Professors Assign Students to Post to BuzzFeed. You’ll Never Believe What Happens Next from The Chronicle of Higher Education on 8/2/2016
Professors assign students to create a post on Buzzfeed’s public publishing platform with the goal to make the post go viral. Some students and professors succeed.
Professors using Buzzfeed come from various disciplines claiming “‘It’s a fun way to learn…If you’re talking to your neighbor, or you’re talking to somebody who does not have as much education, this is just another way to still provide that information, but just in a different way — and also in a quick way.'” (Sarai E. Coba, a doctoral candidate in human development and family studies)
Brings to mind points made by Hyde et. al. in chapter, “What is Collaboration Anyway” about mechanisms of coordination and questions of knowledge transfer between participants.
