Editing Innovation Communities (Fall 2017)
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:'''COM597F''' - Masters of Communication in Communities and Networks (MCCN) Elective, Department of Communication | :'''COM597F''' - Masters of Communication in Communities and Networks (MCCN) Elective, Department of Communication | ||
:'''Instructor:''' [https://mako.cc/academic/ Benjamin Mako Hill] ([http://www.washington.edu/ University of Washington]) | :'''Instructor:''' [https://mako.cc/academic/ Benjamin Mako Hill] ([http://www.washington.edu/ University of Washington]) | ||
:'''Course Websites''': | :'''Course Websites''': | ||
:* We will use Canvas for [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1115755/announcements announcements], [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1115755/assignments turning in assignments], and [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1115755/discussion_topics discussion] | :* We will use Canvas for [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1115755/announcements announcements], [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1115755/assignments turning in assignments], and [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1115755/discussion_topics discussion] | ||
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* Although details on this syllabus will change, I will try my best to ensure that I never change readings more than six days before they are due. This means that if I don't fill in a "To Be Determined" one week before it's due, the item is dropped. This also means that if you plan to read more than one week ahead, you should contact me first or you'll be at risk of reading things that might not stick around on the syllabus. | * Although details on this syllabus will change, I will try my best to ensure that I never change readings more than six days before they are due. This means that if I don't fill in a "To Be Determined" one week before it's due, the item is dropped. This also means that if you plan to read more than one week ahead, you should contact me first or you'll be at risk of reading things that might not stick around on the syllabus. | ||
* Closely monitor your email or the announcements section on the [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1115755/announcements course website on Canvas]. Because this syllabus is a wiki, you will be able to track every change by clicking the history button on this page. I will summarize these changes in [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1115755/announcements an announcement on Canvas] once | * Closely monitor your email or the announcements section on the [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1115755/announcements course website on Canvas]. Because this syllabus is a wiki, you will be able to track every change by clicking the history button on this page. I will summarize these changes in [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1115755/announcements an announcement on Canvas] once week that will be emailed to everybody in the class. I will try to send this material the day after the class. | ||
* I will ask the class for voluntary anonymous feedback frequently — especially toward the beginning of the quarter. Please let me know what is working and what can be improved. In the past, I have made many adjustments to courses that I teach while the quarter progressed based on this feedback. | * I will ask the class for voluntary anonymous feedback frequently — especially toward the beginning of the quarter. Please let me know what is working and what can be improved. In the past, I have made many adjustments to courses that I teach while the quarter progressed based on this feedback. | ||
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;Maximum Length: 600 words (~2 double spaced) | ;Maximum Length: 600 words (~2 double spaced) | ||
;Due Date: October 9<sup>th</sup> | ;Due Date: October 9<sup>th</sup> | ||
;Deliverables: | ;Deliverables: Turn in on Canvas | ||
In this assignment, you should concisely identify an problem or thematic area you are interested in — and that you hope to pursue in your final project. I am hoping that each of you will pick an area or domain that you are intellectually committed to and invested in (e.g., in your business or personal life). | In this assignment, you should concisely identify an problem or thematic area you are interested in — and that you hope to pursue in your final project. I am hoping that each of you will pick an area or domain that you are intellectually committed to and invested in (e.g., in your business or personal life). | ||
