众包课程设计（英文）

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1、CrowdsourcingCurriculumDesignWashingtonI.HelpsEmanuelS.GrantDepartmentofComputerScienceDepartmentofComputerScienceUniversityofNorthDakotaUniversityofNorthDakotaGrandForks,ND58201GrandForks,NorthDakota,58201washington.helps@gmail.comgrante@cs.und.eduAbstractCur

2、riculumdesignanddevelopmentisacomplextask,andintoday’shighlyconnectedanddigitizedworld,takingadvantageofthetoolsavailabletorevolutionizethistaskisaworthwhileendeavor.Thepurposeofthisworkistooutlineamodelforthecreationandmaintenanceofaplatformtohousearepository

3、ofteachingartifactstoincludethecorecontentofagivencurriculumsuchasthecoursesandtopicsalongwithsupportingcontentsuchaslectures,casestudiesandassessments.Theunderlyingideabehindthisplatformisthatitscreation,developmentandsurvivalwillbedrivenbyexpertsinthegivendo

4、mainalongwithotherrelevantcontributorsincludingeducatorswhowillcontributeallthecontentinaninternationalcollaborativesetting.Essentially,thisisaqualityassuredcrowdsourcingventure,andintheeducationalspacequalitymustalwaystrumpquantity.Thisplatformwillbeavailable

5、toalleducators,facultyanduniversitiesandbecauseoftheinherentattributesofaplatformwithdiversifiedcontributions,curriculawillbemoreflexible,contextawareandlessbiased.Therefore,userswillbeabletodesignacurriculumthatsuitstheirindividualneedsandcircumstance,whileat

6、thesametimethereistheassurancethatthecurriculumandassociatedcontentwillmeetcertainminimumqualityrequirements.Developingcountrieswhichoftenlackexpertisecanhavereadyaccesstothispoolofresourcemadeavailablebythebestmindsinthegivenfield.Thisworkwillpresentasolution

7、tomanagecontributionstothisplatformandexplorethefeasibilityofsuchamaintenancemodelwhichisrestrictiveenoughtoensureonlythebestsubmissionsgetpublishedtotherepository,whilebeingrelaxedenoughtoallowforsustainedgrowthoftherepository.Asolutionforthestructuringofacur

8、riculumwithintheplatformwillalsobepresentedwhichwillallowforefficientresourcediscoveryandtheimplementationofalgorithmsthatallowfordynamicadaptiveselectionofcourseandtopicwhendesign