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2023 review with Duolingo!

100 Days on DuoLingo and I’ve Learned What?! Read now! @duolingo #duolingo #language #language #learning #languagelearning #knowledge #medium #mediumwriters #blog #blogpost

NEW RECORD on Duolingo yesterday! I earned 1,559 XP in ONE DAY! This surpasses 1,221 XP on February 7, 2022. Now that I am on Super Duolingo for three days, I played Legendary on a lot of review lessons, and even earned double XP for those. Legendary reviews offer at least 40 XP each. #duolingo #newrecord #newrecordonduolingo #superduolingo

Bravo Duolingo! It’s exciting to see these results and your learners’ progress. We’re so glad to be able to assist you with this important research. #languagelearning #assessmentresearch #assessment #STAMPers

Another win for a sound application of #datascience and #research! It's great to see validation of the significant changes made to the Duolingo learning experience last year. The change was to force all learners through a set learning path, rather than allowing the flexibility to choose the next activity. My primary reason for using Duolingo is to give my brain a regular workout with the goal of improving brain health, and learning a language is secondary. So while I wasn't entirely excited about the change, I carried on. When Duolingo made the experience change, there was a fair bit of backlash from users. However, I was surprised by the reaction of Barbara Oakley, an influential learning science expert who I greatly respect. While Barb had been a huge fan of the app up to that point, she decided to delete her Duolingo account. Her objection was to the loss of autonomy for the user over choosing what activity to do next. While Barb may have a valid point, I believe that changes such as this should be considered looking at the entire picture: will requiring making fewer choices increase engagement, does a set adapted path result in a more effective learning experience, will a set learning path ensure that learners will complete all activities necessary to improve learning and retention, etc. Personally I found that I learned better because the set learning path required me to complete all the different types of activities such as stories, that I avoided in the old experience. I'm still using Duolingo regularly and I'm going to complete an 800 day streak this weekend. Once again kudos to Duolingo and Luis von Ahn for trusting the research, staying the course, and not reacting to the backlash.

💬 I'm half English & half Turkish, but my son is being brought up in a wholly English speaking household. He doesn't understand or speak Turkish, so we're trying out Duolingo. So far, so good... 🧠 I can attest to it being engaging and fun for Gen Alpha as he's already learned quite a few words...but what makes Duolingo one of the top brands Gen Z picked out as being authentic? Come along to our webinar "Gen Z 101: Defining Authentic" on 27th September at 18:00 BST/ 19:00 CET. Click here to register: https://lnkd.in/g4vu89FX #genz #genzinsights #genzmarketing #authenticbrands23 #youthtrends #audienceinsights #consumerinsights YPulse

Here are my Duolingo Stats for last week. One of the ways that I hold myself Personally Accountable is to do Duolingo lessons every day. Last weeks lessons were all in German. Personally Accountability IS in your Daily! Dr. Donna #DrDonnaThomasRodgers #TurnAroundDoctor #PersonalAccountability #BecomeARealLeader #Duolingo

Here are my Duolingo Stats for last week. One of the ways that I hold myself Personally Accountable is to do Duolingo lessons every day. Last weeks lessons were all in German. Personally Accountability IS in your Daily! Dr. Donna #DrDonnaThomasRodgers #TurnAroundDoctor #PersonalAccountability #BecomeARealLeader #Duolingo

Here are my Duolingo Stats for last week. One of the ways that I hold myself Personally Accountable is to do Duolingo lessons every day. Last weeks lessons were all in German. Personally Accountability IS in your Daily! Dr. Donna #DrDonnaThomasRodgers #TurnAroundDoctor #PersonalAccountability #BecomeARealLeader #Duolingo