Spaced Repetition
16 articles on Spaced Repetition.
The Wranx Mastery Ladder: Three Rungs, Not One Pass Mark
Most platforms measure whether someone can pick the right answer and call that knowing it. Wranx tracks every concept up three rungs instead: whether a learner can recall it, explain it in their own words, and apply it to a situation nobody drilled them on. Here is how each rung is earned, and why only the third one belongs in a readiness figure.
The Science Behind Spaced Repetition Training for Employees
In today’s fast-paced business landscape, organizations are constantly seeking ways to enhance their employee training programs to ensure maximum retention and application of knowledge. One method that has gained significant attention and proven effectiveness is spaced repetition training. But what exactly is spaced repetition training, and how does it work? Let’s delve into the science
Accelerating Employee Learning with Microlearning and Spaced Repetition
Today’s fast-paced environment demand employees that can keep up with the latest trends and evolving technologies. Organizations require their employees to learn and adapt to new processes quickly as it impacts their bottom lines. Ineffective employee training can result in a lack of engagement, poor productivity, reduced job satisfaction, and high employee turnover rates. Microlearning and spaced repetition are two techniques that organizations can use to improve employee training and accelerate learning. Microlearning Microlearning is a modern learner-centric approach that involves providing employees with small, bite-sized learning modules. These modules usually last between 5-10 minutes and provide a narrow focus on a specific learning objective. Microlearning has been proven to be more effective than traditional learning approaches because it leverages principles such as attention, memory, and motivation to improve learning outcomes. It is particularly useful in bite-size segments, given that it caters to the reduced attention span of modern workers. Spaced Repetition Spaced repetition is a critical concept in learning, which aids in remembering and retaining information for a more extended period. It works through the repetition of learning materials over and over again, spaced out over time. This technique helps with the recall of information, as revisiting
Boost Employee Onboarding with Microlearning
Onboarding plays a critical role in the success of any organization. It helps new employees acquire the necessary knowledge and skills, and integrate into the organizational culture quickly. However, traditional onboarding methods no longer suffice in today’s fast-paced world. With the emergence of technology, employers need to leverage digital tools to improve employee onboarding while minimizing the time and resources required. Microlearning has emerged as one of the most effective techniques in recent years. This blog post will explore how microlearning can boost employee onboarding and provide strategies for implementing it successfully. Why Microlearning Works for Onboarding Microlearning provides bite-sized content to learners. It presents information in smaller chunks, making it easier to digest and retain. Rather than overwhelming new employees with prolonged and often dull training sessions, microlearning offers more engaging and interactive options that align with today’s short attention spans. By using engaging videos, infographics, and quizzes that can be accessed anytime, anywhere, microlearning makes learning fun and interactive. Strategies for Implementing Microlearning To make the most of microlearning in onboarding, you need to develop a strategy. Here are some tips for implementing it effectively:a. Identify the critical content that new employees need to learn to
Understanding the Benefits of Spaced Repetition
Learning a new skill or subject can be challenging, especially when you’re trying to memorize a lot of information. Spaced repetition is a learning technique that can help you remember more information in less time and with less effort. This method is based on the idea that the more frequently you review information, the more likely you are to retain it. In this blog post, we’ll take a closer look at what this training method is, how it works, and how you can get started using this technique to enhance your learning ability. Understanding Spaced Repetition Spaced repetition is a technique that involves gradually increasing the time between reviews of information. When you first learn a new concept, you might review it several times in a short period to ensure it sticks in your memory. Over time, as you become more comfortable with the material, you’ll review it less frequently, with longer gaps in between reviews. By spacing out your reviews in this manner, you’re more likely to remember the information long-term. Why Spaced Repetition Works The reason spaced repetition is effective is because it leverages advances in our understanding of how memory works. Our brains remember things better when
How a blended learning and development programme caters to all
An interview with Chris Lorio, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
It’s not just Spaced Repetition with Wranx – It’s personal
It’s interesting how some people you know have the most remarkable memory. But how are they able to retain so much information and recall with ease? It is a focus of ours at Wranx to improve knowledge retention, through the innovative method of Spaced Repetition. However, we have developed it further and made Spaced Repetition on our platform personalised.
