Dr. Oakley and Dr. Sejnowski discussed a lot of interesting things about the underlying concept of learning. They don't just tell you how to do the techniques, they make you understand why you should do the techniques, and in turn you'd find that they are very effective and helpful. The tests were like practical applications of the discussed concept. This course is very useful, i hope i have come across this sooner. Thank you Dr. Oakley and Dr. Sejnowski!

Feeling glad and happy. Did learn some new stuffs but did learn loads of new terms and theoretical insights within brain processing's. Thank you so much. Simply loved the session. It was great getting back to theoretical learning after a long break. Learning online was something i've always wanted for pretty long. Glad that finally got to it. Many thanx to everyone who made it possible including MDEC and my cousin who introduced it. Thank you. Have a great day.

One of the best trainings i have attended. Very well structured. Concise and excellent presentations. Lots of testing. Very interesting topics relating to the functioning of the brain that can affect our learning capacity. Number of useful tools to leverage on the brain´s nature and unleash our learning potential. Opportunity to learn by reviewing the work of other student. All this for 2 hours a week over 4 weeks. Plus a number of optional readings and videos.

I really loved this course. While I didn't go for the certification as I was searching for better ways to study, this course was quite wonderful. Barbara does a wonderful job at explaining things and I learned so much about my brain and study methods. This really helped me tackle things and improve my learning, especially as I was searching for such knowledge already for years. So if you're interested or challenged in learning, go for it, you won't lose time ;)

The course is very relevant to anyone who thinks learning is an ongoing process. It is very important to people who don't think so. The course brings to the forefront the basis of key issues in learning and also provides concrete techniques to help one learn better. It provides opportunity for the learner to reflect on his/her own problems and helps improve. Hearty thanks to Barbara Oakley and Terrace Sejnowski for helping me take my learning to the next level!

Отличный курс! Очень понравился. Хотя и возникли сложности. Английским языком почти не владею, смотрела с субтитрами. В целом все было понятно. Но очень сложно было сдавать тесты, так как на них перевода нет. Приходилось переводить самостоятельно, и часть смысла терялась при переводе. Поэтому страдало качество работы с тестами. Если есть возможность приложите файл с переводом тестов, так же как с субтитрами.

Большое спасибо создателям курса и успехов в работе.

It was a very interesting and instructive course. I learnt a lot about the brain, the way to study, how to avoid procrastination, how to prepare for a test, team work and methods of learning. In fact I suddenly find myself back to my old joyous way of attending to all my work in a day besides learning! I am now eager to restart my learning of Sanskrit and finish writing my novels. Both Dr.Terry and Barbara have prepared the course very well. I thank them a lot

I am very much grateful for this impeccable course. I have learned essential learning strategies that would help me to exceedingly go through tough subjects.

However, I am going to recommend this course to all those who are interested in deep learning and to my loved ones to enroll to this course.

I appreciate your wonderful job and generous effort to make us learn better and become avid life long learners. Especial thanks to DR. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Sejwnski.

This course was truly phenomenal! I don't normally take online courses, but the thorough work and research done by Barbara and Terry has really changed the course of my life at the current moment. It has improved my learning skills, but has also improved my confidence in my ability to be a better learner. I especially loved learning about Santiago Ramòn y Cajal, and found that story to be particularly inspiring. Excellent job to both of you, Barbara and Terry!

Good day to all, this is my first course with course era and also forst online course. To start with how to read and excel is excellent as it is common and most required at all stages of life as we keep on learning one or the other. This course helps to give some key takeaways like pomodoro technique, importance of night sleep before exam and also benefits of exercise that helps brain function.

Thanks to the team especially Barb.

Wishing you all most and more...

A very helpful course. Barbara is a very delightful instructor. I did also enjoy learning a bit about the brain in relation to learning from Dr. Terrell. Definitely recommend to anyone wanting to learn more effectively and efficiently. There's a good number of learning techniques in this course. The Pomodoro technique is one technique that is so easy to do and yet so effective in stopping procrastination. That alone has made a huge difference. Thanks so much.

In this changing world, taking this course means changing your perspective towards learning. The instructors we're precise with what they have to render, they made the learning easy and informative. The course talks about various skills and methods for learning how to learn. They talk scientifically about the strategies which have been proved to be effective and productive for people. The best part is that it is practical.

Thank you for offering such a course.

A wonderful way of learning the scientific foundations of many useful learning techniques. With powerful examples, images and stories, Barbara and Terrence teach us what mechanisms are activated when we learn, which modes does our brain use to tackle with problems, how to improve our memory and how to overcome procrastination, among other contents. This course is fun, informative, useful and very easy to follow. Thanks for having put this boon to our disposal!

