Novel approach to collect longitudinal open data with students
Santonen, Teemu (2022)
Santonen, Teemu
Editoija
Bitetti, Leandro
Bitran, Iain
Conn, Steffen
Fishburn, Jessica
Huizingh, Eelko
Torkkeli, Marko
Yang, Jialei
Lappeenrannan teknillinen yliopisto
2022
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2022060643525
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2022060643525
Tiivistelmä
This study proposes a novel crowdsourcing based operating method for universities to collect longitudinal data as a part of degree programs. The perceived benefits of such a system for the teachers and students as well as the key implementation obstacles and mitigate possibilities are evaluated among key personnel (N=17) of one case university. The proposed operating method is introduced and compared against the crowdsourcing definition. The perceived benefits were related to (1) improved pedagogics, (2) intensified collaboration between university, students and working life, (3) accumulation of new research skills and (4) novel publication opportunities. The key challenges included (1) legal, licence and ethical issues, (2) concerns relating lack of competence, (3) technical systems compatibility issues, (4) lack of resources and motivation among teachers and students and (5) continuity problems in cooperation and data collection.