My small team and I are building an app called Edvancium, and the goal is to make learning super personalized based on your needs, background and interests.

We’re in the early stages right now, and we could really use some feedback to help us improve with each update. Testing is key at this point, and we'd love to hear your thoughts!

If you think this kind of app might be up your alley, we’re already live in the app stores – feel free to check it out!

 App Store and Google Play

You can drop your feedback here or fill out a quick form if that’s easier.

Big thanks in advance – it seriously means the world to me and the team!

I'm doing a course on innovation for life long digital learning and I'm trying to wrap my head around a problem presented by my professor; the problem of digital tool adoption in the workplace. Hope it's a fitting topic for this subreddit. I just wanted to pick your brains and hear your personal challenges to understand the problem better.

For the past six months I've used ChatGPT daily to help me learn. My process is I write down the stuff I want to remember in my learning journal (Apple Note or Day One), then each morning I copy the note over to ChatGPT and ask it to quiz me. I find this to be a really effective way to help the things I want to remember stick in my brain more.

Has anyone tried something like this? Any approaches you are taking?

My current learning stack is the following:

• Day One - for journaling, I also put all my learning here

• Apple Notes - for less well formed learning lessons

• Spotify - for podcasts

• Audible - for audio books

• Readwise - to review highlights regularly

• Anki - for creating flashcards and spaced repetition system

I'm new to this subreddit and curious what others are using. What killer learning tools should I check out?

Earning a PhD, becoming fluent in a foreign language, or mastering an instrument? Why?

I have just finished A levels, so I am 18, but turning 19 this academic year. I am taking a year out after A levels to apply to university, and I want to do something useful in that time, so I applied to my local Further Education college to do a one-year adult learning course.

However, they have said that because I am not 19, I am too young to do the course. Is this true? I am a legal adult, and I will turn 19 during the course. It seems weird that while I am too old for sixth form and too young for adult learning, there is a whole academic year where I can't go to college.

Is this policy the same across all FE colleges, or is it unusual to this one, and if so, are they allowed to refuse the application of a legal adult based on age, a protected characteristic?

Hello everyone!

A couple of weeks ago I had announced the early access version of Ocu AI and you guys have showed an incredible amount of interest, so first of all, thank you very much for that, it gets us even more excited to build this amazing product.

I am excited to announce that a couple of weeks ago we have released the very first public version of Ocu AI and your feedbacks matter the most. This is a really early version of what we are striving to build and your opinions will vastly shape it.

Thus, as a token of appreciation, we will be having some gifts for those who participate in giving feedbacks. Needless to say it is completely free on this version, leaving the chrome store link and looking forward to your feedbacks.

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ocu-ai/chfddgfekcbnahofkjonphnclegbkdhf?hl=en

Prefer something that will work on mobile and allow you to watch the video. I believe Snipd can do this but only allows audio.
Have tried a few apps that say they can do this but they are not really functional.

YouTube clips feature is okay but it doesn't allow you to organize and it doesn't show the transcript of the clip. Also some videos have this feature turned off.

Hi guys,

Don't know about you, but I'm tired of forgetting things and I've been telling myself that it's just the way I am. Well, turns out that's not the case.

I recently listened to Huberman's latest episode on Optimal Protocols for Studying & Learning. He outlined a few practices but the 2 that I loved the most were self-testing technique on the new material & watch one, do one, teach one.

He said it can increase your chance to internalize information by 50%, but for me, it felt more like a 200% improvement. This technique seems too powerful not to share and practice consistently.

So here's my thought: there's gotta be others here who want to really master this technique and push it to the limit.

I'm thinking of starting a small group (just 5 of us) to practice this together. Here's the plan:

• weekly "watch one, do one, teach one" sessions
• we'll pick topics we're all into
• practice Huberman's techniques together
• and have fun

This is for people who:

• Know they can be great
• Are hungry to level up (despite not being a student anymore)
• Want to surround themselves with others on the same mission

If you're feeling fired up about this - LFG!

(Drop a comment or DM if you're interested)

And what I mean by this, I've spent a long time "stuck" in design and art. I would like to know more about how the social and natural world function. From chemistry and physics to geopolitics and psychology. With a focus on contemporary issues and useful STEM.

Are there online courses or "degrees" tailored to this sort of pursuit or am "stuck" with books? Are there already defined personal curriculums people have made for this sort of thing?

Cheers!

Hey folks! I’m trying to find a few classes offered by nyc colleges that I could take just for fun. Does anyone have a good recommendation for how to compare / look for options?

Hello fellow learners. I'm building a game where you learn about anything you want! Explore a library filled with interesting facts about any topic of your choosing. Then answer questions and rack up as many points as you can.

You can explore your own knowledge map which automatically visualizes your learning progress.

Next I think I should improve the gamification and graphs/stats to give more of a sense of growth and progression. What do you think?

I'm still in the early stages and looking for any feedback so please let me know what you did or did not like and how I could make it more enjoyable for you. If you like learning, then I'm building this website for you!

