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Concept: Create a community* to advance all MSc1 Hyperbody design projects.
Specialization: Participatory design
Validators: The community*
*All Hyperbody MSc1 students and teachers, from now on referred to as 'we'.
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Concept
The rewards concept is all about build up the community which will help each other with different kind of problems. In order to let users really use this platform we have to give them something back, an even exchange of services. These services can either be information or other forms of direct help the atom/person needs. It can also be a discount on certain services like study trips etc. If u however do not participate in this platform, and do not help others, then these privileges will not be available
Tools
Voting system
Users can vote for certain information on the platform. The information which the community votes for the most, is shown more prominently on the site. The original poster of this information will be rewarded by having a higher total number of received votes, called 'Hyperpoints'. These 'Hyperpoints' will be shown prominently on the main page, so people will have an instant overview of the most active contributors. This hopefully will inspire others to do the same.
Participation rewards
We are thinking of ways people can be rewarded by participating. The voting system is already a form of reward, but we would like to offer more than this. We would only like to use positive stimuli. Students could for example vote for projects they like most every week, so they are looking for the best projects and are also learning from others as they do. Another way would be to find a manageable system of extra credits for the design course based on the Hyperpoints described above.
Your Idea!
As you've found out by now, we would like to hear from you, since you are part of our MSc1 Hyperbody community by reading this. If you let us know your specific needs and ideas, we can try to work out a solution which may be used by anyone interested.
References
We reward those who contribute the most; the more you help others, the more you'll get back from it. This is actually exactly what torrents are all about. Most people see torrents as illegal, however file exchange itself helps the community to be much richer by being able to share all the information available.
VideoSift is a videos sharing community. Users are in charge of what videos get the most attention. The CMS used by Videosift is so advanced, that people are given more privileges by helping others. For example by repairing region blocked or dead video links, they can automatically earn points which they can use to publish videos they like most to the frontpage.
This ensures the most active users have the most influence on what information gets the most attention. An added incentive to become more a more active part of the community is an overall scoreboard of who has earned the most votes on all uploaded videos and comments. We strive to create a similar system with relevant information for the MSc1 Hyperbody design students.
