Crowdsourcing for social sciences researchers: data gathering, teaching, learning and research dissemination from a single project

What if your next research dissemination exercise could also help you gather unique data for your next research project, while at the same time providing your students with unique learning opportunities? Darren Moon reflects on the success of the award-winning ConstitutionUK project and suggests how its crowdsourcing techniques might represent a unique opportunity and alternative to both traditional research dissemination methods and MOOC offerings, as well as providing new data gathering opportunities for research.