Possibility of crowdsourcing usage in professional training of education managers

Abstract

The article focuses on the possibilities of using crowdsourcing in the professional training of education managers. We have considered the most widespread in education types and items of crowdsourcing, as intellectual crowdsourcing, crowd-recruiting and crowd-funding, among its variety in business, social and public spheres. Its essence and ways of application are determined for the process of the education managers training. The most widespread directions of educational crowd-funding are analyzed: fund raising for own education; co-financing science; attracting funds for classroom equipment. We have distinguished significant advantages of using crowdsourcing in education and professional training of education managers based on the analysis of the relevance and usage models of crowdsourcing technologies in business, social and public spheres. Beyond that, we have investigated possible models of crowdsourcing usage enhancing the professional training of education managers: ideas collecting on the organization of the educational process, informing research and knowledge generation, and using the crowd to redesign learning. The given models of crowdsourcing usage include the organization, methodology and trained personnel pointed to deal with certain developmental tasks according to specific conditions, such as collecting and processing information, collecting and processing constructive ideas, collecting proposals for draft documents, forming a pool of independent experts. Joint application was stated for examples to facilitate encouragement of the innovation meaning how crowdsourcing could aid to raise educational standards.