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Re: Anki – a program which makes remembering things easy

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Post by tangled_zans »

pmoriarty wrote: post #38
cblop wrote: post #5

I used Anki for 30 minutes to an hour each day for about a year to memorise around 1500 Japanese characters and their readings, with the aid of a mnemonic technique. So long as you have an hour a day to dedicate to the flashcards without fail , you will retain the memorised information. My problem was that a job and location change altered my daily routine entirely, so I stopped reviewing the cards. One year later, I…

For learning foreign languages, I found TPR (Total Physical Response)[1][2] to be very effective. A great intro to it is an article called "Leave me alone! Can't you see I'm learning your language?"[3] [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_physical_response [2] - http://www.tpr-world.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Catego... [3] - http://wolofresources.org/language/letmealonech1ch2.htm

Thanks for the heads up, these look really interesting.

Re: Anki – a program which makes remembering things easy

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Post by tangled_zans »

Ixiaus wrote: post #125
nextos wrote: post #25

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There's also a great org-mode extension that implements most SRS algorithms, including Anki's: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-drill.html

I second org-drill. Org-mode is my whole personal information manager including information learning w/ org-drill.

Any tips for how to implement that? I've tried org-mode for personal-information-management and I just get lost in all of the subtrees.

Re: Anki – a program which makes remembering things easy

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Post by robbiep »

gingerlime wrote: post #81
yermierc wrote: post #73

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"A friend" reporting in... While many people may love Anki, you can count me out. I used it extensively during my first 2 years of medical school along with trying physical cards, Quizlet, and even my own custom batch files and macros. I think that it works for a very particular use case, and you need to fully commit to it to get the intended benefits. My personal belief is that an "adaptive" learning system doesn't…

This looks really interesting. How can I get in touch with you? (you can find contact details on my profile). We're developing a learning platform for Anatomy, called Kenhub[0] and we've built our own quizzes with some aspects of spaced repetition already. We're looking at ways of taking it to the next level in terms of adaptability. We're also considering ways of re-purposing our original content to reach wider audi…

Kenhub looks great. I recently completed the surgical primary exams in Australia, and before that knocked over a whole body dissection course.

I have some very different ideas about how anatomy could be ideally taught in some scenarios (which I am in the process of developing!) but certainly wish I had of had access to what looks to be an excellent resource you have developed.

It must have taken an age and a small fortune to get your own illustrations! would you ever consider a licensing deal?

Re: Anki – a program which makes remembering things easy

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Post by tangled_zans »

roflmyeggo wrote: post #104

I've been using the Anki iOS application for a while now. I'm considering moving my stack over to org-drill.el to minimze context switching. Anyone made a similar switch or can compare the two at all?

Very tempted to do so as well.

Re: Anki – a program which makes remembering things easy

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Post by tangled_zans »

markm248 wrote: post #68

Remember that you read it here first, there will be a unicorn built on the concept of SRS. I use Anki daily and love the application but there's a learning curve and you have to build your own workflow to make it work. Someone is going to take the concept and make it accessible to the masses.

I completely agree. I've been trying to figure out what's been missing in Anki for a while in order to improve my workflow. What do you think it is?

Re: Anki – a program which makes remembering things easy

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Post by yermierc »

tangled_zans wrote: post #122
yermierc wrote: post #102

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I can't answer with an exact number until we can do sufficient prospective studies, but I can share some data: We have done some studies where two students were already using Anki and were failing or in the danger zone of failing. After being introduced to Memorang for 6-8 weeks, they all increased their scores by a national standard deviation and had a 100% passing rate. What does this mean? The students said that A…

That's a very interesting point. I love the stellar memory that Anki gives me but it's BORING. So so so BORING. It's the primary reason why I don't use it more often. I've been thinking about an alternative for some time, so it's nice to see that someone else is working on it. I'm not actually too sure of what you're doing that's different though, and the slides you provided have been a bit vague. Can you elaborate m…

>Can you elaborate more on what exactly memorang does that keeps people "engaged in vivo"

Between algorithm choices, learning modes, and other customization options there are dozens of ways you can learn the same material instead of simply flashcards like Anki.

For the other components, some of these are works in progress and others are already present. I would encourage you to learn a subject towards 100% and you'll see exactly what we mean. Part of the answer is gamification via scores and leaderboards, some is advanced study stats where you can compare your progress, gain insights into how you learn, and see how you stack against the global average. Another part of the answer is targeted feedback via the "tutor" which will introduce study tips and humor depending on your progress.

We also are launching a 2.0 version very early next year which will be a fruitful step in the right direction.

Overall, we have a pretty broad vision for what we think we can accomplish and are actively working towards getting there from a tech point of view (development) and via academic research with well known universities. The ultimate goal would be that you could just sit down, select what you need to know, and then be perfectly guided towards subject mastery in whatever way is most optimized for you as an individual.

Re: Anki – a program which makes remembering things easy

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Post by tangled_zans »

jhund wrote: post #22

Anki is great. I've used it to learn the 100 most common Clojure expressions. You can get the Anki file by signing up for the newsletter at http://www.lispcast.com/100-most-used-clojure-expressions

oOoh thanks. I love Clojure. This'll be useful.

Re: Anki – a program which makes remembering things easy

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Post by tangled_zans »

yermierc wrote: post #136
tangled_zans wrote: post #122

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That's a very interesting point. I love the stellar memory that Anki gives me but it's BORING. So so so BORING. It's the primary reason why I don't use it more often. I've been thinking about an alternative for some time, so it's nice to see that someone else is working on it. I'm not actually too sure of what you're doing that's different though, and the slides you provided have been a bit vague. Can you elaborate m…

>Can you elaborate more on what exactly memorang does that keeps people "engaged in vivo" Between algorithm choices, learning modes, and other customization options there are dozens of ways you can learn the same material instead of simply flashcards like Anki. For the other components, some of these are works in progress and others are already present. I would encourage you to learn a subject towards 100% and you'll…

Sorry, but while the product may or may not be good, every sentence that I read from you sounds like OMG HYPE.

"The ultimate goal would be to be perfectly guided to mastery"...? Yeah, and the ultimate goal of every NLP startup is to have 100% natural language understanding by the machine... but that doesn't mean that any of them can promise that in the foreseeable future, or that I won't laugh at them if they do.

"I would encourage you to learn a subject towards 100% and you'll see exactly what we mean."

That... is already what I do with Anki, or at least as reasonably close to 100% as possible under reasonable time constraints. It's patronising of you to assume that I don't, or to claim that your product is the only way to reach that.

Good luck with your startup.

Re: Anki – a program which makes remembering things easy

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Post by gingerlime »

robbiep wrote: post #133
gingerlime wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This looks really interesting. How can I get in touch with you? (you can find contact details on my profile). We're developing a learning platform for Anatomy, called Kenhub[0] and we've built our own quizzes with some aspects of spaced repetition already. We're looking at ways of taking it to the next level in terms of adaptability. We're also considering ways of re-purposing our original content to reach wider audi…

Kenhub looks great. I recently completed the surgical primary exams in Australia, and before that knocked over a whole body dissection course. I have some very different ideas about how anatomy could be ideally taught in some scenarios (which I am in the process of developing!) but certainly wish I had of had access to what looks to be an excellent resource you have developed. It must have taken an age and a small fo…

It was/still is our largest investment so far, and probably our biggest asset. Not just illustrations, but we also produce our own videos, write articles and more... We do license our illustrations to institutions, individual instructors etc. And we're always looking for ways to collaborate with others in this space. Medical education is an interesting niche. Shoot me an email and let's chat and see? (email on my profile)
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