Easy way to Memorise notes: 2 page side-by-side (like paper back book) read only mode. (Like pdf, word )

[nandamuri 4]

Research shows that it is difficult to memorise or recall from e-Notes, when compared to paperback books. In paper books, there is locational memory. (Brain associates content with particular location of page (top, middle, bottom); left page or right page. This facility is not available for brain in e-Notes. As a result students making notes in evernote (or other e-Notes) score less marks, as they are not able to recall as efficiently as in the case of paperback books.  I and my friends also often find it difficult to recall from evernote notes compared to paper books.

Sources for researches that say it is difficult to memorise from e-Notes:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/19/readers-absorb-less-kindles-paper-study-plot-ereader-digitisation 

https://healthland.time.com/2012/03/14/do-e-books-impair-memory/

https://www.businessinsider.com/you-remember-books-better-than-ebooks-2014-6

https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/reading-memory/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6384527/ 

SOLUTION:

Evernote already has 'edit protection' feature and 'export as PDF by splitting Notes into pages' feature.

If we combine these 2 features and add 'reading pages side by side' feature, then it will be like a 'physical book' in digital screen.

1) Users will make notes.

2) When they want to memorize for exams, they will select → split into pages.

3) Then they will study/read the notes in 2 pages side-by-side (like paper back book). This will help in better recall in exams, due to locational memory.

4) If they want to edit the notes, then it will be come back to normal long single page format.

By this way, users can better recall/memorize even when studying from e-Notes (Evernote) and get better marks in exams.

[PinkElephant 8,728]

Nice try (please don‘t double post), and thanks for the background.

As already explained, EN has no „page“ concept. Each note is a nearly infinite webspace, that is beyond pages in every aspect. It scrolls vertically, and doesn‘t allow to „turn“ pages. This is no little thing, because when setting up „pages“, content must be made to flow between pages. This creates quite an overhead on the system load.

If you need pages, you need to use a different app. Most word processors are build around „pages“, and can display content in such a view. They have other deficiencies when used for note taking (this is probably why there are note taking apps …).

If you want to reach EN, issue a support ticket.

 

[Boot17 1,530]

5 hours ago, PinkElephant said:

As already explained, EN has no „page“ concept.

That's what I thought when I first read the title of the post, but they do answer that here in their comment:

On 5/25/2023 at 11:45 AM, nandamuri said:

Evernote already has 'edit protection' feature and 'export as PDF by splitting Notes into pages' feature.

If we combine these 2 features and add 'reading pages side by side' feature, then it will be like a 'physical book' in digital screen.

They are saying to have like a button or something that you can click and it will auto create something like an in-memory PDF and allow you to read it in a two-page way. You can do this on Desktop but it requires several steps: Export to PDF, then Open in Preview (on Mac) change the view to 2 pages.

 

My random two cents from a fellow user:

On 5/25/2023 at 11:45 AM, nandamuri said:

By this way, users can better recall/memorize even when studying from e-Notes (Evernote) and get better marks in exams.

Evernote can, of course, be used for studying from e-Notes to take an exam, but that isn't it's primary purpose.

On 5/25/2023 at 11:45 AM, nandamuri said:

4) If they want to edit the notes, then it will be come back to normal long single page format.

By this way, users can better recall/memorize even when studying from e-Notes (Evernote) and get better marks in exams.

This seems like it could be jarring since the photographic memory would be expecting some content on the bottom right of page 3 and after an addition it could now be on the top left of page 4.

[PinkElephant 8,728]

If you already have it save as a pdf and you are on a Mac, then it is simple: 

Double click to open, choose your viewing in Preview (EN will automatically open Preview, double page cmd-3), read. When you feel like adding your thoughts, use the Preview annotation. Changes will automatically save into the pdf stored in the note. When done, type cmd-W or close the window by the red dot. This will return the pdf to the note, and finish viewing and editing in Preview.