Crowdsourced Information Technology Content for Education and Employment

Textbook Companion is a useful documentation approach that can be produced effectively through crowdsourcing of students and faculty members. Although extrinsic motivation is the driving factor, we cannot rule out the existence of intrinsic motivation. Scilab and Python textbook companions are found to be useful to their creators and to the community. To achieve success in more challenging projects, such as DWSIM flowsheeting, eSim circuit simulation and OpenFOAM case study, increasing the levels of motivation is proposed. Enhancing the access to laptops will increase the size and quality of the crowd, which is indispensable for the crowdsourcing to succeed.