Term Paper: Crowdsourcing

Crowdsourcing in the field of interface design takes tasks traditionally performed by specific individuals and spreads them out among a group of people or a community. These assignments are usually done through an open call. Crowdsourcing has become increasingly popular with the growth of Web 2.0 and online communities.

Write a fifteen to eighteen (15-18) page paper in which you:

• Examine the invention and growth of crowdsourcing in the field of interface design.
• Describe the impact that crowdsourcing has had on the field of interface design.
• Analyze and discuss at least three (3) benefits of incorporating crowdsourcing in a design project.
• Analyze and discuss at least three (3) challenges of incorporating crowdsourcing in a design project.
• Propose a solution for generating interest in your design project from an online community.
• Suggest a solution for evaluating the skill set and quality of the code submitted by potentially unknown users.
• Describe how crowdsourcing may affect the budget and timeline of a design project.
• Assess crowdsourcing in regard to the legal, societal, and ethical issues it raises, and suggest methods to alleviate these concerns.
• Use at least five (5) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format.
• The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Compare and contrast the design and development processes in HCI.
• Describe legal, societal, and ethical issues in HCI design.
• Describe the inherent design issues across HCI environments.
• Analyze and evaluate interface design models.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in human-computer interaction.
• Write clearly and concisely about HCI topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.