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Comparing spaced repetition algorithms

Brainscape

In this article, we address more of the technical nuts and bolts behind four popular spaced repetition algorithms —(1) absolute SRS algorithms, (2) relative SRS algorithms, (3) manual SRSs, and (4) hard-coded spaced repetition—and how to determine which type of SRS is right for you.

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5 Ed-Tech Ideas Face The Chronicle’s Version of ‘Shark Tank’

Wired Campus

The other part of learning to be an 18-year-old — learning how to do your dishes, do the laundry, get groceries — is really hard, and that’s what we do. As a dean, I used to sit down and try to figure out where to put choir, how to deal with athletics and student governments in a traditional schedule. So that part of college is moot.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” Via The New York Times : “ New Mexico Outlaws School ‘Lunch Shaming’ ” Via Buzzfeed : “ California Shows The Rest Of The Country How To Boost Kindergarten Vaccination Rates.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “How Open E-Credentials Will Transform Higher Education.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

“To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2010. The story examined a proposed practice: “Colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommends, just as in the old model).”

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