Spaced Repetition and gamification: Useful tools in health and safety training
Health and safety training is essential for all companies involved in high-hazard industries, but how effective is it? Problems can arise when trying to choose the right techniques to impart different kinds of knowledge.
Exploring Spaced Repetition Learning (L&D)
In the quest for more effective learning methodologies, spaced repetition stands out as a golden strategy not just for its remarkable efficiency but also for the wide scope of applications it offers. Although not a new concept—dating back to the pioneering research of Hermann Ebbinghaus in the late 19th century—spaced repetition is currently experiencing a renaissance thanks to advanced technology and a deeper understanding of cognitive science. In this article, we will unravel what spaced repetition learning entails and how it can be harnessed by learning and development leaders to revamp their training approaches. Introduction: The Significance of Spaced Repetition Learning Imagine being able to remember information with significantly less mental effort and time spent studying. This is the promise of spaced repetition learning, a technique that involves revisiting and repeating learned material at increasing intervals of time. The method prides itself on being grounded in neuroscience, capitalizing on the psychological spacing effect, where information retention is notably enhanced by distributing study efforts over time. For learning and development leaders, this approach can mean the difference between training that sticks and training that fades into oblivion. Understanding Spaced Repetition Learning The Mechanism and Benefits in Memory Retention Spaced repetition leverages
What is the Ebbinghaus forgetting curve?
You might think that the teaching technique known as spaced repetition, which has gained more and more traction over the past few years with language learning apps and our very own solution here at Wranx, was developed quite recently. However, it can trace its routes back over a century thanks to the work of Hermann Ebbinghaus who developed the idea of the Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve. This German psychologist, who pioneered the experimental study of memory, first identified the spacing effect phenomenon in his 1885 book Über das Gedächtnis. Untersuchungen zur experimentellen Psychologie (Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology). Along with his research into spaced repetition, Ebbinghaus also discovered the forgetting curve, a hypothesis that looked at the decline of memory retention over time. But what do you need to know about Ebbinghaus and the forgetting curve? Ebbinghaus’ memory experimentations As opposed to the popular held thought at the time, Ebbinghaus wanted to show that higher mental processes could be studied through experimentation. He wanted to use simple acoustic encoding and maintenance rehearsal to control potentially confounding variables. However, Ebbinghaus needed a list of words that could be easily memorised but which had no prior cognitive associations, as this would affect
Keep on keepin’ on – the benefits of overlearning
Learning something new takes time, enthusiasm and, above all, practice. The more practice the better and that means repetition. We perfect our skills by repeating the use of them towards a certain goal. Once we reach that goal, we’ve achieved ‘adequate learning’ and when we’ve perfected that skill, we move on to something else; a new challenge. We’ve achieved enough. Learnt enough. Right? Well, actually, no. We keep going or, at least, we should keep going. Practice makes perfect and it’s all about the repetition. It’s all about the repetition. It’s all about, well… you get the idea… For instance, sports professionals don’t ever stop training. In fact, they spend more time training than they do in competition. It’s the same with musicians and people from many other fields; they ‘overlearn’. They repeatedly go beyond their original targets to stay on top of the game. In whatever field, the process of ‘overlearning’ – or repetitive practice – has far reaching benefits. It can take a person’s performance from good to great by improving their retention and recall. It’s that repetition that makes all the difference; the more familiar we become with a particular skill, the more mental capacity we leave
How to remember not to forget
We know that we all absorb knowledge in different ways, and at differing rates. We have individual methods that help us assess and filter information in order to learn, and we all benefit from our learning in different ways. But we have one thing in common. We need to learn. And by the same token, we need to remember what we’ve learnt. So we need strategies for both absorbing the knowledge and for enhancing our powers of recall. Strategies to school our brains in recalling not only the right information, but at the right time. And now, more than ever, some would say, that statement is even more important in a world where we’re constantly bombarded with rapidly changing information, a world where more demands are placed on our time. The need for strategies is clear. Strategies to help us remember how not to forget. Prior knowledge forms the foundation for our learning, and in order to put any effective strategy for learning and recall in place, we must first recognise that there are two kinds of prior knowledge. Clearly, we need to have an understanding of the basics of any given subject. The facts. Dates, numbers, times etc. but
Reading about it is the easy part
See what daily retrieval practice looks like running on your own training content.