[sakai-user] Forums "like" feature?

[Gregory Guthrie]

No doubt this is a previously discussed topic - but is there any plan to incorporate a "like" (+1) feature into Sakai forums?

This would allow a number of interesting assessment features, including participation by accumulation of such points, and also from the awarding of them.

It would also allow some interesting PageRank like metrics, where points awarded from highly rated posters have more value, etc. It could be used for a peer-graded (rated) scoring in the forum postings

[Nicola Pallitt]

Perhaps engage with the question of what liking may contribute from a
pedagogic perspective first? To me it seems to be a lazy action, whereas
voting up someone else's post involves making a judgement. Agree, features
that contribute to assessment or data about a student/user's interaction in
a more granular way (I recall this being discussed before) would be valued.

No doubt this is a previously discussed topic – but is there any plan to
incorporate a “like” (+1) feature into Sakai forums?
This would allow a number of interesting assessment features, including
participation by accumulation of such points, and also from the awarding of
them.
It would also allow some interesting PageRank like metrics, where points
awarded from highly rated posters have more value, etc. It could be used
for a peer-graded (rated) scoring in the forum postings
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[Gregory Guthrie]

Not sure what you are saying – yes, it is a judgement, and a valuation (=subjective).

If one was worried about cheap (over-used) valuations, one could do various sorts of normalization over each user’s up-votes. Lots of interesting possibilities


I think this sort of metric is well used in forums like stackOverflow.

From: Nicola Pallitt [mailto:***@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 3, 2018 11:10 PM

Perhaps engage with the question of what liking may contribute from a pedagogic perspective first? To me it seems to be a lazy action, whereas voting up someone else's post involves making a judgement. Agree, features that contribute to assessment or data about a student/user's interaction in a more granular way (I recall this being discussed before) would be valued.

[Luisa Li]

Social evaluation like "liking" button could be an effective way of
collecting opinions and reach consensus in a community of learning. I've
used such voting tools such as Tricider and have received satisfying
results. I don't think "liking" button is lazy. It's just different from
the more lengthy critical analysis type of comments that is pervasive in
current discussion board arena.

I agree any new features should have a solid pedagogical foundation before
development. My 2 cents.

Post by Gregory Guthrie
Not sure what you are saying – yes, it is a judgement, and a valuation (=subjective).
If one was worried about cheap (over-used) valuations, one could do
various sorts of normalization over each user’s up-votes. Lots of
interesting possibilities

I think this sort of metric is well used in forums like stackOverflow.
*Sent:* Wednesday, January 3, 2018 11:10 PM
Perhaps engage with the question of what liking may contribute from a
pedagogic perspective first? To me it seems to be a lazy action, whereas
voting up someone else's post involves making a judgement. Agree, features
that contribute to assessment or data about a student/user's interaction in
a more granular way (I recall this being discussed before) would be valued.
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