> if you write the cards yourself
I'd go so far to say it's almost an requirement. Unless you have a high quality deck made specifically for the book/course/material you have.
Sadly most of the publicly available Anki are IMHO not of that quality.
I'd go so far to say it's almost an requirement. Unless you have a high quality deck made specifically for the book/course/material you have.
Sadly most of the publicly available Anki are IMHO not of that quality.
The positive effects of SRS rely just as much on the repetition as they do on the creation of the cards. I know that not everyone agrees with this, it's certainly been true for me.
Premade decks might work for language learning, but even then I'd be wary.
>It makes knowledge gaps more visible
It's the same principle behind teaching others. It's easy to think you understand something until you are forced to communicate it beyond the surface level.
Of course, ideally one would want to create cards, but I only can devote around 30 minutes per day. Under that restriction, creating cards is not really an option.
Memorization isn't the same as learning. Using a preexisting deck is memorizing someone else's learning.
I definitely spent way too long on the "making the cards" phase!