An app-based Spaced Repetition Learning Environment with User Generated Video Content

Spaced repetition is a learning task that helps users repeat learning items at optimally computed intervals. It is best suited for small learning units such as learning cards. In a typical learning scenario these learning cards do not stand by themselves, rather they are the last step in the students’ work process, summarizing the students’ interaction with the learning material. In this paper a framework is developed that allows learning material curators and students to create spaced repetition learning units with back-references to multimedia learning content, i.e., learning videos. With the advent of video learning nuggets, a wealth of content was created that can now be used in spaced repetition learning. The approach also allows for linking to specific parts of those learning videos to enable students to quickly review learning content specific to the learning unit currently worked on.