On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 2:02 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > It will be very interesting to think about how Mnemosyne use might be > encouraged among learners, as opposed to simply being a tool for those who > already are inclined to use it.
One strategy I find interesting is to give up on the customized per-user timing, and instead use a generic expanding schedule, putting the questions into something like a weekly quiz. The students don't have to do anything they wouldn't be doing anyway, so compliance is automatically 100%... > In just a few weeks, I'm launching a 6-month study examining how Mnemosyne is > used, how the algorithm performs, and what its effects are on knowledge > mastery with a reasonably large sample of US medical students. > We're throwing everything at them to encourage usage, these students have a > high-stakes licensure exam to study for, and they're all highly motivated > learners in the first place - so I'm hopeful that many of them will use it > avidly. However, I'm sure some won't! Sounds like an interesting study, although maybe a bit redundant with all the studies of medical students & doctors already done by Kerfoot and others. -- gwern http://www.gwern.net/Spaced%20repetition -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/CAMwO0gycKkFNGTf-uwpvj7BRfwCnM99aF3OxCCgG09q19Ok95g%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
