We present result no. 2 of the project
As part of our project, we created a dedicated Facebook group dedicated to crowdsourcing. We encourage you to join us to take part in the discussion, exchange ideas and find people willing to cooperate in your project:
What is crowdsourcing and why use it?
Crowdsourcing involves obtaining work, information or opinions from a large group of people who submit their data via the Internet, social media and smartphone applications https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/crowdsourcing.asp. The term was coined in 2006 when Wired editors Jeff Howe and Mark Robinson used it to describe the use of the Internet to generate and connect ideas https://www.wired.com/2006/06/crowds/.
All information related to the platform is posted on Epale https://epale.ec.europa.eu/pl/user/208531 and on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/zbigniew-d%C4%85browski-378bb5159/
Crowdsourcing is based on four basic concepts:
– acquiring knowledge by solving problems,
– creating new content (as in the case of Wikipedia),
– voting
– crowdfunding, i.e. collecting funds through small contributions from a large number of people
What is crowdsourcing for?
– Crowdsourcing allows you to come up with new, creative ideas that may not be possible within traditional organizational frameworks.
– Using the knowledge and experience of people from different backgrounds and regions allows for more comprehensive and innovative solutions.
– With crowdsourcing, results can be achieved at lower costs because a wide range of volunteers or external experts are involved.
Where can you look for crowdsourcing?
1. Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) https://www.mturk.com/worker – Virtual crowdsourcing marketplace created by Amazon. The service allows you to outsource simple tasks, such as survey verification, writing transcriptions, or checking translations.
2. Upwork https://www.upwork.com/ The platform allows companies to hire professionals for their projects. Potential employees can use it to send CVs, manage projects and browse job offers.
3. There are also crowdsourcing platforms that focus on a specific discipline, e.g. creative projects. Examples of such platforms are Crowdspring https://www.crowdspring.com/ and DesignCrowd https://www.designcrowd.com/. Customers submit their ideas for the design of logos, graphics and other graphic elements, and employees from all over the world send their design proposals.
4. HeroX https://www.herox.com/ and Wazoku Crowd https://www.wazokucrowd.com/ are examples of platforms dedicated to finding solutions to scientific and business problems. They connect companies with a community of innovators. Companies publish their challenges there, for which they are looking for creative and innovative solutions, and employees submit their ideas for solving them.
Our crowdsourcing group:
