Is 'crowdsourcing' heading to a classroom near you? The notion of soliciting the collective wisdom/input of a group of people (ala Wikipedia) has some educators considering adopting the concept as an alternative grading method, in an effort to hold students more accountable. Proponents of the system use the rationale that vying for the almighty 'A' by trying game the system by doing the least amount of work has made the traditional grading scale
superficial. In the crowdsourcing scenario, students would work in groups and post completed assignments to the Web. Students would then be responsible for reviewing the work of their classmates and assessing a value based on specific criteria.
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