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Crowdsourcing as a Tool for Improving Learning in Tertiary Institutions in Developing Countries

Crowdsourcing as a Tool for Improving Learning in Tertiary Institutions in Developing Countries

Indo Benna
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 23
ISBN13: 9781522539520|ISBN10: 1522539522|EISBN13: 9781522539537
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3952-0.ch009
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Benna, Indo. "Crowdsourcing as a Tool for Improving Learning in Tertiary Institutions in Developing Countries." Crowdfunding and Sustainable Urban Development in Emerging Economies, edited by Umar G. Benna and Abubakar U. Benna, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 164-186. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3952-0.ch009

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Benna, I. (2018). Crowdsourcing as a Tool for Improving Learning in Tertiary Institutions in Developing Countries. In U. Benna & A. Benna (Eds.), Crowdfunding and Sustainable Urban Development in Emerging Economies (pp. 164-186). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3952-0.ch009

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Benna, Indo. "Crowdsourcing as a Tool for Improving Learning in Tertiary Institutions in Developing Countries." In Crowdfunding and Sustainable Urban Development in Emerging Economies, edited by Umar G. Benna and Abubakar U. Benna, 164-186. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3952-0.ch009

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Abstract

Higher education in many developing countries faces the triple challenges of inadequate funding, need to improve quality of learning outcomes, and the pressure to increase quality of graduates. Crowdsourcing offers opportunity for institutions to face these problems with little resource expenditure. The chapter describes/analyzes how crowdsourcing can be applied in curriculum and teaching material development activities through collaborative efforts of higher education institutions from different parts of the world to develop suitable curriculum for teaching English for specific purpose. The chapter analyzes the process and the evaluates the outcome of the crowdsourcing tool and suggests that its application can keep higher education institutions in developing countries in forefront of education and research innovation, and prepares members in these institutions for innovative problem solving and for the challenges of the online world.

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