How did the HamTestOnline™ website come to exist?
From the website creator, John Cunningham, W1AI: This website exists because of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). They didn’t call it ADD back then, but I was never able to pay attention in school. On the other hand flashcards worked well for me, so I used them extensively. When I encountered my first computer around 1970, I quickly realized it was the answer. By combining active learning (question drill) and adaptive learning (intelligent repetition), a computer could be much more effective than all those little pieces of paper. Add short texts at appropriate places, and you have a complete teaching tool. I have used numerous Computer-based training (CBT) programs over the years, but none of them lived up to the promise. Many were nothing more than long, boring texts with a few review questions. Others were little more than random practice tests. So after years of dreaming about it, I wrote this software.
From the website creator, John Cunningham, W1AI: This website exists because of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). They didn’t call it ADD back then, but I was never able to pay attention in school. On the other hand, flashcards worked well for me, so I used them extensively. When I encountered my first computer around 1970, I quickly realized it was the answer. By combining active learning (question drill) and adaptive learning (intelligent repetition), a computer could be more effective than all those little pieces of paper. Add short texts at appropriate places, and you have a complete teaching tool. I have used numerous Computer-based training (CBT) programs over the years, but none of them lived up to the promise. Many were nothing more than long, boring texts with a few review questions. Others were little more than random practice tests. So after years of dreaming about it, I wrote this software. For those who cannot accept our methodology without a fancy explanation, it is a con
