Blog for LearnObithttp://learnobit.postach.io/feed.xml2021-09-03T09:40:38.311000ZWerkzeugFor Nerds and Geekshttps://learnobit.postach.io/post/to-everyone-who-showed-a-passionate-interest-in-note-garden2021-09-03T09:40:38.311000Z2021-08-27T11:05:26ZSungho Yahng<div><div style="text-align:justify;">After 3 years of working on the Note Garden, I got to work with my friends and co-founders, Young-mok Kwon and Ji-hyeon Heo, who most insisted on a complete overhaul of the design. While I can do it, but should I do it? That was a strong question inside me. Looking back, I had a reluctance to say that the design of Note Garden was sophisticated and stylish. All things being equal, a good design is of course good, isn't it? The identity of this mysterious rejection can be found by changing the content of the question.</div></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify;">At the time, what was I trying to avoid by avoiding fancy designs? My answer now is that it was the result of risk detection that I had been learning all my life. Whatever the field, the same trend can be seen in a community of enthusiasts in one field. At one end there is something well-known and sophisticated, which is popular with the masses. And at the other end, there's something clunky and uncool, but popular with enthusiasts who appreciate 'true value'. And, consciously or not, the fanatics ridicule the rest of the public. Looking at the world like this, people who like popular and stylish things seemed to be ignorant at best, and stupid at worst. If that's what being popular and sophisticated meant, I had no intention of liking it. The first design of Note Garden reflected my thoughts. Sometimes some people deliberately exaggerate their awkward and clumsy appearance to look smart, and that's what I was trying to do. </div>
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<div style="text-align:justify;">Anyway, in the end, the design of the Note Garden was completely changed. It became socialized. That was acceptable, but I insisted that still we should have something like this. Because I thought there would be people like me. Those who would rather remain untamed wild dogs than be reduced to average intellectual abilities. I thought there had to be someone to tell them everything would be fine. With the influence of my two newly joined friends, it is inevitable that Note Garden will become popular in the future. However, like the merciful Virgin who tempers the wrath of God, I will remain the one who prevents the Note Garden from degenerating into mediocrity.</div>
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<div style="text-align:justify;">That's what I meant, so what's so special about the Note Garden? Software that uses SR algorithms for learning is an old idea. And a few years ago, a lot of people came up with the idea of combining the SR algorithm with a good note-taking tool. There are other programs that combine tree-structured notes with SR like Note Garden. Nevertheless, there are still important concepts that still exist only in the Note Garden.</div>
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<div>And if you've always been interested in SR programs, you'd probably want to ask what algorithm Note Garden uses, which is embarrassing to say, but it's an improved version of the old SM2 algorithm. There is nothing special about this algorithm itself. Up to now, the priority has been to implement a version and program that can use the algorithm. This part will be improved later. Of course, these words are just hopes for the future. But do you know that? As with SR programs, the past few years have been a period in which new SR algorithms have emerged. It seems that there are no programs that properly apply these new algorithms yet. To deal with these things properly, for example, to evaluate which one excels in which way, to gain insight into how it can be applied to new applications, to combine them, and to transfer records from previously used algorithms. In addition, we need competency in artificial intelligence and mathematics, and a program with completeness to apply them. Now that I have a Note Garden along with the knowledge I've acquired by chance, I'm in the right place for that. I can deal with it. And that may be more than just a better estimate of the right time to learn. For example, the learning schedule is adjusted just by viewing without evaluating the difficulty of the content, or the difficulty of content that has not been viewed at all is assigned. Perhaps the later appearance of Note Garden is not a note program. There has always been an unexpected effect when something is uploaded to the network, and the effect that people have when their knowledge structures can be shared through the network may be more unexpected. Then, will Note Garden be called something like a knowledge network service? I admit it's too hasty to draw a roadmap like this now. If I wanted to introduce Note Garden as a knowledge network service that I don't know yet, rather than a note for learning, my two friends would probably tell me to fuck you up. Anyway, what I wanted to convey was that there is still a long way to go and explore, but there are good things that can go on that way. And if you've read this far, this might interest you, because learning is the beginning of achievement. We want you to know about us. And if you'd like to be my partner, I'd be happy.</div>
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LearnObit isn't a substitute for Angry Birdshttps://learnobit.postach.io/post/learnobit-isn-t-a-substitute-for-angry-birds2021-02-20T16:54:33.222000Z2021-02-20T16:44:01ZSungho Yahng<div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Many</span> <span style="font-size: 14pt;">spaced repetition</span> <span style="font-size: 14pt;">tools recommend their users to log on during sporadic moments of downtime, like when they're in public transport or waiting for someone.</span></div></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">As if spaced repetition was just another simple, brain-numbing game to play for a few minutes here and there, like Angry Birds.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I always thought this was ridiculous. Here's why:</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">1) Trying to recall knowledge from nothing is the most difficult way to learn — it’s much more comfortable to read the original learning material a few times or attempt multiple-choice tests. (But guess which method is the most effective? The difficult one.)</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">2) Being productive in short bursts at random points in the day is much more challenging than concentrating for a fixed period.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Either the makers of these tools are misinforming their users on purpose or they're clueless about how learning actually works. My best guess is that they thought it would be a good marketing move to downplay the difficulty of spaced repetition, making it sound like a light activity anyway can add effortlessly into their daily routine.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Let me be clear: LearnObit is not a substitute for Angry Birds. It's a substitute to traditional, inefficient learning methods.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">What this means is:</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">1) LO is neither light nor comfortable. In fact, it will be painful at times.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">2) LO is not a replacement for Angry Birds that users can attempt for five minutes here and there. It should be used in carefully planned chunks of time with fixed parameters.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I suspect the teams behind other tools know the same is true of their software.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Think of it as a trade-off. LO might be tough, but it lets you learn as efficiently as possible — it's a tool for people who value time above all else.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Yes, LO will frustrate you and make your brain hurt. Using it will certainly require willpower. But it will make sure you learn whatever you need to know in the shortest possible time — and isn't that what you really care about?</span></div>
Subjects you can use LearnObit forhttps://learnobit.postach.io/post/subjects-you-can-use-learnobit-for2021-02-20T16:54:15.873000Z2021-02-20T15:00:20ZSungho Yahng<div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">Since LO is a learning tool, you might think that our target audience is students. Actually, that's not quite true — LO works far better for outside-the-classroom learning.</font></div></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">That's because what we learn at school isn’t true learning. We're told to memorize certain information for tests then forget everything the second we leave the exam hall.</font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">If you're a school or college student, LO could still be helpful, but it might be unnecessary if all you're trying to do is temporarily "learn" content for a test.</font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">In my case, I don't use LO for college exams. Instead, I carefully read the test content a few days before the test (or maybe even one day before). Then, when the test is over, I forget the information. Using LO here feels like an overkill — but bear in mind that I majored in Mathematics.</font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">LO is best-suited for real-world knowledge you want to apply to your work or hobbies — think coding, design, cooking, and mechanical engineering.</font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">Actually, I'm worried that nobody would want to use LO that focuses on learning for learning's sake instead of learning to pass an exam. I’d like to think that there are many passionate learners out there. I'm not sure though.</font></div>