Seems like a stigmatized topic anytime I wonder about it. Curious if anyone else feels that way.

I've started creating short one-page courses about the topics I've found valuable in my work as a cognitive scientist and educator. This is my second one-page course and covers the topic of desirable difficulties, and why the concept is important to understand for anyone who wants to make learning more effective.

The reading time is estimated to be 8 minutes, and you can find the course here: https://open.substack.com/pub/onepagecourses/p/cognitive-science-and-learning-desirable?r=41vtaz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

I’m someone that wants to understand more of the world. Growing up, I chose a narrow path, and now I want to expand my vision.

I’m curious what apps or methodologies you use?

How do you carve time in your schedules for learning, processing, reviewing, and creating?

I only ever find info about the big, important items of a movie production. What about the small ones ? how long does it take to build a decor in a tv show (I'm thinking sitcoms like The Big Bang theory, The Office...) ? whose job is it to do that, where do they even start ? and most importantly, where do I look up and find such trivia ? Is there a youtube channel, a book, a website that explains in depth how you actually film a movie ? like the process, the different jobs and roles in a production, the props, the costume, how do they pretend this or that... I'm talking in normal life, sitcom type shows.

I wanna dive deeper into this aspect of filming tv shows but I have so many questions and don't know where to start :)) Thanks for any answers / recommendations !

Hi everyone! I'm launching a website that offers live virtual lectures from grad students that allows curious adults to learn about new discoveries in the academic world. I thought this might be of interest, so I wanted to drop this here if you want to checkout our landing page.

Landing Page Link

Hoping to start offering classes in the near future! Feel free to join our early access list if you're interested.

https://preview.redd.it/z6bivf2q5s7d1.png?width=1836&format=png&auto=webp&s=edea423e9ded573a05dffefcba833a557c6b9860

Hey guys,

We are a funded startup that’s working on a browser extension that will turn online learning through online resources like YouTube videos, wikipedia or medium articles to an RPG game like experience.

Also whatever the user wants to learn it will recommend content based on order of learning. We are aiming to build the best curriculum and content for learning anything over time.

Is there anyone who would be interested in taking part in the early access we are releasing in about 25 days?

Call me a history nerd but I've been interested in studying Ancient Greek, ancient history, courses on ancient classics, and just all around anything remotely similar to courses someone who would love to be a historian/archeologist would take. College isn't an option currently and all I know of is Khan Academy and I've already ran through their history course. I would be interested in courses that zero in more on ancient greece as the main subject. Book recommendations would be helpful too but I'm looking for something a lot like a school course, where I can dedicate time out of my day to work further into this subject. Classes that cost a little money are fine as well, as long as curriculum is good. Any recommendations?

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I am in law school and have a huge course load, but I can't seem to stop myself from wanting to learn more about chemistry, physics, mathematics, languages etc. It certainly scratches an itch, but it also exhausts me since it is on top of my other studies. Has anyone found a good way to cope with this? Is it best to just shut off excessive hobbies that drain the mind? Or does the mind get used to the additional load, strengthening one's capacity?

My hope is that, through enough study of these additional things, it will feel like less work since I will have a level of proficiency. From then, I hope, my engagement in these activities will be less oriented around skill-acquisition and more around tinkering, enjoying, using, etc.

However, my fear is that I may be stretching myself too thin. It seems like one must also guard against doing too many things at once since that risks the cultivation of any one of the disciplines.

General remarks/thoughts/advice on this?

In every conversation around the benefits of AI, we hear about the potential of personalised education and tutoring. Besides Khanmigo (not available outside the United States) are there any applications of AI in education you find useful? If you are in the US, can you share how helpful Khanmigo is?

https://getworldclass.app is an AI education app that lets you learn about any topic and build your knowledge map. Not a e-learning app, a new category.

Create a course then be immersed in an engaging, personalized and interactive learning experience.

Early users will get their choice of free courses. You will have access to interactive lessons, personalized quizzes and your feedback will help drive the product direction. Thank you!

I'd love to connect and have you try out a tool I built for my own lifelong learning called goldilocks.fun. It brings together resources like Khan Academy, 3Blue1Brown, and Brilliant into one syllabus, so you get a little variety as you learn.

I'd cover 1 month free of Brilliant ($25 value) if you give it a try!

Are you pouring your heart into your goals but still not seeing results?

That's the Plateau of Latent Potential at work. It's a frame of mind I first read in James Clear’s Atomic Habits - and it emphasizes a silent phase where progress isn't visible, but behind the scenes, your efforts are building up, ready to exceed your expectations.

If only you can stick through it - then you can get out of that “valley of disappointment” and realize your goals:

https://preview.redd.it/ij71d672t7nc1.jpg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2fe647ba926fca0562314d7ed232352aaaf5ae99

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Note: I'm illustrating key learnings I'm reading from my favorite books as part of the Aphorisms project! You can get the visual above as a mobile background, desktop wallpaper, or digital poster (in light and dark mode 😉) at no cost here: https://thelifestrategist.substack.com/p/a-mindset-shift-to-get-out-of-a-slump