Antes de tomar este curso no me esperaba que fuese tan interesante y motivador. Mientras iba avanzando en el mismo, iba aplicando las herramientas o tips que aprendía, en el mismo curso. Este curso ha cambiado los objetivos que tenia en mi vida, y espero también cambiar los objetivos de otras personas, permitiendo les que ellos apliquen técnicas o consejos que serán mas efectivos en sus vidas personales. No tengo mas que decir que Gracias Learning How To Learn

For someone who wants to improve to become a better learner, this is the course you have to take. I learn many tips and tricks on how to learn better, what technique you can you use to tackle your deficiencies, and the motivating stories of others which encourage us that anyone can be a master at something, anyone. I hope I can re-watch the videos again, I would love to re-watch it again. Please. Thank you for the lesson. Looking forward to your other courses.

I find this course as very enriching one, with wonderful lectors! The information discussed down here brought me to many other different topics in conversation with friends, streghtened my knowledge base and motivated me to follow the path of finding new areas of knowledge!

I recommend this course to everyone who is opened to new ideas, new methods, new approaches and challenges! :)

Thank you very much for your efforts in creating this course! :) Good luck! :)

The topics raised in the course looks like very reasonable and important. As a software developer with over-20-years expirience I always have to learn new technologies and I found that I either generally argee with the course concepts or that I learned new remarcable concepts and tricks. The shared links to extra materials also looks very valuable and promising to read. I would say many thanks to Barbara and Terry for their efforts and wish them all the best!

Excelente curso, diseñado de una manera que permite ir aprendiendo y disfrutando el aprendizaje. Los ejemplos y comentarios, siempre pertinentes , hacen que los conceptos más abstractos puedan ser aprendidos sin mayor esfuerzo. Los videos están ilustrados con imágenes que facilitan recordar y su toque de humor los hace aún más memorables y agradables, a lo cual también contribuye el buen humor y la sonrisa de Barbara.

Gracias y felicitaciones para el equipo

I learned a lot, I really learned how humans and even animals learn, as the course name "Learning how to learn", one of the most important skill that I have learned during this course:chunking : which is simply a process of learning something mostly new to you, and keep practicing it over spaced period of time, by doing this you mainly build chunks that by the time will "communicate" with each other which allow you to get a bigger picture of what is going on.

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an honest opinon if u want to learn this is the best course on coursera the best

especailly the prof barbara she just amazing human being im glad i stumbled upon this course guys if u eager to learn some new concepts about what we study this is the best deal so dont just think just enrolled it thank PROF barbara so much for making me understand learning in a whole new dimension and approach of difuse thing mode thank u so much

This is an extra-ordinary course. The instructors are amazingly inspiring and the content is amazing. I specially loved the assessments and spaced repetition of the important learning materials of the course at different point of the course. Learning is a very important tool of our lives and we should all focus on learning better. In my opinion this is one of best courses for that and it is a must to do course for all learners regardless of their disciplines.

I procrastinated taking it for so long. But it is the best MOOC I've ever taken. It teaches you the secrets of neuroscience and psychology of learning in a fun way, with practical methods and concrete examples.

The course was also an opportunity for me to learn from inspiring people, the Interviewees and scientists from History.

Big thanks for everyone who contributed to this course.

It was a life changing experience for me!!!

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND TAKING IT.

This course is a must for students and teachers alike. As a final year neuroscience PhD candidate I expected to know by now how to learn, yet I got a wealth of advice and new insights. It is a very useful course, with two very good teachers. Not only do they give you great studying and test taking tips, which you can apply immediately (which is why I think teachers should follow this course as well), they give you a lot of scientific background to these tips.

My thanks goes to Barbara Oakley and Terrence Sejnowski for this Course, I have learned about procrastination techniques Pomodoro.

Through this course i have found the information on habit focus on process vs product in learning.

Through this course i have found focused mode and Diffuse mode.

Through this course i learned about the two different type of memory

Longtime memory and working memory. These ideas will improve my learning for my new career goals.

This amazing course is truly a game changer .Quoting Terrence sejnowski "Learning could make people smarter. Learning how to learn is one of the best things one can do in life." I enjoyed taking this course ,this helped me understand what it means to learn better. I would recommend this to everyone. Whatever you wish to learn, from chemistry to dance, these insights will help you learning better. Along with being so informative, this course is truly lively .