Don't check the answershttps://learnobit.postach.io/post/don-t-check-the-answers2021-03-03T07:57:19.169000Z2021-02-20T14:51:59ZSungho Yahng<div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">One of the key differences between LearnObit and other spaced repetition tools is that it only shows you a limited portion of your answers.</span></div></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I understand that you might want to find out if you recalled information correctly when you're rating notes (you can do this by clicking on the note or using alt + a).</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">But I don't recommend doing this.</span> <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">If you're struggling to recall something, rate the note as "Failed to Recall (or Need to Memorize) straightaway — before peeping at the answer.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">If you're struggling to recall something, rate the note as "Failed to Recall (or Need to Memorize) straightaway — before peeping at the answer.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Here's why:</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">1) Checking answers is a huge bottleneck.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">This comes back to</span> <a href="https://learnobit.postach.io/post/what-is-snt-condition-and-why-it-s-the-best-condition" style="font-size: 14pt;">the SnT condition in learning theory</a><span style="font-size: 14pt;">. T</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;">he idea is that the most efficient way to learn is to test yourself on everything and then study the content you failed to recall — and to keep testing yourself until you can successfully recall everything. It's far quicker way with similar effect.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">2) Even if you fail to recall something, it’s best not to check the answer immediately.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">You'll learn far more if you review again after a short interval — and LO facilitates this process.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">3) When you review something and try to remember it again, the mechanism is different to when you try to recall it from nothing the first time.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">If you check the answer and tell yourself "I know that," it's probably not true —in the learning world, we say that people confuse "knowing" with "familiarity." You only really know something if you can recall it with no prompt.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 36pt;">Still not convinced?</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Some people might think that 'It could be wrong if I was confident about the answer.' Then consider these:</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 14pt;">1) It seems to be a trade-off between efficiency and perfection. However, I think that the efficiency gained by using this methodology is large, and there are few damages in perfection.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 14pt;">2) You can still check all the answers if you want. Hit 'alt + a' or click on the notes. Even in Anki, one hit is required to move from the question to the answer anyway, so this is not more fraction, also considering that LO shows multiple questions and answers at once.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">(But even in this case, I think you should check answers only for confusing notes)</span></div>
Differences between LearnObit and other spaced repetition tools in logichttps://learnobit.postach.io/post/differences-from-other-sr-tools-in-lo-s-learning-course2021-02-20T16:54:11.354000Z2020-08-02T09:01:12ZSungho Yahng<div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><font style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">1) It </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">organizes learning material into chunks</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">depending on your original notes' structure and the topic you're learning.</span></font></div></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">Instead of giving you random flashcards that bear no relation with each other, LearnObit uses your structured notes to present you with closely related clusters that have similar predicted ratings.</font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">LearnObit makes users learn notes as chunks rather than individual fragments, helping you to understand what you're learning better. It also lets you rate multiple notes at once (instead of one by one) so you can finish your courses more quickly.</font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">2) It only shows the answers for the notes you can't recall.</font></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">LearnObit implements the <a href="https://learnobit.postach.io/post/what-is-snt-condition-and-why-it-s-the-best-condition" style="text-decoration: underline;">SnT condition in learning theory</a>: the idea is that the most efficient way to learn is to test yourself on everything and then study the content you failed to recall — and to keep testing yourself until you can successfully recall everything.</font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">However, LO only returns to the notes you couldn't recall after a brief interval (instead of showing them to you again immediately). This maximizes learning by forcing you to remember the note for longer.</font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">Even if you only have to wait a few minutes before seeing the same note again, you'll learn far more than if you immediately tested yourself after seeing the correct answer.</font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">On LearnObit, you write your notes in a tree structure, and the algorithm uses this to work out which clusters to present you with.</font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">Generally, it will ask you to recall notes from the top of the "tree" first and work downward — meaning if you fail to recall the ancestor node (the "parent" or "branch"), you won't be asked to recall the descendants of that node (the "children" or "buds). However, you can customize your settings to work however suits you best.</font></div>
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Why I don't use LearnObit on a daily basishttps://learnobit.postach.io/post/maybe-we-should-intentionally-neglect-it2020-08-01T04:30:05.126000Z2020-04-16T23:35:36ZSungho Yahng<div><div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">The most common problem in SR programs is that someday the user will neglect using it, and the amount of learning will accumulate until the user becomes overwhelmed by the amount of knowledge they need to learn.</font></span></div>
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<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">However, even if a large amount of knowledge is accumulated, chances are that the time to learn it will be less than 10 hours at most. Think about it. If someone is doing serious learning, spending that amount of time is just normal and common. So why do users feel overwhelmed by SR programs that take the same amount of time?</font></span></div>
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<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">I think the reason is that users view SR programs as a sort of beneficial daily ritual. In other words, users expect to do it little by little every day unconsciously and without infringing on their everyday life.</font></span></div>
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<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">That may be why people feel like taking time apart for SR programs is absurd. It's ridiculous to spend 10 hours on a daily ritual. But if another learning activity takes 10 hours, people tend to think that’s fine because that is what they expect.</font></span></div>
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<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">What I suggest is looking at SR programs as tools to help you do serious learning rather than viewing them as a daily ritual. In other words:</font></span></div><ul><li><div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">Use SR programs in situations where learning is truly needed rather than resolving to use them on a daily basis forever.</font></span></div></li><li><div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">Notice that learning through an SR program will take time. You must assume that you will need to consciously dedicate quite a bit of time to it, just like you would with any other serious learning activity.</font></span></div></li></ul><div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"><font style="font-size: 14pt;"><br/></font></span></div>
