Comments on: How much are a student’s course notes worth? http://grcc.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/how-much-are-a-students-course-notes-worth/ A Blog for My Work at Grand Rapids Community College Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:12:26 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Scott http://grcc.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/how-much-are-a-students-course-notes-worth/#comment-1059 Scott Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:36:42 +0000 http://grcc.wordpress.com/?p=252#comment-1059 I Challenge your challenge Neal :) I don't think by Knetwit sharing revenue with people who are submitting their work would would "only work well if it still was effective at helping you get those other needs met". The way I see it, facebook, myspace, ect. types of sites are making billions of dollars off of user doing things on their site. No users, no money. By giving back I think users will post notes publicly to contribute to the community and engage in dialog with others to learn, and hey, why not a little on the side. Plus, the cream rising to the top. Knetwit pays for downloads as well as uploads. So if your notes suck... you wont make as much money. Therefore, by paying for downloads, you are increasing the effort put in by students who are actually doing the work to make sure its done thoroughly and correctly. I Challenge your challenge Neal :) I don’t think by Knetwit sharing revenue with people who are submitting their work would would “only work well if it still was effective at helping you get those other needs met”. The way I see it, facebook, myspace, ect. types of sites are making billions of dollars off of user doing things on their site. No users, no money. By giving back I think users will post notes publicly to contribute to the community and engage in dialog with others to learn, and hey, why not a little on the side.

Plus, the cream rising to the top. Knetwit pays for downloads as well as uploads. So if your notes suck… you wont make as much money. Therefore, by paying for downloads, you are increasing the effort put in by students who are actually doing the work to make sure its done thoroughly and correctly.

]]> By: Samil http://grcc.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/how-much-are-a-students-course-notes-worth/#comment-1058 Samil Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:00:12 +0000 http://grcc.wordpress.com/?p=252#comment-1058 Never heard of this service before, I will look into this, sounds interesting. Never heard of this service before, I will look into this, sounds interesting.

]]> By: Neal http://grcc.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/how-much-are-a-students-course-notes-worth/#comment-1057 Neal Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:58:59 +0000 http://grcc.wordpress.com/?p=252#comment-1057 "I regularly take copius notes from various conferences I attend and freely share them on the web… Now, if I could get “reimbursed” for my efforts, well, that may be something I’d really be interested in!" I challenge that statement! :-) I bet a large part of the reason that you post your notes publicly is to contribute to the community and engaging in dialog with others to learn. That sound right? If so, getting compensated would only work well if it still was effective at helping you get those other needs met, is my guess. “I regularly take copius notes from various conferences I attend and freely share them on the web… Now, if I could get “reimbursed” for my efforts, well, that may be something I’d really be interested in!”

I challenge that statement! :-)
I bet a large part of the reason that you post your notes publicly is to contribute to the community and engaging in dialog with others to learn. That sound right? If so, getting compensated would only work well if it still was effective at helping you get those other needs met, is my guess.

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