This is the best course because this discussed all kinds of techniques to improve oneself to learn something.The best techniques I have learned from this course are Focused Mode and Diffused Mode of learning, and the Pomodoro technique to avoid procrastination. I have also learned how to improve in the examination. Thanks a lot, Dr. Barb Oakley and Dr. Terry Sejnowski for making this course easy, and obviously this superb course. Best of luck to both of you!

I have learned so many tips and suggestions from this course. Indeed its a great help not only me as learner but as well as being a teacher. I applaud Dr. Sejnowski and Dr. Oakley for imparting their expertise and love for learning. I also commend their delivery and approach for this course. There were a lot of insightful ideas especially the interviews with some professional who testify and share their experiences which I found very authentic and effective.

A friend suggested to glance through this course during our catch-up. Initially I was a bit apprehensive about this considering that I was not planing to take any more exams. However, this course gave me a pleasant surprise! This course is well structured, and changed my perception of learning. In short, this course is all about a "New Way of Learning". A "must-do" course, no matter whether you are a student, a teacher, a corporate executive or a home maker!

This course provide systematic suggestion on how to become a good learner. First and most important part is belief. Besides belief, it provide tools/techniques proven and supported by scientific research to be useful for learning, very down to earth and useful. For me the most useful technique is keep a working planner, write plan for next day and eat the frog first. I will continue to apply the technique and thanks for the good impact brought by the course.

The content is well-structured, starting with foundational concepts of brain functionality and moving into advanced learning strategies. The use of analogies and real-life examples makes complex topics easy to understand. One of the standout features is the focus on metacognition—thinking about how you learn. The course teaches you how to manage procrastination, utilize focused and diffuse modes of thinking, and employ memory techniques that actually work.

I am grateful to Dr. Oakley for being such a calm presence and putting the (almost) natural ways of learning into an organized manner for a simpleton mind to comprehend. Even though I knew most of these techniques and have been using them for years, some of the gems really made me see the error of my ways. I am more clear and focused since I started this course. I feel more in control of my own habits/ticks. Thank you Coursera, for keeping this course free.

I have been a stay at home mom for the past 17 years and as I plan with trepidation to go back to school, I couldn't have taken a better course than this one. It has given me the confidence I need to head back to the classroom with students half my age. The length of each session, the flow and cadence of the material, and the content, made this course so enjoyable. I am excited about getting back in the classroom and feel so much more prepared. Thank You.

Thank you Barbara Oakley and Terry Sejnowski for this amazing course. Thank you Coursera.This is the best course on learning how to learn. It includes optional interview sessions with great learners, experts in different fields, and a mind athlete. The lectures and quizzes are quite engaging and funny. The course includes lots of beneficial references and helpful material. I would highly recommend this to those who want to learn effectively and efficiently.

This course is amazing!!! I have a new understanding for learning and studying. I will implement these tools for my son and myself. This course will have a profound impact on the people that utilize these tools, I highly recommend this course to everyone and anyone. Share this course to help others shape a wonderful future of learning for themselves. "Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners." - John Holt

I took this course at age of 48 years. Let me admit that if I had taken this course earlier, I would have performed much better in my studies. I have special thanks for teachers and especially Ms. Barbra. The soft and tender teaching style, convincing arguments and research has helped me a lot to understand well. I shall recommend this course for people of all age. But younger people can take advantage of this course many times more. Once again Thank you !

A very useful course I've ever had. It explains the techniques with biologic and brain functionality. Make it more convincible than purely re-stating some well known techniques. After finishing the course, I grasped some very useful tools and also answer my puzzles on why sometimes my study is not as efficient as I thought it could be. It greatly improve my study productivity. I'm very confident now that I can learn EVERYTHING! Thank you so much professor.

I highly recommend! This is very interesting and educational. If you are like me, psychology or neuroscience is not my strength. I had struggled in understand Week One's lessons but found out that the more you listen and practice the information, the easier it gets! I love that I am practicing some of the techniques as early as now. This is course is very helpful and useful not only for students but for everybody. Thanks for the opportunity to learn better!

