Learning

• Learning-Methods
• Querying dialog
• Rating after querying
• Analysis of the learning process
• Learning statistics as word cloud
• Learning statistics as a diagram

Learning-Methods There are several learning methods. The first - "Learning by schedule" - will be the starting point in most cases - works according to the Leitner Flashcard System (read about it on Wikipedia). The other methods help to focus your learning process on the areas in which you have the largest learning need. to top...
Querying dialog This is an example of a query dialog. to top...
Rating after querying Now the default answer is shown. If you entered an answer in the screen before, it is also shown for comparison. Now you have to decide whether you were right with your answer - rate yourself. Some more options the swapping of question and answer, and/or the vocabulary mode. to top...
Analysis of the learning process At the end of the learning session, you see in a graphical analysis which share of all cards you knew in this session, and how your learning progress went so far. Below the known and not-known flashcards are shown in detail. Now you can go on learning, or let yourself be queried exactly the flashcards which you didn't know the answer side of. This is great for concentrating on your weak areas! Or you can just start over. to top...
Learning statistics as keyword cloud In the long-term learning statistics, this "Cloud" of words indicates the areas in which you have the largest learning needs. It consists of keywords, which you assigned to different flashcards. Flashcards with the same topic should be assigned to the same keywords. The larger the size of the word in this word cloud, the learger is your learning need in this area. to top...
Learning statistics as a diagram A "learning curve" shows how many flashcards you could reply correctly at different points of time. to top...

Ediscio for teachers

When Ediscio is used in the classroom, it will make your pupils create their learning material cooperatively. The have the opportunity to help and correct each other. The powerful learning system of Ediscio will help them find out their personal learning focus. For a teacher, Ediscio's automatic logging feature makes it easy to supervise, correct, and give advice, if needed.

• Overview
• Class-related learning statistics

Overview Classes can easily be created and administered. You get a history about all activities in all cardboxes which you assigned to your class. to top...

Class-related learning statistics There are different learning statistics for your class. The keyword-related statistics results from the learning statistics of the whole of the pupils with each flashcard this keyword is assigned to. Each "known" and "not-known" event is recorded and included in the calculation. This cumulates into an intuitive highlighting of all topics which have the largest learning need in this class for all keywords which are associated to certain flashcards. The learger a keyword, the larger learning need exists. The most difficult cardboxes of the class are the ones with more "not-known" events compared to the "known" events. The most difficult flashcards are found out in the same way. to top...

Aims of Ediscio

Ediscio wants to connect modern and innovative approaches in eLearning with ease of use. The software is in a constant development process, in which the feedback of the users is seriously taken into account: Via the integrated board of Ediscio it's easily possible to get in contact with the author and to discuss extensions or changes of Ediscio's functionality. Feedback of educators gets special attention to make the use of Ediscio in classroom as easy as possible - and to maximize successful learning of pupils.

Another aim of Ediscio is to keep in touch with newest developments in information technology. Thus, functionality of the Web2.0 area is integrated and used in learning processes to enhance intuitive gathering of knowledge, and interaction of users.

Support Ediscio

Ediscio has costs. To run it, I pay a monthly fee to my webspace provider. To store and transfer uploadeded images on the Amazon S3 Service, I pay some additional bucks. The usage of Ediscio is - as you know - free, but if you want to support Ediscio and it's continuous development, you can make a donation:

Please donate only if you have used Ediscio and are satisfied with it's service.

Making of Ediscio

I startet to write the first version of Ediscio when I prepared myself for an audition in my studies, which was computer sciences at the RWTH Aachen. The audition would be about "Introduction to Databases", "Implementation of Databases" and "Operating Systems". I gathered lots of audition protocols and typed their content into my PC. Then I got the idea that I needed to implement an algorithm that posed me the question which would possibly face me in the audition. And best would be if this algorithm would pick exactly the questions which I performed worst in the average. Additionally, one of my first idea was to have a tag cloud which would point out my key learning areas and was based on tagging the questions.

So I decided to implement a quite simple flashcard program, and as I wanted to learn something about databases, I made it a web application based on MySQL and PHP. Everything went fine: The audition went well, and I got my diploma. Afterwards, I saw that the most challenging topics of the audition were indeed highlighted by the tag cloud of my application! So, together with the good learning experience I made with my app, I thought that it would be a pity if no one else except me would use this thing. As it was already a web application, I continued that path and implemented a lot of social network stuff around the basic learning algorithm. I went on and on and on, created a fancy name for everything, uploaded the stuff to a well performing webspace, and there we are. :-)

Used technology

• Apache HTTPD - The webserver
• PHP - The programming language
• MySQL - The database
• TinyMCE - The text editor module
• MimeTeX - The LaTeX module
• PHPlot - The diagram module
• Famfamfam Silk Icons
• Wordpress Audio Player - Player for MP3s