The issue of memory has always been an essential factor in practically every aspect of a person's life. This is most evident when it comes to work, since a lot of the work entails committing some data to memory and then using them for reference later on. The ability to retain information is a necessary component in any line of work, and the ability to continue to do work is also contingent upon being continuously able to retain memory functions. Sadly, there are numerous factors, such as stress, disease, injury, and age that greatly contribute to the decline of a person's ability to store information in their memory.

While there are a lot of people who would prefer to remain part of the work force well into their later years, their effectiveness may be severely compromised by failing memory, and hence, their performance at work as well. There is, therefore, a need for a way to improve the ability of a person to retain information as memory, not only to assist in the everyday tasks of living, but also ensure that they are able to function properly at work or wherever they may be. Research and studies conducted towards better and more efficient ways to learn and train have produced the innovative method of learning called e learning. It is a mode of learning specifically made to make use of the burgeoning convenience afforded to people by the internet. Modules and features included in e learning are fully customizable, making them highly adaptable to specific situations and learning needs, and in the case of memory enhancement through exercise, this is most important, since the entire learning process can be geared in such a way as to promote the most retention and still deliver the needed training and learning.

While even the most updated educational psychologist studies have yet to come up with a definitive guide on how it is exactly that people process information and store them to memory, to date, the accepted working model is the information processing model used as a standard when building memory-targeted e learning modules. This model is used in building an effective user interface design for the e learning module, as well as serving as model for the instructional systems theory. Studies into learning by electronic methods have isolated a pattern to the process wherein the stimulus, in this case the learning module, is absorbed by the receptors of the learner, primary through visual, auditory, and tactile sensations, which is reroutes the stimulus to sensory storage, and it is then in turn brought in to the short term memory system, to be later processed into the long term memory system.

One of the ways wherein e learning exercises approach the issue of memory improvement is by promoting better retention by recall. By promoting a simple but valid association with memory, some e learning exercises allow even greater memory retention. Memory by association in some cases is a very effective tool, since rather than straining to try to remember a specific memory, some common triggers are used to activate the almost automatic memory association, thereby allowing the memory to be accessed quite easily.