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I've been doing an audio blog on just that topic: https://alchemist.camp/learning-machine https://alchemist.camp/learning-machine I've experimented a lot with
by AlchemistCamp 7y ago
I've been doing an audio blog on just that topic: https://alchemist.camp/learning-machine https://alchemist.camp/learning-machine
I've experimented a lot with MOOCs, OCW, spaced repetition, paid courses, teaching strategies, etc. The specific ideas I've recently been most focused on when learning are:
- The depth of processing. I learn much faster and retain the knowledge/skills longer when I take a very active approach that involves deeply processing the material I'm learning.
- Making my studies more game-like. Games are fantastic, not only for motivation, but also for learning.
- Tightening my learn-use loop.
- tchaffee 7y ago> when I take a very active approach that involves deeply processing the material I'm learning. Can you give a concrete example of what that looks like?
- AlchemistCamp 7y agoSure. If I'm reading, I ask myself what I expect the author to suggest or I ask myself specific questions I think the chapter could answer. Then, as I read, I update my priors. If I'm taking notes, I'll do it by hand (which leads to better retention of information than typing), and I do it in cursive (which involves deeper processing than printing). In the past I tried taking notes in another language, but that was too slow. If I'm learning a language, I'll try to spend more time listening to audio instead of watching video. When working on pronunciation, instead of just trying to say a phrase "correctly", I'll try to say it like a specific actor in the way they would with the same pacing and the same facial expressions. If I'm learning a web framework, I'll take breaks from reading guides or docs to rewrite something I've previously written in an older framework. Then I'll go back to the guide.