By Toni Fuhrman, Campus Technology
When students at Rhode Island’s Bryant University have an idea for an institutional mobile app, they have an opportunity to see it come to fruition — if they can make a compelling pitch. More than two years ago, Chuck LoCurto, newly appointed vice president and CIO at the university, got together with Bryant trustees to develop an annual “app-a-thon” competition. Students have 10 minutes to pitch their app idea to a panel of judges, consisting of LoCurto, a trustee professor, the executive director of university relations, the associate director of academic computing and media services and a software developer. Judging the competition is based on a predetermined set of criteria, including look and feel, navigation and design, simplicity and uniqueness of concept. Winners are awarded with a Windows 8 tablet.
http://campustechnology.com/articles/2014/06/19/student-sourced-crowdsourced-mobile-apps.aspx
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