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Re: Metacademy

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Post by tiefenbach » Mon, Apr 21, 2014, 12:26 PM UTC

Nice work! I've been working on something very similar. My project still needs a lot of work (and talent, I started working on this site when I first learned html/css/js 2 years ago) but you can check it out at: http://subjectflow.com , or for a full tree: http://www.subjectflow.com/viewer.htm?=mewvzl2i6bt97gnjf9i4 (click on the white dots to expand the tree).

I really hope to see this type of idea take off. I would love to see this sort of thing combined with simplified git related operations to make it easy to improve education content. Additionally I think it would be great to add in a comment system where you can leave a question connected to the exact text that is confusing you.

Re: Metacademy

#32

Post by Houshalter » Mon, Apr 21, 2014, 1:11 PM UTC

I've been using this. It's extremely useful. I wish they did this for every subject.

Re: Metacademy

#33

Post by catshirt » Mon, Apr 21, 2014, 1:56 PM UTC

love this. i've wanted something like this for a long time. Kahn Academy mind maps are awesome but limited in terms of subject matter. having an open database of this is amazing; enables self learning while eliminating the problem of not knowing what you don't know.

Re: Metacademy

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Post by agentultra » Mon, Apr 21, 2014, 2:26 PM UTC

rogergrosse wrote: post #4

Co-creator of Metacademy here. Colorado and I are intending Metacademy to be a “package manager for knowledge,” where you can easily find the particular thing you want to learn about (e.g. deep neural nets) without having to track down all the prerequisites (e.g. gradient descent) yourself. Basically, we’ve annotated a dependency graph for the core concepts in the field, and it uses the graph to produce step-by-step…

Great work! I've been contemplating a service much like this for months. A site that lets you start with a subject or concept and generates a precise list of reading material and subject matter to bring you up to speed. It is essentially answering the question, "What should I read next?"

I look forward to seeing how far this database extends!

Re: Metacademy

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Post by ianopolous » Mon, Apr 21, 2014, 4:37 PM UTC

The DAG of concepts is brilliant. I've manually made my own DAG for interesting branches of mathematics over the years and used it as a guide for self study. This could be big for education.