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;Maximum Length: 1500 words (~5 pages) | ;Maximum Length: 1500 words (~5 pages) | ||
;Due Date: October 30<sup>th</sup> | ;Due Date: October 30<sup>th</sup> | ||
;Deliverables: | ;Deliverables: Turn in on Canvas | ||
Building on your problem identification assignment, you should describe a method for finding innovations or solutions in the innovation or domain problem you have identified. | Building on your problem identification assignment, you should describe a method for finding innovations or solutions in the innovation or domain problem you have identified. | ||
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;Presentation Date: December 7<sup>th</sup> | ;Presentation Date: December 7<sup>th</sup> | ||
;Maximum presentation length: ~10 minutes (''to be confirmed'') | ;Maximum presentation length: ~10 minutes (''to be confirmed'') | ||
;Presentation deliverables: | ;Presentation deliverables: Turn in slides on Canvas (''details to be announced'') | ||
;Paper Due Date: December 15<sup>th</sup> | ;Paper Due Date: December 15<sup>th</sup> | ||
;Maximum paper length: 4500 words (~18 pages) | ;Maximum paper length: 4500 words (~18 pages) | ||
;Paper deliverables: | ;Paper deliverables: Turn in on Canvas | ||
For your final project, I expect students to build on the first two assignments to describe what they have done and what they have found. I'll expect every student to give both: | For your final project, I expect students to build on the first two assignments to describe what they have done and what they have found. I'll expect every student to give both: | ||
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You will be evaluated on the degree to which you have demonstrated that you understand and have engaged with the course material and not on the quality of the innovations you have found. If you do not find great solutions to your problem in the communities you've identified, that's fine. Whether or not your proposal is successful, I want you to reflect on why the methods worked (or did not work) and how they might have worked better. What did you do right? What would you do differently in the future? What did the course and readings not teach that they should have? | You will be evaluated on the degree to which you have demonstrated that you understand and have engaged with the course material and not on the quality of the innovations you have found. If you do not find great solutions to your problem in the communities you've identified, that's fine. Whether or not your proposal is successful, I want you to reflect on why the methods worked (or did not work) and how they might have worked better. What did you do right? What would you do differently in the future? What did the course and readings not teach that they should have? | ||
A successful project will tell a compelling story and will engage with, and improve upon, the course material to teach an audience that includes me, your classmates, and MCCN students taking this class in future years, how to take advantage of community innovation more effectively. The very best papers will give us all a new understanding of some aspect of course | A successful project will tell a compelling story and will engage with, and improve upon, the course material to teach an audience that includes me, your classmates, and MCCN students taking this class in future years, how to take advantage of community innovation more effectively. The very best papers will give us all a new understanding of some aspect of course materal and change the way I teach some portion of this course in the future. | ||
=== Grading === | === Grading === | ||
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=== September 28: The User Innovation Paradigm === | === September 28: The User Innovation Paradigm === | ||
'''Resources:''' | '''Resources:''' | ||
* [https://canvas.uw.edu/files/43811788/download?download_frd=1 Week 1 Reading Note] | * [https://canvas.uw.edu/files/43811788/download?download_frd=1 Week 1 Reading Note] | ||
'''Assignment (due in class):''' | '''Assignment (due in class):''' | ||
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** Chapter 3: Why Many Users Want Custom Products (pgs. 33-44) | ** Chapter 3: Why Many Users Want Custom Products (pgs. 33-44) | ||
** Chapter 9: Democratizing Innovation (pgs. 121-132) | ** Chapter 9: Democratizing Innovation (pgs. 121-132) | ||
* von Hippel, Eric. [http://ssrn.com/abstract=2866571 Free Innovation]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2017. | * von Hippel, Eric. [http://ssrn.com/abstract=2866571 Free Innovation]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2017. | ||
