or video that they like. Those items that are submitted in the greatest volume appear on the home page, in what amounts to a collaborative editorial process for selecting items of most interest. Users can also […] Digg »

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Rate My Teachers

Rate My Teachers is a website that lets students and parents post ratings about their schools and teachers. The website is aimed at empowering students to speak their minds about their learning experiences. The site also includes a feature that lets teachers […] Rate My Teachers »

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Here Comes Everybody

Professor Clay Shirky writes about how Web2.0 is revolutionizing the social order. People can organize without routing through traditional organizations, create resources more quickly and efficiently than large corporations, and amplify their political […] Here Comes Everybody »

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Meetup for Youth Rights

Students use Meet-up to gather and discuss their rights as youth. The National Youth Rights Association aims to defend civil and human rights on youth in the United States, including rights as students. Meetup for Youth Rights »

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