LDA Study Book

I recently built LDA Study Book, a study companion for Loss Data Analytics by Open Actuarial Education.

The idea was simple: make the book easier to study, not just read.

The app embeds the open source book and adds tools around it for actual learning:

• Read the book inside the app
• Study guides for structured revision
• Flashcards for quick recall
• Quizzes to test understanding
• Notes to save your own thoughts while studying
• Progress tracking so chapters can be marked as read and learning feels visible

You can explore it here: LDA Study Book

This project builds on the excellent open work behind Loss Data Analytics. Huge credit to Edward W. (Jed) Frees, the University of Wisconsin Madison, and the many contributors and maintainers who made this material openly available.

The book itself is open and available in multiple forms:

• Stable publication version: openActTexts.github.io
• Main repository: OpenActTexts/Loss-Data-Analytics
• Development version: ewfrees.github.io
• Development repository: ewfrees/InteractiveLDA
• Project site: Loss Data Analytics at Wisconsin

Progress you can actually feel

One thing I wanted from the start was visible study momentum. The app lets you track flashcards alongside your reading flow, and chapters can be marked as read as you move forward.

In the screenshot above, you can see flashcards being tracked inside a chapter view while the reading workflow stays connected to the rest of the study experience.

Open educational resources become even better when they are easier to use every day. That is what I wanted to build here: a cleaner, more practical way to read, revise, and keep going.

Happy study hours ahead.