Great lesson structure, great teaching group, all in all an awesome course! This is actually my first ever online course, this course has been worth every second. "Learning how to learn"has given me new and profound perspective towards learning, I only wish I had started this course four years earlier, it would have made all the difference. I recommend everyone to take this course, it has offered me so much.

Being a retired biology teacher, a teacher trainer, at 84 years , I am learning the most important tools of learning. I am eager to try this in a village school, where I spend some time during the school hours. I am grateful to Coursera.Deeply love theway Barbara Oakly and Dr. Terrence conduct talk. I am pleased that such a wonderful course on Learning is available for free on line. Grateful. C G nagaraja.

I enjoyed the course and it is very easy to take the information on board, you don't need a background in teaching to understand it.

Delivered well in short chunks with short quiz's on the way to help you digest and remember what you have learnt.

It doesn't take a large commitment in terms of time to complete the course so click 'yes' and join up.

This is the 1st mooc I've done and look forward to doing more.

Loved learning new facts about brain and how it taken in new information. had some prior experience with diffused thinking and aha moments, but had no idea on what may make it happen.

Exercise being so important for learning was an eye opener. its going to be part of my daily schedule to have some form of exercise.

Thank You Very much for such a wonderful experience and loads of learning about how to learn!!

Oustanding course that will provide a fantastic set of tools to improve your learning skills in a effective and fun way through a very interesting journey into neuroscience. I'd highly reccomend the course whether your are at high school or Phd student. It can be used for parents wiling to help their kids as well. It's a course based on what is the most modern research in neuroscience and learning process.

The skills taught in this class are magnificent. However, it is the small one line sentences, the advice, the feeling that others are also in the same boat, that really encouraged me to continue. I like this class not just because it taught me valuable skills to apply to my learning, but also to realize that perseverance and determination are really the key to success. This course reminded me of just that.

I'm grateful that I have bumped into this course. The ideas delivered are life changing. So little attention is paid to HOW WE LEARN, though we love to celebrate the good students and chastise the 'bad' ones. This set of ideas which could be described as a primer in neuroscience, and a set of techniques that make you learn more efficiently and joyfully, SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS. What are we waiting for?

Very interesting subject matter presented in a memorable way. The course was really helpful in understanding how to retain information and be more deliberate about learning. It also provided good tips for combatting procrastination, not tricking myself into thinking I am learning, and not getting "stuck" in the same old ways of thinking. The professors are quirky, but it works well with the subject matter.

This course has really helped me not about learning how to learn but also how to deal with procrastination and to use the diffuse mode of thinking in solving problems in other areas of my life. A brilliant course indeed. Although not compulsory, the book by Barbara Oakley called A Mind For Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra) is a good companion material for this course.

The Learning How to Learn course is an eye-opening experience that goes beyond traditional study techniques, offering practical strategies applicable to all areas of life. The course introduces techniques like chunking, mind mapping, and active recall, which make absorbing information more efficient. As I lifelong learner I've found this course invaluable in my pursuit of knowledge and personal growth.

The course is indeed a powerful mental tool. I suggested this course to the central school authorities, India to propagate in their schools (NO REPLY YET). I retired from these schools in 2004. In fact, I shall register for this course once again at a later date as I am busy with other coursera courses at the moment, if allowed. Some of my friend will join this course at my suggestion. Manjit Singh Rana

I like this course so much and Terrence Sejnowski and Barbara Oakley are super awesome. I appreciate it so much. I really enjoy studying this course. It does help me a lot to learn how to learn effectively, efficiently and in a positive way. I highly recommend this course to other friends who are seeking a better way of learning or encountering any difficulty in learning. Good work and Thank you very much

I enjoyed this course. It was well paced and the material was repeated just often enough to sink in, but not so often that it became dull. I like that the course designers supported assertions about learning techniques with modern neuro-biology research and am still reading the references. It was short enough that it was easy to complete, but "full" enough that I felt there was value in taking the course.

Recommended for anyone looking forward to improvise in any aspect, it's the most basic thing that everyone must be aware of. Personally, it made me realize the flaws in learning methods/habits ,that were committed, me not being aware of 'em all the time! In simpler terms, some things are realized only when someone else points them out for ya, it's amazing how 'science' could do all of it!

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Hello, I liked it very much. I didn´t pay for the certificate because when I took Positive psychology I paid and NEVER recieve the certificate. I tried to communicate and there is no telephone nor contact to claim. I checked on the web and several people had gone through the same thing so im never paying again. Maybe you could help to improve this with coursera.

Nevertheless I loved your course. thankyou.

A well designed course. Happy to be part of this team and learning How to Learn. Professor makes us easy to sail through the topic at the same time your interest for the course increases over time. Even though test questions seems easy, the assignments will make you work a bit to get most out of the course. I recommend this course to everyone and would rate the highest point available in the rating scale.

This course was just WOW. So many people struggle with the things explained in here.

I really loved this course because it explains why the things work but it also gives you solutions.

Abraham Lincoln said: "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." Here, you invest 10-20 hours on this course, that will make you life so much easier for the rest of your life.

This course is essential for every one either still learning or working in the field of education and teaching. It is very well organised covering essential topics and the instructors are more than awesome simplifying the material and years of experience are reflected on the conveyed subject. I have finished it once but consider it as a golden reference to solve a problem of learning and education around.

I have found this course very clear and motivational. It is a good introductory course. Nevertheless I was expecting exercises to apply and test the suggested techniques, especially techniques such as the mental palace. I have found very interesting the impostor syndrome, maybe because I was/am affected by that. It is very important to speak about it, so that it is easier for people to "heal" from that.

Thank you Barb and Terry for your enthusiasm and passion to teach us wanna-be-good-learners. After being rewarded with my certificate I find my self esteem and my confidence soaring! Speaker speaks slowly and very clearly so that understanding along with scripts is very easy to follow. Using the skills learned in this course I want to apply it to another field of learning and see myself challenge higher.

A practical yet enjoyable course! I am slowly but surely feeling the benefits of applying the techniques I learned from this course. The material was presented in a convincing way, and the instructors came across as encouraging and empathetic. The lessons are fairly compact and too-the-point too, so I'm glad I spent just a couple of weeks to make myself more effective for the rest of my learning journey!

Actually, I have some small concerns that the quizzes were so obvious that i didn't need to read the full choices to answer.. and it did work

Also, Barbra has intentionally tried to emphasize on the part that the passion always change.. OK but it is also a key for success to many.

Revealing that the topics that the course is about is not the absolute right and it may not work would make me much comfortable

Approachable, practical and relevant to all stages of life. Should be highly recommended or even essential for when at school. I wish this had been available when I was going to University! But appreciate it is available now. If you want to learn how to improve your own understanding and approach to the life long adventure of learning, or even if you just want to improve your results, try this course.

Learning How to Learn is a great course. It's presented in a manner that allowed me to quickly grasp many new concepts and ideas which isn't usually the case for me. Dr. Barbara Oakley and her colleagues are brilliant and I really enjoyed this course. In fact I share much of the information I learned here with my daughter and work mates on an ongoing basis. There is something here for everyone.

Thank you!

It has been a real privilege to be part of this course. Learning how to learn may sound simple but Barbara Oakley, Terry Sejnowski and the team behind this course have shared a lot of essential knowledge and science behind the proces of learning.I am a lot wiser now and I have so many take-aways that I can support my son a lot better than before. It will make learning much more interesting from now on...