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<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">Let's suppose that someone has put his knowledge of design into LearnObit.</font></span></div>
<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">If he doesn't need design skills, he completely neglects it.</font></span></div>
<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">If he starts a project that requires design skills, then he can start reviewing his design knowledge using SR.</font></span></div>
<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">If the project takes two months, he maintains that design knowledge for two months using SR, and when the project is over and no design knowledge is needed, he can completely neglect it again.</font></span></div>
<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">In everyday life, he will be okay with having vague and blurry design knowledge, just like normal people.</font></span></div>
<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">I was embarrassed to write this example because it seems so obvious.</font></span></div>
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<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">So, if the subject is not the design, but every contents in the SR program, the user can be comfortable even though he neglects the use of the SR program itself.</font></span></div>
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<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">The advantages of doing this are clear:</font></span></div>
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<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"><font style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>1. Taking time apart and doing many things at once is much, much easier than do something little by little every day.</b></font></span></div>
<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">This is a really important issue. I think ALL problems of SR happen due to it.</font></span></div>
<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">The reason people don't use SR programs is that they know it's too painful and difficult to do something little by little every day. And the reason people quit SR programs is because they feel obligated to do it little by little every day.</font></span></div>
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<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"><font style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>2. You can save time.</b></font></span></div>
<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">For example, studying design when you don't need that particular knowledge is a waste of time.</font></span></div>
<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">Perhaps some people do it little by little every day because they want to have effortless access to that knowledge at any given time. And actually, if you neglect what you want to learn, when you need it later on you will have to learn a lot at once, which will leave you exhausted. However, after all it will take less time than learning a little bit every day. And that's what we want.</font></span></div>
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<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"><font style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>3. You can see that all other alternatives to SR programs suck.</b></font></span></div>
<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">Even if you don't use SR programs, if you need some knowledge, you will still be learning a lot at once with other methods, and learning a lot at once is always exhausting. In addition, if SR is not used, it will take more time.</font></span></div>
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<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"><font style="font-size: 14pt;">It's better to actively choose what knowledge to remember, forget, and re-remember than to remember everything simply because you put it into the program. I like the idea of turning expertise "on and off" according to current needs.</font></span></div>
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<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">So, I don't use </span><span style="min-height: 13pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); text-decoration: underline;">LearnObit</span><span style="min-height: 13pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"> as a ritual and I don’t use it on a daily basis. Instead of being overwhelmed with having to do this every day, I consciously take the time to use it if I need to master some knowledge I have learned before. Perhaps this is a more sustainable way of using it.</span></font><br/></div></div>About Pricinghttps://learnobit.postach.io/post/about-pricing2021-03-02T06:38:51.174000Z2020-03-27T05:08:26ZSungho Yahng<div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">LearnObit is free to use — for now.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">At some point, I plan to move to a subscription model. That will probably mean a free version with most features alongside paid plans with several special features of <b>$6/m, $60/y, and $100/lifetime</b>. It's better than having to deal with ads, right?</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"/><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><div><font style="font-size: 14pt;">Dark Theme</font></div></li><li><div><font style="font-size: 14pt;">The Mobile Version</font></div></li><li><div><font style="font-size: 14pt;">Importing (From Anki, Local Data)</font></div></li><li><div><font style="font-size: 14pt;">Settings for the Memorize Section</font></div></li><li><div><span style="font-size: 14pt;">(Also Special Role at Discord Forum)</span></div></li></ol><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 14pt;"><br/></font></div>
<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">But nothing is set in stone yet. If you have a bright idea for how I could make money from LearnObit without using a subscription model, I'd love to hear from you. Or, if not, just make the most of using the software for free while you still can!</span></div></div>Frequently Said Thingshttps://learnobit.postach.io/post/frequently-said-things2021-03-01T08:00:24.728000Z2020-03-18T13:44:03ZSungho Yahng<div><div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">1. I feel anxious leaving my data here</span><br/></div></div>
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<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">If someone uses LO, they would be locked in, and if it is closed everything disappears. This is an important issue.</span></div>
<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">What I want to say is that I want you to be locked into LO and it will not be closed. But if I say it like this, everyone will leave me.</span></div>
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<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">The solution I came up with is to create a feature to export contents to Anki, the most widely used SR program.</span></div>
<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;"><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">With that feature, even if LO is closed, users can move their data to Anki. Or if the user decides not to use LO later, he or she can move written</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">contents </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">to Anki.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">(Of course, I don't want anyone to use this feature, but without it, people wouldn't even start using LO, so it's necessary even though I hate it.)</span></div></div><div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;"><br/></div>
<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">And another solution is to make the LO successful enough that you don't have to worry about it disappearing.</span></div>
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<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">Also I'd like to say that It's already 3 years after starting this app for me as of March 2021</span></div>
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<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Feel free to send me your ideas and suggestions about improving this aspect of LO.</span></div>
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<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); font-weight: bold;">2. The structure of knowledge is a graph, not a tree</span></div>
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<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">This is true. However</span></div>
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<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); font-weight: bold;">1) The tree structure is a kind of approximation of the real structure, and this is good.</span></div>
