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Bringing SRS to University Students - resolve - 2010-03-17
Sharing is a one way process, so posting on a public forum doesn't pose a risk of you getting a deck filled up with junk
As for group accounts, if the decks are over 10MB that makes sense, but for under 10MB the students probably won't need to pay anything - only the sharer will
Bringing SRS to University Students - TaylorSan - 2010-03-18
Thanks guys, it's a tremendous help.
So if I share a deck in anki online, and I have each student create an anki online account, will they be able to use the synced deck offline?
Bringing SRS to University Students - resolve - 2010-03-18
Yes
Bringing SRS to University Students - Sebastian - 2010-04-15
How is it going?
I hope everything is working out well.
Bringing SRS to University Students - TaylorSan - 2010-04-16
Appreciate the interest and kind words! I have been meaning to update.....
Things are going pretty well, but I haven't been able to put as much time in as I would like to the project, so things are moving slower then I would like (my fault).
We are playing around with how to use anki with the class. I created a google spreadsheet, and individual class members were assigned page #'s from our textbook to make cards entries there. This week I will make a deck with it and get them going on using it (even though the semester is almost over...). I was able to get the online deck thing to work in a little test with my teacher -> but then I tried it again and it did not work! I don't know what I did wrong, so I need to try again, look at each step, and have it all figured out before I take that piece of things further. Hopefully I will get it resolved (get it!.... ok bad joke....) soon so I can be confident in presenting that part.
I also have gotten people in the library department interested. They will make it possible for me to do some kind of open workshops in the computer center in the future, and were really excited by the possibilities.
And it looks like the pilot project for this summer is a go! This will be working with a nursing school in the area. It seems people over there are also very interested. I am putting the last touches on a step by step instructional document to give to faculty, so they can check out anki for themselves. I'm not sure what all will happen with this part, but I should be interesting.
So the project will be extended through the summer, and they want me to also do it in the fall. My hope is to get this rolling and get faculty on board between now and then, so that we can have several different departments using/testing it at the start of fall semester. Unfortunately it took several weeks of red-tape for me to start the project this term, and by the time I got going on it we were too deep into the curriculum to really implement it fully, or realistically present it to other professors. It seems that teachers have had to deal with all kinds of crappy learning tools over the years, and for many, being told about a new one may be met with skepticism. While I fully expected resistance from some, I was not aware of the impact this has had. I was also informed that at this time of year it is really the worst time to talk to faculty about this kind of thing (this was 4-5 weeks ago). But by Fall I hope to have most/all of the bugs worked out and a solid program/strategy laid out, and have better timing for the teachers. The real fun will be seeing what happens with this pilot program over the summer, and getting feedback. Hopefully this will provide testimony and data to support the mission.
I also may be creating a full curriculum-deck for my psych teacher for her fall classes. One thought I have is that if there is a pre-made deck that follows the course curriculum then it can be assigned to the class week by week, chapter by chapter. I would be interesting to do the same course (say psych 101) with 2 classes taking the same test. One gets anki, the other is just studying as usual. And of course have a surprise re-test (that doesn't count against their grade) three or four weeks later to see how students retain it (maybe not fair for the students without SRS -but this is science!).
So yeah - still feeling my way through this, but so far so good - just slow (I need to bust my own ass here!). But I suppose that is just fine by me, as I have the space to figure it all out in stages, and do things right. I kind of feel like some kind of SRS ambassador (LOL), and it is important to me that I do things right, and optimize the opportunity's for this to be as successful as possible.
Personally it's a trip for me. I have never had to use my mind so damn much! This project does require me to apply brain power - which is fine - but also doing school and studying Japanese as much as possible has put me into a different kind of life then I'm used to, and I get a bit of the mental exhaustion LOL. Not a complaint -> this is awesome! But a new challenge for sure.
I will keep posting as it goes, and as always any suggestions, comments, and thoughts are greatly appreciated.
Bringing SRS to University Students - Blahah - 2010-04-16
TaylorSan just to back up your ideas with some anecdotal evidence, I have been using Anki to SRS my entire course for the last 8 months. I've also introduced many other people to it, and last year we created shared decks for many of our core subjects. I know that some friends at another university studying mathematics successfully employed Anki to significantly raise the average exam scores of their group by SRSing core proofs, theorems etc.
In biology modules I SRS definitions, pathways and short answer exam-style questions. Definitions are straightforward and work like vocabulary in a foreign language. For cards involving pathways I use cloze deletion, making a card for each step in the pathway (I can explain this further if it's relevant to you). Exam style questions should follow the guidelines given in the Anki documentation - keep them short, and with one core fact recalled for each question.
I found that by using this system to study my entire course I developed a vast factual knowledge. What you need to watch out for is lacking the interconnected thinking required for essay questions. If you are going to use SRS for facts which are connected, you need to craft some careful questions to supplement the SRS requiring longer written answers and testing use of the factual information in context.
Finally, I've been considering convincing someone in our psych department to do some SRS experimentation. The fact that you've actually got this moving has inspired me to have another try. If I can't get the psych department on board, I'll do it via the library and run workshops.
Bringing SRS to University Students - TaylorSan - 2010-04-16
WOW -
That's awesome!
Your post is very inspiring to me. I probably have some q's for you, but it is late and I just can't think right now. I will hit you up down the way. Let me know how things develop. I think it would be great if many people took this into higher ed, and doing research, publishing it somewhere, etc. could be something that "converts" people to the cause. It's great to hear about you and you're friends having success with it applied to different subjects. It's also encouraging that you were able to get people to use it!
Bringing SRS to University Students - georgative - 2010-04-16
What you guys are doing is great!
I've been making a deck for my Chinese Art History class. Maybe I'll talk to my professor about it. I hope you guys have started a trend. Who knows maybe this will catch on, and anki flash-carding will become the norm.
Bringing SRS to University Students - TaylorSan - 2010-04-16
That's what I want to see happen for sure. I have always been greatly dissatisfied by the waste in education, even when I was a kid. If we can break this into the system it could have a profound impact. Perhaps in the not so distant future, higher standards and progress can be made because we use more efficient learning methods.
In addition to the SRS project, I also want to look at optimal methods for encoding information as well, and maybe make that be a part of it. It would be great if a part of orientation was a to show incoming students these things. I think there is a possibility that if we show enough success and some influential people get on board, we could get administrators to support it's implementation. If we are seeing measured results then it may well be an undeniable reality - and perhaps wanting to elevate their institutions status, the higher ups will support it. However I think there may be quite a few professors who may be stuck in their ways, and not want to mess with it.
Lots of speculation at this point, but there's no harm in thinking big picture. I can say though, that my professor shares these sentiments, and so far, all the faculty/admin people I showed this to have been supportive.
Bringing SRS to University Students - ta12121 - 2010-04-16
http://study-shack.com/blog
Found this blog, he explains how he is using it for his biology and chemistry courses. I'm seriously going to be using the srs for school next year. This guy relates to me a lot, as my marks aren't high but he changed his study methods to incorporate the srs and successfully being using it to get A's in his classes.