** Chapter 3: Viability Zones for Free Innovation (pgs. 37-52) | ** Chapter 3: Viability Zones for Free Innovation (pgs. 37-52) | ||
* Pisano, Gary P., and Roberto Verganti. “[https://hbr.org/2008/12/which-kind-of-collaboration-is-right-for-you Which Kind of Collaboration Is Right for You.]” Harvard Business Review 86, no. 12 (2008): 78–86. ''[Also Available through UW Libraries]'' ([http://thismomentintime.wdfiles.com/local--files/collaboration/hbr_what_collab_right.pdf Alternate Link]) | |||
'''Optional Readings:''' | '''Optional Readings:''' | ||
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=== October 5: Finding Innovations: Lead Users === | === October 5: Finding Innovations: Lead Users === | ||
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** Chapter 2: Development of Products by Lead Users (pg 19-32) | ** Chapter 2: Development of Products by Lead Users (pg 19-32) | ||
** Chapter 10: Application: Searching for Lead User Innovations (pg 133-146) | ** Chapter 10: Application: Searching for Lead User Innovations (pg 133-146) | ||
* [Case] Thomke, Stefan and Ashok Nimgade. Innovation at 3M Corp. Harvard Business School Press, 2002. [ | * [Case] Thomke, Stefan and Ashok Nimgade. Innovation at 3M Corp. Harvard Business School Press, 2002. ''[To Be Provided]'' | ||
* von Hippel, Eric, Stefan Thomke, and Mary Sonnack. “[http://web.mit.edu/people/evhippel/papers/HBR%2099%20LU%20pub%20version%203M.pdf | * von Hippel, Eric, Stefan Thomke, and Mary Sonnack. “[http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?db=bth&jid=HBR&scope=site Creating Breakthroughs at 3M.]” Harvard Business Review 77, no. 5 (September 1999): 47–57. ([http://web.mit.edu/people/evhippel/papers/HBR%2099%20LU%20pub%20version%203M.pdf Alternate link]) ''[Also Available through UW Libraries]'' | ||
'''Optional Readings:''' | '''Optional Readings:''' | ||
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=== October 12: Finding Innovations: Toolkits === | === October 12: Finding Innovations: Toolkits === | ||
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** Chapter 5: Users’ Low-Cost Innovation Niches (pg 63-76) | ** Chapter 5: Users’ Low-Cost Innovation Niches (pg 63-76) | ||
** Chapter 11: Application: Toolkits for User Innovation and Custom Design (pg 147-164) | ** Chapter 11: Application: Toolkits for User Innovation and Custom Design (pg 147-164) | ||
* | * Hinkle, Mark. “[http://www.wired.com/insights/2013/11/open-source-a-platform-for-innovation/ Open Source: A Platform for Innovation | Innovation Insights.]” Wired: Innovation Insights, November 13, 2013. | ||
* | * Raymond, Eric S. [http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/ The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary.] Edited by Tim O’Reilly. Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly and Associates, 1999. | ||
* [Case] “[http://www.economist.com/node/7963538. Living a Second Life.]” The Economist, September 28, 2006. | * [Case] “[http://www.economist.com/node/7963538. Living a Second Life.]” The Economist, September 28, 2006. | ||
* [Case] Kohler, Thomas, Kurt Matzler, and Johann Füller. “[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166497208001491 Avatar-Based Innovation: Using Virtual Worlds for Real-World Innovation.]” Technovation 29, no. 6–7 (June 2009): 395–407. ''[Available through UW Libraries]'' | * [Case] Kohler, Thomas, Kurt Matzler, and Johann Füller. “[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166497208001491 Avatar-Based Innovation: Using Virtual Worlds for Real-World Innovation.]” Technovation 29, no. 6–7 (June 2009): 395–407. ''[Available through UW Libraries]'' | ||
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=== October 19: Finding Innovations: Broadcast Search and Contests === | === October 19: Finding Innovations: Broadcast Search and Contests === | ||
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* [https://canvas.uw.edu/files/36192927/download?download_frd=1 Week 4 Reading Notes] | |||
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'''Required Readings:''' | '''Required Readings:''' | ||
* Howe, Jeff. “[http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.06/crowds.html The Rise of Crowdsourcing.]” Wired Magazine 14, no. 6 (2006): 1–4. ''[Free Online]'' | * Howe, Jeff. “[http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.06/crowds.html The Rise of Crowdsourcing.]” Wired Magazine 14, no. 6 (2006): 1–4. ''[Free Online]'' | ||
