Tag: Jeff Howe

Crowdsourcing teaching

April 28, 2014

I’ve just finished re-reading Jeff Howe’s 2008 book Crowdsourcing.  It struck me as I reached the end of the book that many of today’s digital natives will become tomorrow’s teachers.  The question then becomes what impact or influence will digital natives have on shaping the role of teachers and the nature of teaching. I’ve been … More Crowdsourcing teaching

Crowdsourcing education

September 13, 2011

Could students learn from strangers or learn from lessons created by people who are not teachers? Could your next best lesson come from an outside source, someone with knowledge but not organisational authority, and delivered to the student via the web. If so, what would this mean to teachers and students? What would this mean for … More Crowdsourcing education