Re: [Pauker-discussion] Re: [Memaid-users] Learning vs. Recalling

[David C. <ne...@gm...>]

On Wednesday 03 of December 2003 07:21, Ronny Standtke wrote:

> There are now two ways of repeating a flashcard in Pauker, by remembering
> and by typing. In the first case the user just tells the program if he
> could remember the answer right. In the second case the program puts the
> card automatically to a higher level if the answer was spelled correctly.
> If the spelling was wrong the user can decide if it was a mistake or just a
> typo.

In MemAid (Fox Gui version) user can also type answer (which is good - helps 
remembering by giving instant feedback to user, ie. if pressed key is not the 
right (next on the hidden part of the answer) there is a 'beep' instead of 
showing next character).
But final decision (about grade) belongs always only to user (there is 0-5 
scale).
And final decision (what will be the next "level" - interval) belongs to 
neural network which has many data about items (including this grade and data 
about past repetitions - so e.g. NN can see how difficult this item is treat 
it accordingly.)

So we have different approaches, Pauker can save time for grading, can be 
better for "faster reviews" - now I better understand Andreas' points about 
MemAid's limitation here.

> And I havent tried memaid. Maybe we should change this as soon as possible.

I Agree. :)


> Speaking about mutual benefits... I support everything what helps both
> projects. These topics come spontaneously to my mind:
>
> - cross promotion on project home pages
> - unified lesson format
> 	- central lesson repository on the web
>
> Do you have any other suggestions?

Nothing so specific comes to my mind at the moment, but as we know about each 
other - there is no hurry to think about it. Generally: co-operation (e.g. in 
pursuing file-lesson formats, new features that could be useful in both 
projects, etc.).
Also, Pauker could use MemAid ANN engine. MemAid could use much Pauker's Java 
code (mainly graphical interface which is much more advanced in Pauker) to be 
more platform-independent.
Just some ideas.

-- 
David Calinski
http://neodave.civ.pl