<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">The actual structure of knowledge is certainly closer to the graph than the tree. However, there is some trade-off here, between usability and implementing the exact structure. Unconnected cards are very simple and easy to understand (traditional approach). The graph is closer to the actual structure of knowledge, but it is difficult to handle (actually, I think it's annoying to handle even mind maps digitally). The tree structure is in the middle, which is a good trade-off.</span></div>
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<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); font-weight: bold;">2) Graph-related features may be updated in the future.</span></div>
<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">The updated version would look like an expanded tree. If the app implements the function that one node can have multiple nodes as a parent node, it would look like a tree, but it would in fact a graph. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">So the tree structure is also a good starting point for graphs.</span></div>
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<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); font-weight: bold;">3. "Obit" means the news of death</span></div>
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<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">I didn't know the meaning of obit at first. My intention was to reduce "orbit".</span></div>
<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">(and LearnObit-Rabbit, Learn oh beat, Learn a bit)</span></div>
<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">I think the meaning of obit fits well with the overall mood of LearnObit, so now I think it's good. Some weirdness is good.</span></div>
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<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); font-weight: bold;">4. LO's functions can be implemented with Anki's add on</span></div>
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<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">LO actually started as Anki's add-on idea. You can still see the trace here:</span> <a href="https://learnobitlegacy.firebaseapp.com/" style="min-height: 13pt; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">https://learnobitlegacy.firebaseapp.com/</a></div>
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<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">Perhaps I could have made the add-on, with most of the functionality it has now, and only leaving the cards showing to Anki.</span></div>
<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">But there's one thing that really couldn't be implemented within Anki's limits.</span></div>
<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">I just thought it was annoying not to be able to give ratings to multiple items at once. But by using a tree structure, similar items that have the same expected ratings can be grouped together, and multiple items can be checked at once.</span></div>
<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">But then, when I want to check each individual item separately, I can't, which is a real problem.</span></div>
<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">This seemed to be impossible to solve by using Anki, and I eventually released LO as a standalone app.</span></div>
<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">Now the app, which became independent for this reason has gone a step further and expanded a lot.</span></div>
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<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">The last node should be a question and answer pair. It is just shown as a question & answer pair(with what nodes are the node's ancestor). The question part is the question, and the answer part is the answer. That's it. It is very simple. Fundamentally, the tree structure is just for convenience to make taking notes doable*.</span></div>
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<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">This is just a little plus. However, it is possible to extract the properties from the tree, such as dependencies or similarities, and make these pairs slightly different when they are shown, so I'm doing so (e.g., what items should be chunked together, subtracting certain items when the user gets it wrong with another certain item).</span></div>
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<div style="min-height: 13pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="min-height: 13pt; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">*: </span><span style="min-height: 13pt; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">Actually, making the note-taking experience doable is a very important issue (so it's not "just"). This app tries to solve not only problems with SR, but also with note-taking. The current note-taking experience is so shitty.</span></div>
How to use LearnObit in practicehttps://learnobit.postach.io/post/i-want-to-share-how-i-actually-use-lo-learnobit2020-08-14T04:09:17.135000Z2020-02-13T09:50:02ZSungho Yahng<div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I'd like to share how I actually use <a href="https://learnobit.com">LearnObit</a>. </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">First of all, I need to decide if the target contents I care about are worth LOizing. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">(LOize is a term I coined. It means organizing something into LO so it can be managed as knowledge rather than information.)</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">In many cases the target content is not worth LOizing. An example of this might be when that content is needed only in a short period of time, or when it could be found and used on demand. </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">If you determine that the target content is worth converting from information to knowledge, LOize it. </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">In this first example, assume that the resource is digital. In my case, I first read the resource and highlighted some part to LOize. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">For light topics, you can highlight from the beginning to the end of the resource, then go back and start to LOize. If it's a heavy topic, you'll need to highlight the shorter sections and then LOize them by section. </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Highlighting tools include Liner and Weava for the web, and Kami for PDFs. </span></div>
<div><font style="font-size: 11pt;"><br/></font></div><ul><li><div><a href="https://getliner.com/" style="font-size: 11pt;">https://getliner.com/</a></div></li><li><div><a href="https://www.weavatools.com/" style="font-size: 11pt;">https://www.weavatools.com/</a></div></li><li><div><a href="https://www.kamiapp.com/" style="font-size: 11pt;">https://www.kamiapp.com/</a></div></li></ul><div><font style="font-size: 11pt;"><br/></font></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">These highlighting tools are incredibly useful, even if you decide not to use LO after all. If you haven't used them before, please try them. I use all three highlighting tools, each of which is slightly different, so they are worth mixing. For example, I think Liner fits lighter topics better and Weava fits heavy topics better. </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">When highlighting is finished, go back to the beginning where you started highlighting and look back and proceed LOizing. At this stage, I use the window manager tool. You can use shortcut keys to specify the size and position of each window at once. This tool isn't just for convenience. The point of this tool is to allow you to combine different apps. So, in this case, the combined apps are LO and the learning resource. Personally, I use Winsplit revolution. Other major window manager tools can be found using the links below. </span></div>
<div><font style="font-size: 11pt;"><br/></font></div><ul><li><div><a href="https://www.slant.co/topics/1249/~best-window-managers-for-windows" style="font-size: 11pt;">https://www.slant.co/topics/1249/~best-window-managers-for-windows</a></div></li><li><div><a href="https://www.slant.co/topics/526/~best-window-manager-for-mac" style="font-size: 11pt;">https://www.slant.co/topics/526/~best-window-manager-for-mac</a></div></li></ul><div><font style="font-size: 11pt;"><br/></font></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Anyway, the point is to split the two windows and use them alternately. </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Alternate the two windows using alt + tab. At this point, you can easily go directly to the last node you were working with using alt + enter on LO. </span></div>
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<div>Another tool to use with this is the screen-capture tool. You can easily take a screenshot of a learning resource, upload it directly to LO, and organize it. I use Monosnap and this is good enough. Other screen capture tools can be found using the following link.</div>
