User:Tonisant/Crowdsourcing
The concept of crowdsourcing is certainly an essential element in the M3P. It's a type of collaboration that goes beyond traditional forms of cooperation but builds on many of their strengths while sharing some of their flaws.
It's certainly something I need to understand better in making sure that the broader context for the M3P is understood more widely.
- Why Every College Should Start Crowdsourcing - Michelle Lindblom, Mashable, 19 July 2011
- Crowdsourcing and Variant Digital Editions — some troubles ahead - JISC Digitisation Programme, 18 July 2011
Collaboration/Cooperation
Collaboration and cooperation are essential related terms/concepts for any discussion of crowdsourcing.
Howard Rheingold's concept maps & mini courses:
Crowdfunding
- 11 Innovative Crowdfunding Platforms for Social Good - Christie Marchese, Mashable, 20 October 2011
- The History & Evolution of Crowdfunding - Bill Clark, Mashable, 15 September 2011
Collaboration vs. Self-interest
Tony Grimaud's PhD is verging towards a hypothesis that collaboration in Malta is trumped by self-interest (almost) every time. Joe Demicoli expressed a sense of apathy to me in a FB note on 15/10/11 when he was in the process of organizing a night-out for former members of 60s/70s pop/rock bands. Although I have experienced this myself directly on many other occasions too, I am confident that there are strategies to overcome all this. There is also a strong belief elsewhere (especially in Wikimedia circles!) that the opposite holds true. The best place I've found this expressed is in The Penguin and the Leviathan:How Cooperation Triumphs over Self-Interest, Yochai Benkler's new book, published in August 2011.