This course is a must for everyone. It would have changed my life if I had taken it as a teenager, but it still was highly valuably at the age of 31, even being in possession of two BAs, two master degrees and a rich professional life.If you are interested in bettering yourself and learning in general, this course is for you. And here's the beauty of it: if you are not, it will probably make you interested in all those things, so this course is for you too.

Great course in teaching your mind to be flexible and learning new things. Barb breaks down concepts in a fun and realistic way. The optional videos are nicely curated and I highly recommend those. The course helps you stretch your brain. I've employed several of the techniques in my own study path, having gone through a change of careers and back to school at 37. I'm in the tech education industry as a teacher myself and recruiter and highly recommend it!

I was in bad need for this course ten years ago when i was in high school it was to make a great difference in the college i studied in...but even right now it is the most important course to start with before go on in any other courses ,,its the real start point for me and changed completely my thoughts and opened my mind to my real abilities to study what ever i want ..........thanks or professors barbra an trenoski andother team member...........

This was a great course and i hope more people start to use these techniques. Putting this information in the hands of kids when they are young would be very useful. Also elaborating on metaphors and training to use the memory palace would be very beneficial. Creating a video that asks people to walk through there home placing items in a check list all over then quizzing them on how many items they remembered. similar to the book moon-walking with Einstein.

This course was much more useful than I thought it would be. While there were some parts of the videos that gave some of the usual information about learning, there were a far larger that provided useful, actionable information. I particularly liked how short the videos were. That made it easier to consume individual videos and concentrate on them in a relatively short amount of time ... something I could get done during a break from work or something else.

This course is amazing, Its for anyone who wants to learn anything. For students, academics, professionals or enthusiats trying to learn a new hability. I loved this course. It gave me a new perspective of the way the brain works and how we can learn things more effectivily. English is not my firts language, but the course is good to understand, and the professors are very didatics and captivating. Thank you a lot, Professor Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terrence

Ill be walking away with Amazing Tools and Techniques from this course, which will make my studies and Journey through life seamless. Then understanding of how the brain functions, Why these techniques work, and the Positive outlook that anyone is able to increase their intelligence through proper application of what is learned in this course.

Thank you to both Dr. Oakley, Dr. Sejnowski and anyone who had help with this course. Its worth every bit of study.

A well presented, interesting, useful and accessible course that didn’t take too many hours in total but offered a wealth of new learning that made it well worth investing the time.

A good mix of video lectures and quiz material, with end of unit summaries that revisited key ideas and introductions that linked previous material with new concepts. Excellent sharing of resource material, too - I have enough additional reading options to last out the year now!

This course helps me a lot in tackling procrastination and make me realized what I've done wrong in my study. The course gives a proper amount of scientific reasons about the brain to support human behaviours and how to deal with them. Every tips and technique taught in the course were also performed and used by course instructors along the way of teaching, and I found those techniques help me a lot in understanding and memorizing the content :)

Thank you!

Absolutely wonderful and must-have course for everyone. It provides you the opportunity to learn how to learn directly from leaders in the field. The explanation provide about how memory works are very easy to understand. The techniques explained are simple, easy and come with explanations about why and how they work. Therefore everything makes a lot of sense, is very clear and to the point. All the lessons can be put to use right after finishing a lesson.

This is a very useful course for everyone who wants to learn more effectively, understand complex concepts with less effort, retain information more deeply, and master subjects that even look frightening at first.

No matter if you are studying languages, physics, or programming, you will definitely find some simple and smart techniques for your everyday use.

I have just completed the course and I will definitely recommend it to my friends and colleagues.

A very insightful and uplifting course. Thanks to it, I collected several useful to tips to increase the efficiency of my learning sessions (e.g. the Pomodoro technique, giving the priority to self-testing instead of re-reading the study material). And I learned several interesting information about great pioneers in neuroscience such as Ramon y Cajal. I am grateful to Dr. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski for their commitment in this free course.

Thank you to everyone involved in making this course happening. The information offered is vital to understanding how we learn. In my opinion I have learned and finally understood important concepts of learning that I should have learned earlier in my life. I am very thankful for being one of the participants in this class and would suggest it to anyone! Sad that this is not taught in school before we venture out into the world to become a grown up person.