Category Archives: Learning

又要個人化教育?Teaching Machines 讀書心得

最近讀了 Teaching Machines: The History of Personalized Learning 一書 (MIT Press, Amazon),作者是 Audrey Watters,一位在教育科技的論述中常有與眾不同論述的學者/作家。我這幾年三不五時會讀到她的著作,它們十分適合在感受到「科技將會翻轉教育!」的一頭熱時,澆下一勺冷水來回復理性。

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Thoughts on Writing Good SRS Prompts, Part 2: Using SRS Beyond Memorization

This is the second part of my thoughts on writing good SRS prompts after reading this guide by Andy Matuschak. In part 1, I mused on what it means for a prompt to be good. One aspect of judging whether a prompt is good has to do with what we intend to learn with the prompt. That is, how good is the learning goal underlying the learning tasks defined by the prompt? But given the diversity of goals that we might have, how do we know if the spaced repetition system is the right approach to achieve them?

To be more specific, SRS is tailor-made for memorization-type learning goals. But ideally, we want to learn things way beyond remembering facts, and it would be very exciting if SRS can be an effective tool for those as well. So this time, I want to focus on the very idea of using SRS beyond memorization. Do we have any reason to believe this is a good idea? What could go wrong? While I want to express certain concerns, I’ll also make some conjectures on how we might address those concerns.

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從教育看開發者研討會:iPlayground 與會心得(下)

一眨眼,不但心得分享的上半已經是幾個月前的事,連第二屆的 iPlayground 都快要開始了。第一屆的心得再不寫完,別人都要寫第二屆心得了。

事實上,原本要留到後半寫的內容中,有些動筆時才覺得邏輯過於粗糙,所以草稿被我棄置了。只是既然有了「上」,甚至還預告了內容,那不硬擠個「下」出來也太說不過去。所以我想還是來把手邊的舊心得筆記稍做整理,從簡隨意。文句不順之處也請見諒。

大致上主題還是在議程和 secret party 兩者,不過我想既然第二屆即將到來,與其講去年的心得,不如多分享一些個人建議。

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學習不是直覺的


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上個月 The Chronicle of Higher Education 週報上有篇文章,題為 Sneaky Learning。大意是說有位心理學系的 Anne M. Cleary 教授在 Colorado State University 開了一門課,叫做 “The Science of Learning”。這堂課讓學生們接觸到學習技巧相關的學術研究,並鼓勵他們把一些好的學習原則拿來應用在自己身上。

文中還提到他們在科技上有趣的嘗試。不過讓我最難以忘懷的,是這一句:

The primary message, says Cleary, is don’t trust your gut. Learning is not intuitive. Research shows a disconnect between what people think are the best ways to learn and the habits that actually lead to true understanding and retention.

(Cleary 說,最主要的信息,就是不要相信你本能的感覺。學習不是直覺的。研究顯示人們以為最好的學習方式、和實際上導向真正理解和記憶的學習習慣,兩者間有落差。)

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