This is a private note that has been shared.
This is a document that I (Adam) can add to really easily from anywhere (it’s hosted via micro.blog notes) and I will use it to draft out various texts to vastly improve the docs.nodenogg.in site to be human first and about how to use nodenogg.in as a non technical educator first, developer second.
This should be very readable to give you a really quick idea of what NN is and what makes it different. It should make the non technical educator realise the virtues of a simple , peer to peer edtech tool and should support the mission of The Strange Tool Store.
You know me so you will know how to send me feedback via what ever channel we communicate on. Please do offer corrections or rebuttals.
nodenogg.in
nodenogg.in (NN) is a tool that increases participation in feedback and critiques. It is deliberately made to improve student and staff confidence, project outcomes and enhance a community of practice.
nodenogg.in was designed with privacy in mind, to be simple and quick to use.
nodenogg.in supports your education practice by using networked technologies to enhance social learning spaces.
nodenogg.in embraces text only input, coupled with multi views to foster inclusive, fast and intuitive feedback.
nodenogg.in is radical in it’s simplicity and focus on practice based pedagogy.
nodenogg.in was created to embrace the wonderful slowness of human thought.
nodenogg.in is purposefully small.
Whose is it for?
Anyone who wants to do messy group work
Who’s is it made by?
- Dr. Adam Procter
- Toby Milner-Gulland
What others are saying
General
I don’t think I’ve ever seen edtech software created in such close dialogue with its intended audience, or so unambiguously created with respect and care for pedagogy.
Crits
nodenogg.in proved very effective, we found that the number of students participating increased substantially. It was now the majority of people in the room who would leave feedback, and the nature of the comments left for those presenting was also a lot more liberal.
Students commented on the fact that they had felt self-conscious during conversations in class, often worrying about being judged on either the questions they’d ask, or the feedback they’d give. Many commented on how nodenogg.in was a great solution.
Students said that nodenogg.in helped encourage conversation, they often felt more inclined to discuss their projects in the studios after using nodenogg.in.
With nodenogg.in being anonymous it was seen by students as an ideal method to be a critical friend, they commented how much the feedback would help them in their own project work.
The feedback in nodenogg.in of course lead to further examination of their own projects and triggering further improvements.
Curriclum Feedback
As hand in loomed the students seemed happy and understood what was expected, but as soon as I used nodenogg.in it became clear that was not the case! We cleared up a lot overarching concerns, reduced anxiety, a load of stuff we would never have caught without nodenogg.in.
we had access to an AGENT prototype feature called SleepeR which enabled you to ingest a small set of reading list texts and used a range of ways to compare nodenogg.in notes to surface extracts from the reading list, this enabled students to engage with the reading lists.
QUOTE
Who cares if it’s local first and peer to peer anyway
- Your data is your data
- Privacy never learner analytics
Rough notes / bullets
TRUST
WHAT IS DECENTRALISED FOR NN
For humans Get them MOTIVATED to say why decentralised local first peer to peer app is of benefit
Why the distracting nature and harvesting you data is bad and ingrained in all other software.