* [Case] Lakhani, Karim R., InnoCentive.com (A). Harvard Business School Press, 2009. ''[ | * [Case] Lakhani, Karim R., InnoCentive.com (A). Harvard Business School Press, 2009. ''[To Be Provided]'' | ||
* Boudreau, Kevin J., Nicola Lacetera, and Karim R. Lakhani. “[http://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/mnsc.1110.1322 Incentives and Problem Uncertainty in Innovation Contests: An Empirical Analysis.]” Management Science 57, no. 5 (May 2011): 843–863. ''[Available through UW Libraries]'' | * Boudreau, Kevin J., Nicola Lacetera, and Karim R. Lakhani. “[http://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/mnsc.1110.1322 Incentives and Problem Uncertainty in Innovation Contests: An Empirical Analysis.]” Management Science 57, no. 5 (May 2011): 843–863. ''[Available through UW Libraries]'' | ||
* Wright, Randall S. “[http://www.technologyreview.com/view/515751/thinking-of-running-an-open-innovation-contest-think-again/ Thinking of Running an Open Innovation Contest? Think Again.]” MIT Technology Review, June 5, 2013. | * Wright, Randall S. “[http://www.technologyreview.com/view/515751/thinking-of-running-an-open-innovation-contest-think-again/ Thinking of Running an Open Innovation Contest? Think Again.]” MIT Technology Review, June 5, 2013. | ||
* Boudreau, Kevin J., and Karim R. Lakhani. “[http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/how-to-manage-outside-innovation/ How to Manage Outside Innovation.]” MIT Sloan Management Review, July 1, 2009. ''[Available through UW Libraries | * Boudreau, Kevin J., and Karim R. Lakhani. “[http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/how-to-manage-outside-innovation/ How to Manage Outside Innovation.]” MIT Sloan Management Review, July 1, 2009. ''[Available through UW Libraries]'' | ||
'''Optional Reading:''' | '''Optional Reading:''' | ||
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=== October 26: Finding Innovations: Collaborative Communities === | === October 26: Finding Innovations: Collaborative Communities === | ||
'''Resources:''' | <!-- | ||
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* [https://canvas.uw.edu/files/36324802/download?download_frd=1 Week 5 Reading Notes] | |||
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'''Required Reading:''' | '''Required Reading:''' | ||
* von Hippel, Eric. [http://web.mit.edu/evhippel/www/democ1.htm Democratizing Innovation]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2005. | * von Hippel, Eric. [http://web.mit.edu/evhippel/www/democ1.htm Democratizing Innovation]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2005. | ||
** Chapter 7: Innovation Communities (pg 93-106) | ** Chapter 7: Innovation Communities (pg 93-106) | ||
* [Case] Rao, Hayagreeva, Robert I. Sutton, David W. Hoyt. Mozilla: Scaling Through a Community of Volunteers. Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2009. ''[ | ** [Case] Rao, Hayagreeva, Robert I. Sutton, David W. Hoyt. Mozilla: Scaling Through a Community of Volunteers. Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2009. ''[To Be Provided]'' | ||
* Hill, Benjamin Mako. [http://mako.cc/academic/hill-almost_wikipedia-DRAFT.pdf Almost Wikipedia.] ''[Free Online]'' | ** Hill, Benjamin Mako. [http://mako.cc/academic/hill-almost_wikipedia-DRAFT.pdf Almost Wikipedia.] ''[Free Online]'' | ||
* Murray, Fiona, and Siobhan O’Mahony. “[http://orgsci.journal.informs.org/cgi/content/abstract/18/6/1006 Exploring the Foundations of Cumulative Innovation: Implications for Organization Science.]” Organization Science 18, no. 6 (November 1, 2007): 1006–1021. ''[Available through UW Libraries]'' | ** Murray, Fiona, and Siobhan O’Mahony. “[http://orgsci.journal.informs.org/cgi/content/abstract/18/6/1006 Exploring the Foundations of Cumulative Innovation: Implications for Organization Science.]” Organization Science 18, no. 6 (November 1, 2007): 1006–1021. ''[Available through UW Libraries]'' | ||
=== November 2: Applications: Remixing and Creative Innovation === | |||
'''Guest Lecture:''' | |||
'''Guest Lecture | |||
:[http://andresmh.com/ Andrés Monroy-Hernández] who is the director of Snap Research's Seattle based research lab will attend to talk with us about creative collaboration. Andrés is a technologist and researcher in social computing and civic media and an expert in remixing. He has a PhD from the [http://www.media.mit.edu/ MIT Media Lab]. | :[http://andresmh.com/ Andrés Monroy-Hernández] who is the director of Snap Research's Seattle based research lab will attend to talk with us about creative collaboration. Andrés is a technologist and researcher in social computing and civic media and an expert in remixing. He has a PhD from the [http://www.media.mit.edu/ MIT Media Lab]. | ||
