⚠️ Evidence Points are in Beta and are subject to change.
At Mindstone, we're on a mission to create a dynamic, engaging, and insightful learning experience that transcends the traditional boundaries of formal education. With this vision in mind, we're thrilled to announce the Beta release of Evidence Points.
What are Evidence Points?
Evidence Points (EPs) are a new, innovative way for you to visualize and quantify your learning progress. Every time you actively engage in any learning activity on Mindstone, such as highlighting, using ASK AI, taking trivia or practicing prompt engineering in the Sandbox you will earn EPs depending on the quality, relevance, and performance of that activity.
All EPs you earn are linked to specific skills that are identified in the content you are engaging with. We use AI to identify the most predominant skills that can be developed by reading and engaging deeper with a content piece.
Key Takeaway
We want to put the power in your hands to unlock opportunities of all sorts by being able to evidence your continuous learning. We believe that with Evidence Points, we're one step closer to making every moment of your learning journey visible, measurable, and, most importantly, rewarding.
How does it work right now?
We're starting with the basics: active reading, comprehension and skill practice (i.e. active learning). EPs provide clear, progressive feedback that will help you understand exactly where and how much you're growing and what you need to focus on.
Each piece of content has a maximum amount of EPs you can earn by engaging with it. Mindstone uses AI to score every piece of content to determine its overall value. This score is used as the base for the maximum amount of EPs that can be earned. You can see this amount on the preview view of any piece of content.
As you engage with content you will earn EP based on the depth and duration of your engagement with that content. Once you're finished, mark the content as "Done" to collect the EP you have earned and see which skills you've developed on your profile.
In this sense, each EP earned is evidence of your continuous learning journey, and a clear testament to the knowledge gained, skills honed, and the investment you've made in your personal and professional development.
How are you scoring content?
This scoring underpins our EP calculation for active learning. Currently, we score all content on 12 distinct dimensions, ranging from the complexity of the content, its relevance to the identified skills, to the source's credibility, and many others.
This method ensures the content's intrinsic educational value is accurately reflected in the EPs earned. By leveraging these multiple dimensions for scoring, we can provide a more detailed, accurate, and fair distribution of EPs.
Why Evidence Points?
This system is our first step toward developing a universal language for learning. By documenting and showcasing your daily activity, you gain a clearer picture of your progress and development that you can actually share with others. We call them Evidence Points for a very specific reason: it emphasizes our commitment to give you concrete, tangible proof of learning.
We have a core belief that learning is not just about absorbing information, but about developing and demonstrating skills. By using a point system, we are able to show the granular development in your skills and allow you to receive acknowledgement for varying degrees of engagement.
Evidence Points, therefore, offer more than just a quick feedback; they provide a solid indication of your learning footprint.
What value will Evidence Points bring?
We envision a future where EP plays a crucial role within a broader learning ecosystem.
As you accumulate EP, you will gain the ability to visually articulate your learning journey in a way that is universally understood. This transparency fosters a richer interaction within the entire ecosystem, enabling organizations of all types to recognize and reward active learners. With EP you will be able to stand out in multiple forums by providing a quantifiable measure of your commitment to continual learning and skill development.
What might this look like?
EPs can unlock new possibilities that stretch across the societal fabric. In education, we can use EP to identify and nurture the talents of students who demonstrate a strong commitment to learning beyond the classroom. For businesses, EP could serve as a metric in the hiring process, indicating a candidates skills and propensity and proactivity for learning. Non-profit organizations and governmental bodies can use EP to identify and reward people who are dedicated to upskilling and personal development. And events and communities can use EP to reward those who actively engage with content and in discussions, and ensure a quality of participation.
Ultimately, EP represent a new language of learning, a valuable resource that will open doors to a variety of opportunities for people from all walks of life.
What's coming up next?
While this is a Beta release, and subject to refinement, we're excited about the possibilities it offers. We see this as just the beginning and promise to continually enhance and expand the feature to make it an integral part of your learning journey.
We'll be releasing more features that provide insights into your EP totals, the skills you're developing the most, as well as incorporating more active learning opportunities to earn EP.
What's the community's role?
This being said, we can't do it alone. We believe in the power of collective intelligence and envision EP to be a community-moderated effort in the long run. We believe that by empowering you to take part in moderating and adjusting the EP system, we will foster a more dynamic, fair, and inclusive system.
We want to ensure that the EP system stays relevant and adaptive to the changing landscapes, but also give a stronger sense of ownership to the Mindstone community. We hope that by giving you all a say in how, in the future, EPs are balanced and scores are made we can create a system that accurately reflects the shared values and objectives of our diverse user base.
We welcome any comments or suggestions you may already have about Evidence Points.