Crowd sourcing is when groups of people organize and help solve problems. The power of the collected knowledge and experience of the people enriches the process. With everyone's unique talents, tasks can be assigned and problems solved.
This is similar to a jigsaw activity I might use in my middle school social studies classroom. This inspires cooperative learning and developing overall skills. Having students research and represent ethnic groups, historical figures, departments of government, etc. would allow students to work together to experience and attempt to solve various problems.
With history, reading and research, particularly from primary sources is important. For example, while teaching about Australia, I might have the students learn Australian history by correcting errors in Australian digitized newspapers. On a unit about lifestyle of the 1920's, students could help input census records.
Generally, people do crowd sourcing exercises for experience or a sense of helping. To teach character education, computer skills, and research, students could have a richer, and hopefully more purpose-driven experience.
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