'''Required Readings:''' | '''Required Readings:''' | ||
* Lessig, Lawrence. [https://archive.org/stream/LawrenceLessigRemix/Remix-o.txt Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy]. Penguin Press HC, 2008. (Introduction) | * Lessig, Lawrence. [https://archive.org/stream/LawrenceLessigRemix/Remix-o.txt Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy]. Penguin Press HC, 2008. (Introduction) | ||
* [ | * [Video Case] Lakhani, Karim R., and Zahra Kanji. Threadless: The Business of Community. Harvard Business School Press, 2008. <!--''[See link in [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1039304/discussion_topics/3329004 Week 6 Announcement] in Canvas.]''--> | ||
* | * Hill, Benjamin Mako, and Andrés Monroy-Hernández. “[http://doi.org/10.1177/0002764212469359 The Remixing Dilemma The Trade-Off Between Generativity and Originality.]” American Behavioral Scientist 57, no. 5 (May 1, 2013): 643–663. ''[Available in UW Libraries]'' ([http://mako.cc/academic/hill_monroy-remixing_dilemma-DRAFT.pdf Alternative Link]) | ||
'''Optional Readings:''' | '''Optional Readings:''' | ||
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* Sinnreich, Aram. Mashed Up: Music, Technology, and the Rise of Configurable Culture. University of Massachusetts Press, 2010. ''[Available from Instructor]'' | * Sinnreich, Aram. Mashed Up: Music, Technology, and the Rise of Configurable Culture. University of Massachusetts Press, 2010. ''[Available from Instructor]'' | ||
* Vaidhyanathan, Siva. Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How It Threatens Creativity. New York: New York University Press, 2001. ''[Available from Instructor]'' | * Vaidhyanathan, Siva. Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How It Threatens Creativity. New York: New York University Press, 2001. ''[Available from Instructor]'' | ||
=== November 9: Applications: Hackers and the "Underground" === | |||
'''Required Readings:''' | '''Required Readings:''' | ||
* | * Mollick, Ethan. “[http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/tapping-into-the-underground/ Tapping into the Underground.]” MIT Sloan Management Review 46, no. 4 (2005): 21. | ||
* | * Rosenbaum, Ron. “[http://www.hackersinformation.com/uploads/1/9/1/6/19169525/rosenbaum71_bluebox.pdf Secrets of the Little Blue Box.]” Esquire Magazine, 1971, 116. | ||
* | * [Case] Viard, V. Brian, and Pamela Yatsko. Blizzard v. bnetd.org: Managing Intellectual Property (A). Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2006. ''[To Be Provided]'' | ||
* Wayner, Peter. “[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/technology/personaltech/27basics.html Tweaking a Camera to Suit a Hobby.]” The New York Times, May 26, 2010, sec. Technology / Personal Tech. | |||
'''Optional Reading:''' | |||
* [ | * Mollick, Ethan. “[http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1067721.1067726&coll=portal&dl=ACM&idx=1067721&part=periodical&WantType=periodical&title=ACM%20SIGGROUP%20Bulletin&CFID=48537382&CFTOKEN=44000659 The Engine of the Underground: The Elite-Kiddie Divide.]” SIGGROUP Bull. 25, no. 2 (2005): 23–27. | ||
* [ | * Scacchi, Walt. “[http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2965 Computer Game Mods, Modders, Modding, and the Mod Scene.]” First Monday 15, no. 5 (2010). ''[Free Online]'' | ||
=== November 16: Challenges: Commercialization and Communities === | |||
'''Required Readings:''' | |||
* von Hippel, Eric. [http://web.mit.edu/evhippel/www/democ1.htm Democratizing Innovation]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2005. | |||
** Chapter 6: Why Users Often Freely Reveal Their Innovations | |||
* [Case] Greenstein, Shane, Rebecca Frazzano, and Evan Meagher. Triumph of the Commons: Wikia and the Commercialization of Open-Source Communities in 2009. Kellogg School of Management, 2009. ''[To Be Provided]'' | |||
* Hill, Benjamin Mako. “[http://mako.cc/writing/funding_volunteers/funding_volunteers.html Problems and Strategies in Financing Voluntary Free Software Projects.]” In Proceedings of LinuxTag, 2005. | |||
'''Optional Reading:''' | |||
* Frey, Bruno S., and Reto Jegen. “[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-6419.00150/abstract Motivation Crowding Theory.]” Journal of Economic Surveys 15, no. 5 (2001): 589–611. | |||
* Raasch, Christiana, and Eric von Hippel (2012), “[http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2167948 Amplifying user and producer innovation: The power of participation motives.]” MIT Sloan School of Management Working Paper (October). | |||
