Editing Innovation Communities (Spring 2016)
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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 [ | 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.] | ||
* [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSMechTurk/latest/RequesterUI/Introduction.html Amazon Mechanical Turk Requester UI Guide] ''[ | * Shaw, A. (2015). [https://canvas.uw.edu/files/36419326/download?download_frd=1 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. | ||
* [https://mturkpublic.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/MTURK_BP.pdf Amazon Mechanical Turk Best Practices Guide]. ''[ | * [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSMechTurk/latest/RequesterUI/Introduction.html Amazon Mechanical Turk Requester UI Guide] ''[Free Online]'' | ||
* [https://mturkpublic.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/MTURK_BP.pdf Amazon Mechanical Turk Best Practices Guide]. ''[Free Online]'' | |||
* von Ahn, Luis. [ | * von Ahn, Luis. [http://tedxcmu.com/videos/luis-von-ahn Massive Scale Human Collaboration] (TedX video lecture). | ||
'''Assignment ''before'' class:''' | '''Assignment ''before'' class:''' | ||
# 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. | |||
** 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. | ** 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. | ||
# 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. | |||
'''In class exercise:''' | '''In class exercise:''' |