Editing Innovation Communities (Spring 2016)
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* 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 6: Why Users Often Freely Reveal Their Innovations | ** Chapter 6: Why Users Often Freely Reveal Their Innovations | ||
* [Case] Greenstein, Shane, Rebecca Frazzano, and Evan Meagher. [https://canvas.uw.edu/files/ | * [Case] Greenstein, Shane, Rebecca Frazzano, and Evan Meagher. [https://canvas.uw.edu/files/36739052/download?download_frd=1 Triumph of the Commons: Wikia and the Commercialization of Open-Source Communities in 2009.] Kellogg School of Management, 2009. | ||
* 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. | * 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. | ||
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=== May 24: Applications: Human Computation === | === May 24: 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 [ | <!-- This session will be coordinated by guest lecturer and crowdsourcing expert [http://aaronshaw.org/ Aaron Shaw] from the [http://www.communication.northwestern.edu/departments/communicationstudies Northwestern University Department of Communication Studies]. --> | ||
The class will focus on issues in crowdsourcing and human computation. Our discussion will emphasize two examples: [http://mturk.com/ Amazon's Mechanical Turk Marketplace] and [http://duolingo.com/ DuoLingo]. | |||
'''Required Readings:''' | '''Required Readings:''' | ||
* Revisit Jeff Howe's Wired article, [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.06/crowds.html The Rise of Crowdsourcing.] | * Revisit Jeff Howe's Wired article, [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.06/crowds.html The Rise of Crowdsourcing.] | ||
* [ | * [http://s3.amazonaws.com/awsdocs/MechTurk/latest/amt-ui.pdf Amazon Mechanical Turk Requester UI Guide] (pp. 1-15). | ||
* [ | * [http://mturkpublic.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/MTURK_BP.pdf Amazon Mechanical Turk Best Practices Guide.] | ||
* von Ahn, Luis. [http://tedxcmu.com/videos/luis-von-ahn Massive Scale Human Collaboration] (TedX video lecture). | |||
* von Ahn, Luis. [ | |||
'''Required Tasks:''' | |||
In preparation for this session, you should complete some tasks in each of the following systems: | |||
* | * [https://www.mturk.com/mturk/findhits?match=false Amazon's Mechanical Turk] — Complete at least 2 "Hits" as a worker. | ||
* [https://www.duolingo.com/translations DuoLingo] — Complete an exercise in any language you like and try at least one "Immersion" task. | |||
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Please come to class prepared to describe and discuss your experience as a crowd worker! | |||
=== May 31: Challenges: Resistance to Innovation === | === May 31: Challenges: Resistance to Innovation === |