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   Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jul-2024 08:17:58 JST Nathan Schneider

   I've just created a Google Drive-based tool for enabling students to appreciate each other's class participation in a collaborative way. Totally untested, so I have no idea how it might fly. I'd love your feedback! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jmLi7jmYPrmipao7wYA1fDEeTI5rwzeV

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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jul-2024 09:15:12 JST Nathan Schneider

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     Honestly it is based on what they do in my elementary schooler's class!

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     Jim (sullybiker@sully.site)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jul-2024 09:15:13 JST Jim

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     @ntnsndr I think that's a great idea. Students tend to like these things, especially if they're low friction.

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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jul-2024 10:16:40 JST Nathan Schneider

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     I'm hoping to work through these challenges with the students!

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     Scott Matter (scottmatter@aus.social)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jul-2024 10:16:41 JST Scott Matter

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     @ntnsndr

     Was thinking of these as I went through the ReadMe, so glad to see them there:

     “Kudos distribution may disproportionately reward or harm a certain students
     Kudos distribution may reflect conscious or unconscious biases
     Should perhaps disincentivize excessive concentration of distribution
     May encourage perverse incentives, e.g., crowd-pleasing over intellectual honesty”

     Keen to hear how you go in addressing these.

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     Camerontw (camerontw@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jul-2024 10:49:03 JST Camerontw

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     @ntnsndr reminds me of an old system (though more groupwork than class participation) developed at my institution but used less and less - https://sparkplus.com.au/using-sparkplus.php - from memory, a key component (picking up from Ostrom's commons management principles) was getting students to specify the participation criteria at the outset - like writing a constitution for the group

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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jul-2024 11:04:05 JST Nathan Schneider

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     Oh wow thanks!