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CSCW
2016
ACM
10 years 3 days ago
Almost an Expert: The Effects of Rubrics and Expertise on Perceived Value of Crowdsourced Design Critiques
Expert feedback is valuable but hard to obtain for many designers. Online crowds can provide fast and affordable feedback, but workers may lack relevant domain knowledge and exper...
Alvin Yuan, Kurt Luther, Markus Krause, Sophie Isa...
CSCW
2016
ACM
10 years 3 days ago
To Beam or Not to Beam: A Study of Remote Telepresence Attendance at an Academic Conference
Attending and presenting at conferences is a core part of academic and industrial research. Yet it can sometimes be challenging to attend conferences due to travel restrictions, t...
Carman Neustaedter, Gina Venolia, Jason Procyk, Da...
CSCW
2016
ACM
10 years 3 days ago
Crowdsourcing Queue Estimations in Situ
We present the development and evaluation of a situated crowdsourcing mechanism that estimates queue length in real time. The system relies on public interactive kiosks to collect...
Jorge Gonçalves, Hannu Kukka, Iván S...
CSCW
2016
ACM
10 years 3 days ago
Do Massive Open Online Course Platforms Support Employability?
Past research suggests that many individuals take Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for employment-related reasons. It is unclear, however, how learners leverage MOOCs for emplo...
Tawanna R. Dillahunt, Sandy Ng, Michelle Fiesta, Z...
CSCW
2016
ACM
10 years 3 days ago
Taking Notes or Playing Games? Understanding Multitasking in Video Communication
This paper presents a detailed examination of factors that affect perceptions of and attitudes towards multitasking in video conferencing. We first report findings from interviews...
Jennifer Marlow, Eveline van Everdingen, Daniel Av...
CSCW
2016
ACM
10 years 3 days ago
Learnersourcing Personalized Hints
Personalized support for students is a costly gold standard in education, but it scales poorly with the number of students. Prior work on learnersourcing presented an approach for...
Elena L. Glassman, Aaron Lin, Carrie J. Cai, Rober...
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CSCW
2016
ACM
10 years 3 days ago
Early Adopters of the Internet and Social Media in Cuba
Although the Cuban government has tightly controlled information access for more than half a century, a small number of Cubans have access at work. In this paper, we examine Inter...
Michaelanne Dye, Annie I. Antón, Amy S. Bru...
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CSCW
2016
ACM
10 years 3 days ago
You Get Who You Pay for: The Impact of Incentives on Participation Bias
Designing effective incentives is a challenge across many social computing contexts, from attracting crowdworkers to sustaining online contributions. However, one aspect of incent...
Gary Hsieh, Rafal Kocielnik
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CSCW
2016
ACM
10 years 3 days ago
ReLauncher: Crowdsourcing Micro-Tasks Runtime Controller
Pavel Kucherbaev, Florian Daniel, Stefano Tranquil...