<div><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br/></span></div><ul><li><div><a href="https://www.mikegingerich.com/blog/7-screenshot-tools-make-life-easier/">https://www.mikegingerich.com/blog/7-screenshot-tools-make-life-easier/</a></div></li><li><div><a href="https://doakio.com/blog/79-screenshot-software-tools-compared/">https://doakio.com/blog/79-screenshot-software-tools-compared/</a></div></li></ul><div><font style="font-size: 11pt;"><br/></font></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">When the resource is a physical textbook, not digital, the basics are the same. After highlighting the appropriate section, return to LOize. </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The bookstand is a must for doing this, I think. I Also prepare papers and a mechanical pencil so that I can learn while writing things in my head. (LO's Chatmemo feature mimics this). That's it.</span></div></div><div><br/></div>
What is SnT condition (and why it's the best condition)https://learnobit.postach.io/post/what-is-snt-condition-and-why-it-s-the-best-condition2020-01-17T15:57:30.876000Z2020-01-17T15:46:40ZSungho Yahng<div><div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Before presenting the researchers’ findings, it can already be noted that the students’ expectations of the retained material bore no correlation to the actual results, showing that the students did not experience anything in the way of a mnemonic learning effect due to repeated practice.</span></div></div>
<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;-en-paragraph:true;">The task given by the researchers (Karpicke et al) was to remember foreign language vocabulary (i.e.</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 107%;-en-paragraph:true;">mashua</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">– boat) using different methods. To properly examine specific success rates, students were divided into four groups. In the first group, students had to study and test themselves on already learned words, as well as ones they hadn’t yet memorized. This condition was referred to as</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 107%;">ST condition (study and test)</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">. The second group didn’t study words upon initial memorization but still included those words in their practice tests, referred to as the</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 107%;">SnT condition (exclude memorized items from study, but not from testing)</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">. This paradigm was flipped in the third group; now words committed to memory were cut from tests, however, they remained a part of study sessions (</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 107%;">STn condition</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">). The fourth and last group cut already learned words from practice altogether (</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 107%;">SnTn condition</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">).</span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">After memorizing all word pairs, the students were excused and asked to return for a test a week later. This final test showed a clear divide between the groups:</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 107%;">Those with the ST condition (study and test already learned items) and SnT condition (repeated testing of all items, study only not previously known items) performed strongly</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">. Students in these groups were able to recall an average of 80% of the words provided. Compare that to the dismal outcomes of the STn condition (repeated study for all items, test only new items) and SnTn condition (cut practice for all learned items). Students in these groups were only able to recall 33% and 36% of all items, respectively.</span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;-en-paragraph:true;">Again, students of all groups projected a recall rate of about 50%, indicating that learners are not aware of actual impacts of different strategies.</span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The perhaps baffling outcome of this study is that repeated testing – and not studying – provides a great advantage in learning and especially memorizing knowledge, seeing as both groups that employed repeated testing greatly outperformed their counterparts. Between these two methods,</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 107%;">the preferable approach is to go the route of the SnT condition (repeated testing of all items, study only the unknown ones) – simply because it significantly saves time, as the repeated studying is cut</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">.</span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;-en-paragraph:true;">This discovery might seem counterintuitive, as many people, when asked, will choose repeated studying over testing. This is because testing is widely viewed merely as a neutral event, only giving insight as to what has already been memorized and what areas need further work. However, this assumption is wrong. A possible reason might be that this is what is commonly taught in schools and universities, and since predictions of success are way off regardless, students simply choose to believe this conventional wisdom.</span></div>
<div><font style="font-size: 12pt;">Reference:</font></div>
<div><a href="http://learninglab.psych.purdue.edu/downloads/2008_Karpicke_Roediger_Science.pdf"><font style="font-size: 12pt;">http://learninglab.psych.purdue.edu/downloads/2008_Karpicke_Roediger_Science.pdf</font></a></div>
So what’s the best learning method, by scientific research result?https://learnobit.postach.io/post/be-it-in-school-college-or-anywhere-in-between-studying-is-always-and-importa2020-01-17T15:57:29.422000Z2020-01-02T13:22:18ZSungho Yahng<div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">tl;dr</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">: Of the learning strategies that deserve consideration, the two most effective choices were practice testing and distributed practice(or spaced repetition).</span></div><hr/><div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;-en-paragraph:true;">While many different approaches are utilized, there are really only few that are effective. The following is not compiled of truisms your grandmother might throw at you; instead it is based on the scientific results found by Dunlosky et al (2013)</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;-en-paragraph:true;">,</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">which reviewed nearly 400 studies from the 60s to the present.</span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="-en-paragraph:true;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">First, let us take a look at</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">elaborative interrogating</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">. This method is essentially the academic application of a child continuously "Why?" When employing elaborative interrogating, learners aim to come up with explanations for facts, rather than simply memorizing them. The positive outcome of this lies supposedly in the more effective integration of new knowledge, provided through the process of asking for causality.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="-en-paragraph:true;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In the above-mentioned study, this technique scored a moderate success rate. While applicable to a wide range of topics, it remains questionable to what extent the effects of elaborative interrogating can be measured concerning lengthier subject matters. Moreover, the research partly suggests that the positive results reached by using this technique may be limited to students with a low knowledge domain.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="-en-paragraph:true;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A similar technique, that is likewise known to be employed by many students is</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">self-explanation</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">. This method requires one to explain one’s procedure when problem-solving. For example, students solving mathematical equations would be asked why they are doing what they are doing at every step. Like elaborative interrogating, supporters of self-explanation argue that the acquisition of new knowledge is enhanced when mixing it with previously known information.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="-en-paragraph:true;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">After testing, self-explanation was graded moderately successful for many of the reasons illustrated above. While learning outcome proved to be highly positive, research concerning the longevity of the memorization of new information is yet inconclusive. An additional drawback of this technique is the substantial time demanded – especially when faced with the somewhat shaky results.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="-en-paragraph:true;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Especially when faced with lengthy texts and many ideas to comprehend, students will often rely on</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">summarization</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">in order to grasp the new information. This – as far as the submitted science is concerned – consists of reading the text and then writing a summary, listing all the important facts and thoughts comprised within the text.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="-en-paragraph:true;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The results for summarization might seem counterintuitive. Surely, almost anyone has been told to employ this method at one point or another. However, researchers ranked its utility as low. Although summarization can be useful for those already well-versed in applying this technique, most people are not very proficient at it and require extensive training. Moreover, it is yet unclear how much success is impacted by factors such as length of text. And finally, while there are studies examining summarization training in the classroom, no substantial studies have looked at the actual success-rate students can expect from utilizing this approach.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="-en-paragraph:true;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Perhaps the most common of all learning strategies is</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">underlining</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">or</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">highlighting</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">(both will be treated as equivalent). This entails students marking new texts when reading them in order to grasp new information immediately. The great appeal of this strategy lies in its simplicity and minimal time requirements.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="-en-paragraph:true;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Contrary to popular belief, marking texts in some fashion proved highly inefficient. Not only does it do almost nothing to boost performance, it can even hinder progress with complicated texts that require concentration and inference on the part of the learner. Since this technique is usually employed with previously unknown topics, students will not know what to highlight and end up stifling their own progress by, in essence, marking random and unimportant passages.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="-en-paragraph:true;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Going back in history, no technique has stood the test of time like mental imagery. Initially rising to prominence in ancient Greece, it is still popular to this day. Since mental imagery is an enormous field in its own right, we will focus on two variations: creating keyword mnemonics when learning a foreign language and mental imagery to help understand difficult texts.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="-en-paragraph:true;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Keyword mnemonic</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">proved virtually useless, as it is only useful for mnemonic-friendly vocabulary. Students who utilized this method faired no better than a control group simply committing the vocabulary to memory. The story is slightly different for</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">mental imagery</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">. However, although there has been some promising work done on the matter, which indicates possible advantages, it seems that mental imagery is likewise bound to topics that can easily be converted into images. Is should be noted that mental imagery has not yet been sufficiently studied as a method of memorization and could very well turn out to yield positive results. For now, however, both techniques rank as low utility.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="-en-paragraph:true;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Another highly popular method for learning is</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">rereading</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">either chapters or entire textbooks. This approach is popular with students of all academic levels. When asked, 55% of students at an elite university (average SAT score above 1400) reported regularly rereading material in order to put it to memory.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="-en-paragraph:true;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Although rereading appears to offer some utility, the generality of this has not been well established. Furthermore, while rereading is relatively economic in terms of time spent, it is also highly ineffective when compared to other learning methods. For this reason, rereading was ranked as having low utility.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="-en-paragraph:true;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A far less popular (sounding) technique for learning is</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">practice testing</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">. Most students will associate the term with high-pressure situations in classrooms. However, this is not what researchers evaluated. Practice testing - in the sense of this study - is any kind of practice that students can engage with on their own. This entails flashcards, tests at the end of textbook-chapters or any other method of the sort.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="-en-paragraph:true;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Perhaps surprisingly, practice testing was ranked as having high utility. During the research conducted, it was found as having a wide range of applications; suited for learner of all ages and virtually any topic. It also ranked high in terms of recallability when students are asked to reproduce the acquired knowledge later on. As such, practice testing is one of the most promising techniques for learning.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="-en-paragraph:true;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Often, students will encounter new information multiple times, perhaps first in the classroom and later in their textbook. Therefore, scientists have looked into the effects of</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">distributed practice (or Spaced Repetition)</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">on learning. This means stretching the learning process over a longer timeframe, with the amount of time invested being equivalent to those studying once or twice in longer sessions.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="-en-paragraph:true;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The results were astoundingly in favor of this method. It proved to be effective for learners of all ages and applicable to any sort of learning material. While there are no conclusive studies demonstrating the effectiveness of this technique on very complicated topics, the already conducted research suggests results should not vary from those observed. Because of this, it is ranked as high utility.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="-en-paragraph:true;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Virtually all academic topics can be further divided into numerous subtopics. This in turn poses the question of how to study. While the traditional approach has been to blocking subtopics – that is, to study one topic with all its problems and questions one day and proceed to the next topic on day two – a contrary method has recently risen to prominence.</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Interleaved practice</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">asks students to constantly switch between subtopics.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="-en-paragraph:true;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The paper found interleaved practice to have moderate utility. While it does seem to have a relatively dramatic effect on mathematical skills, no research has been done on other topics. Additionally, although the sample size of literature on this specific technique is small, it contains a worrying amount of null effects. Whether this can be contributed to its ineffectiveness as a whole, or if we simply do not understand interleaved practice well enough yet, remains to be seen.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="-en-paragraph:true;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The paper shows that many of the conventional learning methods (such as highlighting and summarizing) are widely ineffective, while others, that remain mostly overlooked (especially distributed practice and practice-testing) proved to have high utility. Although the results might seem counterintuitive, they are supported by hard facts and should therefore be taken seriously.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"/><div><span style="-en-paragraph:true;"><font style="font-size: 12pt;">Reference:</font></span></div>
<div><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26173288"><font style="font-size: 12pt;">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26173288</font></a></div>
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What is the difference between it and Anki?https://learnobit.postach.io/post/what-is-the-difference-between-it-and-anki2020-01-17T15:52:55.828000Z2020-01-02T12:25:24ZSungho Yahng<div><div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><img src="https://cdn-images.postach.io/3a21dc93-70a7-4c83-8782-9223c4f63cec/aa94d6b5-4adc-4cbe-be9c-9013644f18ba/9acea892-fc44-460f-b8eb-00be6892a00e.png" /></div>
<div style="margin: 4.75mm 0mm; text-indent: 0mm; text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: 0mm; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">Seeing as LearnObit uses Spaced Repetition (SR), there is a question that often arises: What separates it from conventional SR Software (SRS), such as Anki?</span></div>
<div style="margin: 4.75mm 0mm; text-indent: 0mm; text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: 0mm; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">Let’s start with what binds them first. LearnObit – and likewise all SRS, including Anki – are tools that aim to improve the memorization process. The goal is to remember information over an extended period of time and doing so with minimal effort.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 4.75mm 0mm; text-indent: 0mm; text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: 0mm; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">The single most important contribution SRS makes to learning is that memorization is no longer a haphazard process, in which previously internalized knowledge gets lost simply by chance. Recognizing this is not merely a means to study more conveniently, it is now a choice.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 4.75mm 0mm; text-indent: 0mm; text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: 0mm; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">However, while Anki (representative of traditional SRS) is very efficient at supporting the learning of pair items, it lacks a system that offers contextual understanding. This means that Anki will help you with remembering the answer to one question, it won’t tell you how what role that particular piece of information plays in the grand scheme of things.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 4.75mm 0mm; text-indent: 0mm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0mm;">This is where LearnObit comes in. It employs a mixture of the usual Spaced Repetition algorithm and combines it with a dynamic chunking algorithm, so as to disassemble and reassemble the data of any given topic, thereby facilitating the memorization of the subject as a whole.</span> <span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">This simple solution addresses major problems that still persist with SR to this day</span><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0mm;">.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 4.75mm 0mm; text-indent: 0mm; text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: 0mm; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">So, to recap: Anki is designed to help memorize pair items (one question, one answer), while LearnObit aims to memorize entire subjects – this is the key difference, which defines LearnObit not merely as an add-on for conventional SRS, but a new software entirely.</span></div><ol style="margin-top: 0mm; margin-bottom: 0mm; margin-left: 0mm; padding-left: 0pt;"><li style="margin-left: 33pt; margin-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;"><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">Software like Anki usually make use of flashcards. While this approach is useful, if you are aiming to associate to facts with each other (i.e. a country and its capital), it fails to help in the understanding of an entire subject. This is because they consist of hierarchies and relationships between information. Facts in a vacuum are rarely of any use, as they don’t tell us anything about the organizational scheme.</span></div></li></ol><div style="margin: 4.75mm 0mm 4.75mm 12mm; text-indent: 0mm; text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: 0mm; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">To counteract this, LearnObit utilizes a wide range of structures and diagrams to map out any given topic in as much detail as needed to provide effective structural learning. This ensures one does not simply become a facts-machine; on the contrary, it ensures a grasp of the subject matter in its entirety.</span></div><ol start="2" style="margin-top: 0mm; margin-bottom: 0mm; margin-left: 0mm; padding-left: 0pt;"><li style="margin-left: 33pt; margin-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;"><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">Moreover, the volume contained in one chunk should depend on the knowledge of the specific person. There is absolutely no point in over- or underwhelming the learner with information. However, flashcards run into exactly this problem: They are static, one can’t change the amount of data contained in one. So, either one will cram high quantities of information into one card, or one will be forced to create a near infinite number of flashcards.</span></div></li></ol><div style="margin: 4.75mm 0mm 4.75mm 12mm; text-indent: 0mm; text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: 0mm; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">LearnObit does not use flashcards at all. It calculates the level of knowledge that the learning person possesses and accumulates data for one bundle based on its results. Whenever the chunk is studied, the app will connect the chunk with other similar information, so as to constantly help with remembering the organizational system.</span></div><ol start="3" style="margin-top: 0mm; margin-bottom: 0mm; margin-left: 0mm; padding-left: 0pt;"><li style="margin-left: 33pt; margin-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;"><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">Dwelling on the topic of flashcards for a moment, another problem arises when inspecting their method of operation. They promise to help with memorizing the difficult parts and not wasting time with easy facts. In actuality, however, users end up spending most of their time on actually creating the flashcards in the first place. LearnObit circumvents this by making the process of data input the first act on the road of understanding, rather than a laborious activity that is of no use at all.</span></div></li></ol><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br/></span></div><ol start="4" style="margin-top: 0mm; margin-bottom: 0mm; margin-left: 0mm; padding-left: 0pt;"><li style="margin-left: 33pt; margin-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;"><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">Programs like Anki further lack in importing subtle contents, or tacit knowledge, such as tiny tips, know-hows, and understandings. Because tacit knowledge is not easily communicated through the question-answer paradigm, learning it by only employing flashcards is nearly impossible. This is because whenever users enter anything of substance into Anki, they are forced to add context concerning that piece of information. In contrast, LearnObit automatically contextualizes your input, enabling the use of personal context.</span></div></li></ol><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br/></span></div><ol start="5" style="margin-top: 0mm; margin-bottom: 0mm; margin-left: 0mm; padding-left: 0pt;"><li style="margin-left: 33pt; margin-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;"><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">Furthermore, flashcards can become difficult to manage when the context provided is not sufficient for the software to know where to "store" it. This creates unnecessary disorganization. LearnObit, on the other hand, allows one to digitize one’s knowledge and let the software automatically structure the data inserted, thereby allowing the explicit deletion or regaining of information.</span></div></li></ol><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br/></span></div><ol start="6" style="margin-top: 0mm; margin-bottom: 0mm; margin-left: 0mm; padding-left: 0pt;"><li style="margin-left: 33pt; margin-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;"><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">Everybody gets distracted from time to time. If one finds oneself too busy for reviewing Anki’s flashcards, they will quickly aggregate and eventually become nearly unmanageable. The issue of unconnected flashcards acts as a catalyst, making it all the harder to stay in charge of the data previously inserted into the app. At some point, this condition will inevitably lead to frustration and might even cause some users to quit entirely.</span></div></li></ol><div style="margin: 4.75mm 0mm 4.75mm 12mm; text-indent: 0mm; text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: 0mm; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">Contrast this with the tree structure employed by LearnObit. By allowing users to select users what they want to study – based on the time they have at their disposal – content is kept manageable. Moreover, this approach keeps it fairly easy to catch up with information that has not been reviewed in a while. What this means is that if one chooses to neglect retention provided by using LearnObit for an extended amount of time, one can easily get back into the process and regain that expertise – even if a year has passed. Users can get their memory back in shape at any given period of their life.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 4.75mm 0mm; text-indent: 0mm; text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: 0mm; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">The unique combination of Spaced Repetition and the use of structures and diagrams is what sets LearnObit apart from all SRS that came before it. The ability to memorize subjects not only by their facts, but also understanding hierarchies and context is what has been missing so far and in turn stalling the widespread adoption of SR as a learning method.</span></div></div><div><br/></div>
