Share Paper: Measuring the Learning Success in Spaced-Repetition-Based Mobile Learning-Games: Suitable Techniques and Hurdles

  1. Florian Schimanke, HSW - University of Applied Sciences, Germany
  2. Robert Mertens, HSW - University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Tuesday, November 5 11:30 AM-12:30 PM Bacchus

Abstract: Measuring and evaluating learning outcomes is traditionally done through tests or exams, which can only represent a snapshot in time. Moreover, the results of these methods are often diluted through learning strategies by the learners that are usually result-driven and therefore do frequently represent only the knowledge that was put into the short-term memory of the learners in the hours before the test. While long-term learning success is not only hard to measure but also a matter of expectations, there are ways to visualize it by collecting proper data and defining success as an improvement of knowledge retention. This paper ...