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UBM 599 – Digital Workforce

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About Course

This course explores the emerging trends of digital working environment via crowdsourcing. Students will be exposed to crowdsourcing concept, business model and its ecosystem. They will have the ability to apply their knowledge and skills to complete crowdsourcing tasks from crowdsourcing platforms and generate income. This course will cover the concepts of digital workforce, crowdsourcing, local and international crowdsourcing programme and platforms, career management, marketing and opportunities and challenges of crowdsourcing. The teaching and learning process will take place through lecture and lab activities. Students will be assessed individually for their ability to obtain jobs, completing the jobs, generating income and establish their portfolio in the crowdsourcing platforms. This course not only provides awareness but also offer the know-how and the technical skills for the students to participate in the crowdsourcing industry as a crowd worker or job provider.

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What Will You Learn?

  • At the end of the course, students should be able to:
  • 1. Organise the required process in order to obtain jobs from crowdsourcing platforms
  • 2. Respond to the crowdsourcing job requirements to generate income
  • 3. Complete the jobs awarded to establish star rating portfolio level in the crowdsourcing platforms

Course Content

Chapter 1: Overview of Future Workforce in the Digital Age

  • Introduction to Digital Workforce
  • The Technology that Shapes the Workforce
  • Current Landscape of Digital Workforce
  • UBM599 – QUIZ 1

Chapter 2: Crowdsourcing Fundamental

Chapter 3: Local Crowdsourcing Programme

TEST 1

Chapter 4:Crowdsourcing Platform
Upon completion of this content, students should be able to:- ▪Describe the international and local crowdsourcing platforms ▪ Identify the requirements of becoming a digital worker on those platforms ▪ Demonstrate different types of crowdsourcing tasks available through platforms

Chapter 5: Digital Workers Career Management
Upon completion of this content, students should be able to: 1. To understand the career concept for the digital workers 2. To demonstrate activities for career management in digital work 3. To explain the concept of client management in crowdsourcing environment

Chapter 6: Marketing for Digital Workers
Upon completion of this content, students should be able to: 1. Demonstrate the ability to build an online presence 2. Develop a portfolio management in various social media

Chapter 7: Crowdsourcing Opportunities and Challenges
Upon completion of this content, students should be able to: 1. Understand the challenges and issues of crowdsourcing from various perspectives 2. Explain the suitable recommendation for the challenges and issues

TEST 2

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