* Hutter, Katja, Julia Hautz, Johann Füller, Julia Mueller, and Kurt Matzler. “[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8691.2011.00589.x/full Communitition: The Tension between Competition and Collaboration in Community-Based Design Contests.]” Creativity and Innovation Management 20, no. 1 (2011): 3–21. | |||
=== November 23: Applications: Human Computation === | |||
The class will focus on issues in crowdsourcing and human computation. Our discussion will emphasize [http://mturk.com/ Amazon's Mechanical Turk Marketplace] and [https://www.zooniverse.org/ Zooniverse]. | The class will focus on issues in crowdsourcing and human computation. Our discussion will emphasize [http://mturk.com/ Amazon's Mechanical Turk Marketplace] and [https://www.zooniverse.org/ Zooniverse]. | ||
'''Required Readings:''' | '''Required Readings:''' | ||
* Revisit Jeff Howe's Wired article, [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.06/crowds.html The Rise of Crowdsourcing.] | |||
* [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSMechTurk/latest/RequesterUI/Introduction.html Amazon Mechanical Turk Requester UI Guide] ''[Skim, but make sure you're ready to submit tasks.]'' | |||
* [https://mturkpublic.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/MTURK_BP.pdf Amazon Mechanical Turk Best Practices Guide]. ''[Skim, but make sure you're ready to submit tasks.]'' | |||
* Shaw, A. (2015). Hired Hands and Dubious Guesses: Adventures in Crowdsourced Data Collection. In E. Hargittai & C. Sandvig (Eds.), Digital Research Confidential: The Secrets of Studying Behavior Online. The MIT Press. ''[To Be Provided]'' | |||
* von Ahn, Luis. [https://www.ted.com/talks/luis_von_ahn_massive_scale_online_collaboration?language=en Massive Scale Human Collaboration] (TedX video lecture). | * von Ahn, Luis. [https://www.ted.com/talks/luis_von_ahn_massive_scale_online_collaboration?language=en Massive Scale Human Collaboration] (TedX video lecture). | ||
* Chris Lintott's TEDxCERN talk on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvpUiBqHoVM How to discover a planet from your sofa]. 2013. | * Chris Lintott's TEDxCERN talk on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvpUiBqHoVM How to discover a planet from your sofa]. 2013. | ||
'''Assignment ''before'' class:''' | '''Assignment ''before'' class:''' | ||
* [https://www.mturk.com/mturk/welcome mTurk] - Find and complete at least 2 "hits" as a worker on [http://mturk.com Amazon Mechnical Turk]. Note that to do this you will need to create a ''worker'' account on Mturk. | |||
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** Record (write down) details and notes about your tasks: What did you do? Who was the requester? What could you was the purpose of the task (as best you could tell)? What was the experience like? What research applications can you (not) imagine for this kind of system? | ** Record (write down) details and notes about your tasks: What did you do? Who was the requester? What could you was the purpose of the task (as best you could tell)? What was the experience like? What research applications can you (not) imagine for this kind of system? | ||
** | ** If you're not a US citizen, creating an requester account is much more complicated because it involves getting paid and ensuring that you have authorization to work. Please just skip this part. | ||
* [https://www.mturk.com/mturk/welcome mTurk] Create a "requester" account. Doing so may require up top 48 hours to be approved so please do that ''immediately'' so you have it ready to go in class. | |||
* [https://www.zooniverse.org/ Zooniverse] - Complete at least 1-2 tasks in two different projects of your choice on Zooniverse. Come to class ready to talk about it. | |||
'''In class exercise:''' | '''In class exercise:''' | ||
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''Note:'' In terms of running your task, it will cost real money and you have to put money on your Amazon account yourself. You've each got a $3 budget. Please use your credit card to put $3 on your account right away. I will pay each of you $3 in cash next week to reimburse you for the cost of running the experiment. | ''Note:'' In terms of running your task, it will cost real money and you have to put money on your Amazon account yourself. You've each got a $3 budget. Please use your credit card to put $3 on your account right away. I will pay each of you $3 in cash next week to reimburse you for the cost of running the experiment. | ||
=== November 30: NO CLASS, Thanksgiving Day! === | |||
=== December 7: Final Presentations === | === December 7: Final Presentations === | ||