What is Spaced Repetitionhttps://learnobit.postach.io/post/how-to-hack-your-memory-using-spaced-repetitionno-matter-the-profession-or-field-of-study-in-todays-world-memorizing-a-pleth2020-01-02T16:36:55.745000Z2020-01-01T06:10:24ZSungho Yahng<div><div style="margin: 0mm 0mm 2.81mm; text-indent: 0mm;"><font style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); font-weight: bold;">tl;dr</span>: </span><span style="min-height: 13pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">The SR algorithm is to calculate when it's time someone should relearn something, so he or she can keep it as knowledge with the least effort and the least amount of time. Exploiting it by individuals is made possible with the advent of software.</span></font></div><hr/><div style="margin: 0mm 0mm 2.81mm; text-indent: 0mm;"><span style="text-indent: 0mm;"><font style="font-size: 12pt;"><br/></font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0mm 0mm 2.81mm; text-indent: 0mm;"><span style="text-indent: 0mm; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); line-height: 108%;"><font style="font-size: 12pt;">No matter the profession or field of study – in today’s world memorizing a plethora of information has become virtually mandatory. This goes especially for studying a particular data-driven field, such as medicine or law – anything that requires lots of knowledge, really.</font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0mm 0mm 2.81mm; text-indent: 0mm;"><span style="text-indent: 0mm; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); line-height: 108%;"><font style="font-size: 12pt;">Accumulating an abundance of data in order to complete any given task has long been one of the most frustrating challenges academia presents us with. For example, medical students are expected to know each and every bone and muscle in the body by name. When attempting to learn a new language, the amount of vocabulary that needs to be memorized is insurmountable. I could go on, but I’m sure at this point you’ve understood the concept, so feel free to insert any case study you find most relatable. And even if the necessary knowledge has been internalized, at some point you are bound to forget it – and the cycle begins anew.</font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0mm 0mm 2.81mm; text-indent: 0mm;"><span style="text-indent: 0mm; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); line-height: 108%;"><font style="font-size: 12pt;">This is not news for psychologists: It has long been known that the ineptitude of many to achieve greatness in particular fields is not grounded in too complicated topics or IQs that simply do not score high enough. Learning is the easy part, remembering is where it gets tricky. That’s because our brains are built to function best when fed with information constantly over a longer period of time. When we learn something new, the information has (assuming it even makes it to long-term memory) a certain half-life; meaning an amount of time after which it is forgotten.</font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0mm 0mm 2.81mm; text-indent: 0mm;"><span style="text-indent: 0mm; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); line-height: 108%;"><font style="font-size: 12pt;">And this is where Spaced Repetition comes in.</font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0mm 0mm 2.81mm; text-indent: 0mm;"><span style="text-indent: 0mm; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); line-height: 108%;"><font style="font-size: 12pt;">Basically, what SR means is this: constantly reviewing simple bits of information over a long period of time. The repetition is stretched out over days and weeks and through this process the data is slowly burned into our memory. Cognitive psychologists are very aware of this effect and have been telling us about this since at least the 50s. Seeing as Spaced Repetition is yet to be put to use on a broad scale, it just might be the most snubbed memory-hack in the history of learning.</font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0mm 0mm 2.81mm; text-indent: 0mm;"><span style="text-indent: 0mm; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); line-height: 108%;"><font style="font-size: 12pt;">If you’ve never heard of Spaced Repetition before, you might take this for some voodoo nonsense - something along the lines of potency vitamins even. However, this couldn’t be further from the truth. The spacing effect has been known since the 1800s and has been explained in numerous scientific papers over the years (look no further than Philips et al, 2013). With all this iron-clad research being done and delivering conclusive evidence in favor of employing this method, the question arises: Why exactly aren’t people the world over using it?</font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0mm 0mm 2.81mm; text-indent: 0mm;"><span style="text-indent: 0mm; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); line-height: 108%;"><font style="font-size: 12pt;">Spaced Repetition exploits the above-mentioned function of the brain to store memories better if they’re reviewed over longer stretches of time. For example, if there is a particular piece of information you need to remember the solution in accordance with Spaced Repetition is to learn it one day, then review it again two days after that and then again two days after that. That way, the information is committed to long-term memory and will always be at your disposal, should you need it. The reason for this is also mentioned in the scientific findings. Think again of the radioactive half-life analogy; right after the bomb strikes, radioactivity will be at its highest. It will then continuously decrease by fifty percent. So, if you are an evil genius of sorts and want to make sure a certain area is radioactive for the longest possible timespan, you would need to nuke the place again once the level of radioactivity has significantly decreased and is about to be unnoticeable. That will get you furthest while keeping radioactivity levels high as opposed to dropping all your nukes tail-to-tail or even all at once. Now, away from nuclear bombing and back to memorizing. The same principle applies here: if you want to remember something for a very long time, you need to feed your brain the information again at a point when it has almost forgotten the data in question. However, determining the exact moment when another learning session is required to hang onto the knowledge in question eludes the human brain. This is where the SR algorithm comes in, allowing to remember data for as long as possible with the least amount of effort.</font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0mm 0mm 2.81mm; text-indent: 0mm;"><span style="text-indent: 0mm; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); line-height: 108%;"><font style="font-size: 12pt;">Another point of interest will presumably be the actual workload required. How much learning will have to be done on a daily basis to ensure the positive effects of Spaced Repetition? As you might have guessed at this point, this has also been studied. Experiments with test groups showed that rehearsing about 90 – 100 pieces of information formulated as questions (which amounts to about 20 minutes of practice per day) were sufficient to create a significant spike in performance over time. With two about equally capable test subjects, the one using Spaced Repetition was able to outperform the other (not subscribing to any specific form of studying) by a whopping fifty percent.</font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0mm 0mm 2.81mm; text-indent: 0mm;"><span style="text-indent: 0mm; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); line-height: 108%;"><font style="font-size: 12pt;">If you are in a place in your life where you find yourself studying often but getting nowhere academically, advancing only your levels of stress and frustration, Spaced Repetition is for you. If you want to improve yourself by vastly increasing your knowledge – the SR-algorithm will greatly advance your ambitions. So, you can hack your brain and take your memory to the next level using the Spaced Repetition algorithm.</font></span></div>
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<div><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"><font style="font-size: 12pt;">References:</font></span></div>
<div><a href="https://www.gwern.net/Spaced-repetition"><font style="font-size: 12pt;">https://www.gwern.net/Spaced-repetition</font></a></div>
<div><a href="https://qz.com/1200506/the-latest-brain-hack-to-get-ahead-in-silicon-valley-flashcards/"><font style="font-size: 12pt;">https://qz.com/1200506/the-latest-brain-hack-to-get-ahead-in-silicon-valley-flashcards/</font></a></div>
<div style="margin: 0mm 0mm 2.81mm; text-indent: 0mm;"><a href="https://www.wired.com/2008/04/ff-wozniak/?currentPage=all"><font style="font-size: 12pt;">https://www.wired.com/2008/04/ff-wozniak/?currentPage=all</font></a></div>
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