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https://doi.org/10.31724/rihjj.46.1.1

Language Teachers and Crowdsourcing: Insights from a Cross-European Survey

Špela Arhar Holdt orcid.org/0000-0003-0565-0531 ; University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Rina Zviel-Girshin ; Ruppin Academic Center, Israel
Elżbieta Gajek orcid.org/0000-0003-2971-8334 ; University of Warsaw, Poland
Isabel Durán-Muñoz orcid.org/0000-0002-6795-498X ; University of Córdoba, Spain
Petra Bago orcid.org/0000-0002-4994-6417 ; University of Zagreb, Croatia
Karën Fort ; Sorbonne Université, France
Ciler Hatipoglu orcid.org/0000-0002-7171-1673 ; Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Ramunė Kasperavičienė orcid.org/0000-0003-0782-3758 ; Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Svetla Koeva ; Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Ivana Lazić Konjik orcid.org/0000-0003-0840-0140 ; Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Serbia
Lina Miloshevska ; University of Information Science and Technology “St. Paul the Apostle”, Macedonia
Antonia Ordulj ; University of Zagreb, Croatia
Christos Rodosthenous orcid.org/0000-0003-2065-9200 ; Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Elena Volodina orcid.org/0000-0003-1935-1321 ; University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Tassja Weber orcid.org/0000-0002-8873-4716 ; University of Mannheim, Germany
Lorenzo Zanasi ; Eurac Research, Italy

Abstract

The paper presents a cross-European survey on teachers and crowdsourcing. The survey examines how familiar language teachers are with the concept of crowdsourcing and addresses their attitude towards including crowdsourcing into language teaching activities. The survey was administrated via an online questionnaire and collected volunteers’ data on: (a) teachers’ experience with organizing crowdsourcing activities for students/pupils, (b) the development of crowdsourced resources and materials as well as (c) teachers’ motivation for participating in or employing crowdsourcing activities. The questionnaire was disseminated in over 30 European countries. The final sample comprises 1129 language teachers aged 20 to 65, mostly working at institutions of tertiary education. The data indicates that many participants are not familiar with the concept of crowdsourcing resulting in a low rate of crowdsourcing activities in the classroom. However, a high percentage of responding teachers is potentially willing to crowdsource teaching materials for the language(s) they teach. They are particularly willing to collaborate with other teachers in the creation of interactive digital learning materials, and to select, edit, and share language examples for exercises or tests. Since the inclusion of crowdsourcing activities in language teaching is still in its initial stage, steps for further research are highlighted.

Keywords

crowdsourcing; language teaching; language infrastrucure; survey

Hrčak ID:

243065

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/243065

Publication date:

2.9.2020.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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