I never skip Anki because in my mind, if I don’t retain all the prerequisite knowledge I’m required to remember, then it’d be hard for me to understand higher-level concepts in the future. Personally, I’ve used it with great success for all kinds of things - From Algebra to Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Physics, Electronics Engineering, Electronic Communications, Marketing, Business, Content Creation, Control Systems Engineering, Birthdays, and so on. Isn’t Anki just for memorizing small facts?Ĭontrary to popular belief, just because Anki is a flashcard app doesn’t mean it’s only used for memorizing words or raw facts.Īs I imply in the last section, Anki is also a tool for LEARNING - which means it helps you establish a “library of mental models” for understanding higher-level concepts. 2 I found that this was even greater for me - and it will be true for you, too, after you read this post. Michael Nielsen predicted that in 20 years, he is 1714.29% (120 minutes/7 minutes * 100%) more efficient for each card when learning using spaced repetition compared to conventional flashcard learning.
Redditors seem to agree: The very first version of this article was read by thousands of people from Reddit - awesome guys out there. You want a guide that’s Lean, rather than filled with information you can’t readily use.
The Anki manual is helpful, but it’s an app documentation rather than a quick-start guide. Now, this guide exists because I believe you just need to learn the few core info if you’re just looking to start.
Specifically, we’re going to cover the most essential elements of Anki that you should focus on, so you can: Whether you’re using Anki for medical school, MCAT, language learning, engineering (like I did) or for continuous learning (what I do now) - I think you’re gonna love this.
In this post, you’re going to learn how to start using Anki in the most efficient way possible - based on my experience. I hope you like it! Let me know if you have any questions or feedback - I'd like to hear what you think! ?
Hi, this is Lesson 1 of 4 in the Anki Fundamentals free course.