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Spaced Retrieval, Retrieval Practice, and Knowledge Guru: What Research Tells Us

Knowledge Guru

One study combining Spaced Retrieval and Retrieval Practice indicated retention benefits of between 35-60% for students in the subject matter of Anatomy and Physiology over the control group. [6]. In the study by Harvard researchers, participants were asked to learn from a 21-minute video lecture on statistics. And Cull W.

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The survival of higher education (1): Changing roles

Learning with e's

A few years ago I wrote a reflective essay to address that very question, based on two invited keynote speeches I gave in Norway and the Czech Republic, in May 2000. Such change and disruption has been in the background of my thinking about learning technology for the past decade.

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A tale of two keynotes

Learning with e's

Such change and disruption has been in the background of my thinking about learning technology for the past decade. In May 2000, I was invited to present two keynote speeches about the role technology would play in the future of higher education.

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Keynote Resources from #LUC2017

Kapp Notes

Cramming: Cramming is actually not a good learning technique. Instead, you want to spread out the learning. There are two powerful mechanisms that are better than cramming for helping facilitate learning : spaced retrieval and retrieval practice. 14: 215–235, 2000. How to Increase Learner Engagement by Karl Kapp.

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