I would be interested to hear views on how to use Mnemosyne 2.x for learning
map symbols and control descriptions as used in orienteering competitions.
Examples of what I mean can be found in this pdf document:
http://orienteering.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IOF-Control-Descriptions-
2004.pdf
My first question relates to the Map plugin. I don't really understand how
it's supposed to work. Can anyone clarify? I assumed it would operate a bit
like a graphical version of cloze-deletion but the production of sister
cards has confused me. In my brief test, the blank map and filled map seemed
the wrong way round.
When I've used graphics before (e.g. for learning the botanic parts of
plants) I've used the gimp 'smudge' tool to smudge out the area of the image
I wished to test myself on (hence my analogy with a text-style
cloze-deletion), then as the answer either:
1. Provide the simple text answer; e.g. "Stigma" ... or
2. Provide the image again, but with the area of interest unsmudged.
I'm curious if either method is considered 'better', and of-course, I'm not
sure how Mnemosyne will handle all those image files under the hood. For
instance, if I use the same, unsmudged, image as the answer for multiple
questions, will the image be duplicated, or will Mnemosyne just store one
copy.
At the moment my thinking is to use this method of the orienteering symbols.
I intend to take a screen shot of certain bite-sized sections of the
symbols, corresponding to the natural sections of the document, then
selectively smudge out the descriptions (answers) to each control symbol. At
the moment I can't decide whether to use a simple text answer, or to use an
unsmudged version of the image. Using the latter is actually easier in terms
of speed of adding new cards.
Rather than re-invent the wheel, I'd be interested to know if anyone does
something similar, and what the science suggests is the most efficient
learning method.
Dougie
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