@fred2 - thanks, outcomes is definitely a better phrase than “practical applications”. I will probably migrate to that term unless something better comes up. The right word to describe a concept can make a huge difference.
I didn’t comment on it earlier, but your Principles to Improve Memory is a rather neat visualization. It is nice to see symbols for different techniques and skills. They appear to be ordered based on how fundamental or complex, and provide a reasonable path for learning.
The link you posted to “Help to Formally Update Mnemonic Classification and Nomenclature” is also very useful.
@thinkaboutthebible - I am no teacher; just a software developer by trade. I am trying to be a lifelong student. I have some ideas of what discourages me when learning, and what has helped me in learning.
Last week, I coincidentally came across Bloom’s taxonomy in a book on leadership someone left laying around at work. I feel like memorization falls into the early categories of knowledge and comprehension which hopefully leads to application.
Your list of skills is definitely along the lines of what I have been thinking. Additionally, your response here has a big list of skills and techniques.
I think @frankybuckets hits the nail on the head when he said:
Structured to me means knowing what path you are on, knowing what to do next, and learning efficiently. When reading about a technique in books, some problems for me have included, “Okay, so how do I practice that?”. And “How do I learn that efficiently?”.
I mentioned I started writing small programs to help practice (and possibly teach) memory techniques. The goal is to eventually incorporate some kind of learning tree, possibly lessons, exercises, ability to make your own lists and versions of systems, and possibly spaced repetition to guide one through any technique/skill/outcome that interests them. If it ends up being useful for me, maybe it will be useful for others. I would make it open source with a permissive license. There are of course other programs available that I should probably look at. I will definitely look through your (Doug) resources “Software, web sites” section.