Edward "Ed" Cooke is a British entrepreneur and author of Remember, Remember: Learn the Stuff You Thought You Never Could. He is also a Grand Master of Memory and the co-founder of Memrise, a freemium online educational platform that uses memory techniques to optimise learning. He grew up in Oxfordshire.
Ed Cooke in 2016
Memrise is a British language platform that uses spaced repetition of flashcards to increase the rate of learning. It is based in London, UK.
The catalogue of community courses on the Memrise website. The available languages are grouped by geographical regions. For instance, Persian courses are under "Middle Eastern", while "Asian and Pacific" encompasses languages from Mongolian to Marshallese.
An example of a "mem" for learners of English: the word "seethe" is remembered as an angry face grinding its teeth, matching its pronunciation to its meaning.
An example of a "mem" for the Chinese character 面, which means "noodles".
Languages supported by Memrise' official contents.