Investigating how learning design tools can support spaced learning

Casanova de Vilalta, Lydia

Investigating how learning design tools can support spaced learning

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Casanova de Vilalta, L. Investigating how learning design tools can support spaced learning. 2019. handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10230/42382

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Abstract

Nowadays, neuroscience is advancing very fast the understanding of how our brain works. There are lines of investigation dedicated to the process of learning. Methods such as Spaced Learning that optimize the learning process have been discovered but most of the time these methods are not applied in real classes. However, these methods could be improving learning in students. Spaced Learning is a learning method which aims to encode knowledge in long term memory on a short time scale. Studies have shown it to be more efficient than conventional classroom methods. The main objective of this work is to find a way to apply a method that optimizes the velocity of learning with the help of learning software. In order to do that, I evaluate two learning design tools (FROG and edCrumble), select the one that best suits Spaced Learning, evaluate its performance, identify its limitations, and detail improvements.