Reward system
under review
Athena Z
Tutors choose a student at the end of a session to be the "scholar" of the session. Every time they receive the "scholar" title, they will get one point. After x number of points have been acquired, they can spin a wheel to win a prize. This will give learners the initiative to pay attention and engage in class, join sessions with less people (as it gives them more of a chance to receive this) and it prevents spam joining classes. -Raina's suggestion
We could also only let the learners know that they can spin a prize once they reach the number x/don't tell them who became the "scholar", as I think that if they find out that they were not selected, they will give the tutor a bad rating, or not attend another of that tutor's sessions. -Athena's addition
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Rishitha M
That would be good though it would be like a competition
Rishitha M
I don’t think this is the best idea
Andy Q
This seems like it might become a bit toxic/too competitive...
Rahul Sai B
Maybe instead of doing it to a particular session, maybe we could do a thing where every FULL session a learner joins, they get a point. The tutor can maybe add a point to that learner and every learner's points will maybe be stored in some sort of database. Once a learner gets a certain number of points they get a cool badge or a prize. This will promote more activity because learners will join more sessions, and it will also benefit tutors who want more people to join their sessions.
Also, the learner would have to have answered at least one question or be engaged in the session some way.
Akshay Ravikumar
under review
Moving back to "Under Review" because it hasn't been scoped at all yet
Akshay Ravikumar
Great idea - we plan to add gamification and reputation to the platform, and attendance / rewards will both be included. However, this is a huge feature with lots of implications, so it'll be some time before we scope everything out.
Akshay Ravikumar
planned
Minakshi S
This would create more competition than the platform should have, especially because people are turning to schoolhouse because they are struggling–why give them an incentive to be "the best" rather than truly learn? Tutors should find alternatives to engage learners such as interactives, different word choice, real-life connections, etc. rather than resorting to competition. Not to mention, many tutors will be biased towards some learners over others, causing further issues.
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Mariah Olson
Minakshi S: Good points. Maybe a tutor could give a point to every learner who answered at least one question during the session? Then points collect over time and when a learner hits 20 they get a badge/prize
Minakshi S
Mariah Olson: still the whole points/reward motivation defeats the safe environment and purpose of tutoring
Anisha R
Minakshi S: Yeah, I too don't think this is a great idea. I think the onus of learning should be on the tutor, to do their job and make sure, to the best of their ability, that the learners take away something from the session, which is why I like how schoolhouse is right now, where the tutors are the one with the stats. I think 'gamifying' it would cheapen the value of the learning and create unnecessary competition.
That said, I agree learner engagement is an issue -- unfortunately, sessions where all the learners have cameras off and don't talk are far too common, so I appreciate Athena and Raina for trying to come up with a solution. Perhaps there's another way we could go about accomplishing this goal?