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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