Notes from the HippoKit team
Applied learning science, microlearning, and what it takes to make study content that works across the cognitive spectrum.
4 min readTurn a PDF, Word Doc, or Slide Deck Into a Full Study Kit
You rarely start from a blank box — you start from a file. HippoKit now reads your PDF, Word doc, PowerPoint, or image and builds all five study formats from it in one pass.
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7 min readHippoKit is now invokable from Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Cursor
HippoKit speaks Model Context Protocol. Connect once, then generate, browse, study, and quiz yourself directly from the AI assistant you already use — without leaving the chat.
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6 min readHippoKit vs NotebookLM for instructional designers: when to use each
NotebookLM is the influencer-pick AI tool in the L&D community. HippoKit produces shareable, audience-themed multi-format kits. They are not competitors — they sit at different points in the same workflow.
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8 min readMicrolearning for special-needs students: why short, multi-format kits work
Traditional curriculum overwhelms learners with sensory, attention, or memory differences. Here's why three-minute, multi-format kits change the equation — and how to build them in 1–5 minutes from a single topic.
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