{"id":650,"date":"2015-02-21T19:50:28","date_gmt":"2015-02-21T19:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/melissa\/?p=650"},"modified":"2015-03-03T01:31:32","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T01:31:32","slug":"crowdsourcing-and-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/melissa\/2015\/02\/21\/crowdsourcing-and-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"crowdsourcing and communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_489\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-489\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/melissa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/11\/edi_uni_eu_0614_624x544.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-489\" src=\"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/melissa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/11\/edi_uni_eu_0614_624x544-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Women Singing at a Table (Waulking the Cloth) by Keith Henderson http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/arts\/yourpaintings\/paintings\/women-singing-at-a-table-waulking-the-cloth-94160\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/melissa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/11\/edi_uni_eu_0614_624x544-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/melissa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/11\/edi_uni_eu_0614_624x544.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Women Singing at a Table (Waulking the Cloth)<br \/>by Keith Henderson http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/arts\/yourpaintings\/paintings\/women-singing-at-a-table-waulking-the-cloth-94160<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I have been in several meetings this week discussing crowdsourcing and citizen science models for Edinburgh. The terms are often being used interchangably even though they really shouldn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>Remembering my time at Oxford\u00a0 I was thinking of the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.it.ox.ac.uk\/runcoco\/2013\/06\/24\/the-oxford-community-collection-model\/\">Oxford Community Collection model<\/a>. This is a model of working we developed to support any organisation in creating a shared collection of digital asssets through online crowdsourcing and personal interaction.<\/p>\n<p>The beauty of the model is that it combines large-scale online crowd-sourcing with personal, individual interaction. The model allows contributors to choose the way they contribute to a collection, offering those who lack the resources, ability, or opportunity to use computers an opportunity to be part of a digital initiative, sharing their material with the world.<\/p>\n<p>The model also includes a real emphasis on planning for with sustainable success. Being part of and interacting with a community is central. This is described and discussed in more detail in <a title=\"Download the report RunCoCo: How to Run a Community Collection Online\" href=\"http:\/\/projects.oucs.ox.ac.uk\/runcoco\/resources\/RunCoCo_Report.pdf\"><em>RunCoCo: How to Run a Community Collection Online<\/em><\/a> (2011), a report which presents a simple A, B, C of advice for projects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A<\/strong>im for Two-way engagement;<\/li>\n<li><strong>B<\/strong>e part of your community;<\/li>\n<li><strong>C<\/strong>hallenge your assumptions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In finding a unique approach at Edinburgh the fact that we have our successful MOOC learner communities has been mentioned. It&#8217;s no longer about what you can get 100,000 people to watch or read, it&#8217;s about what you can get them to make , do, add and share. And it&#8217;s about being part of your community. More on this later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been in several meetings this week discussing crowdsourcing and citizen science models for Edinburgh. The terms are often being used interchangably even though they really shouldn&#8217;t. Remembering my time at Oxford\u00a0 I was thinking of the Oxford Community Collection model. 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