EB
May 20, 2016
I found this course incredibly useful and practical. It has not only helped me better understand the process of learning but it has also given me valuable tools in how to optimize my learning process.
GR
Sep 10, 2016
This is a course which I enjoyed. It gave a good insight of the learning methodologies which we have often heard of but not given due importance. Also, the brain facts is cool :) My 5/5 to this course
By Miss Z P
•Aug 31, 2020
One of the best courses I have ever done! And I have done quite a few (got up to masters degree). I loved every bit of it!
Great lecturers! Easy to listen to.
All the time whilst learning, I kept thinking of how much time and energy I have lost over the years of learning wrongly. Thank you for this opportunity and knowledge. I hope to use it by helping my children in their learning.
By Sadi M
•Jul 11, 2020
This is a great course, full of helpful, easy-to-digest information, relayed in a friendly, positive, repetitive manner. Points were repeated in similar fashions, to express the same meaning, but show from a slightly different vantage point to further ingrain the material. Frequent use of personal insight questions helped to cement the information further into the long term memory.
By Jonathan V
•Jan 29, 2017
Engaging, witty, informative, compulsive, persuasive and effective. Nothing fancy, just a smart presenter putting it over in a way that makes sense supported by the science and academic papers that give it credibility. Yet so many people have tried to do this in the past? It is the magic of combining an online platform that is of its age and works, and someone with a story to tell.
By Johann D
•Jan 15, 2017
If your your are looking for the formula to use your brain with more efficiency. Take this course right now. And the end of the course, i was mixed with two feelings why haven't i enrolled myself earlier and welcome to a new-me ready to explore an ocean of new subjects . I send a warm thanks to Barb and Terence for the quality of their work and for having shared their knowledge.
By Tanya V
•Nov 26, 2016
This course was the most efficient and complete I've ever watched. I'm so gratefull that I have an opportunity to enhance my learning skills. These materials can be called 'gold' without any doubts. I will try to put in practice everything I've got in this course. Also, I want to say a tremendous Thank You to the creators and participants of this course! This work was worth doing.
By MUKUL B
•Mar 29, 2016
Before starting or learning any course of your interest, I would urge you to First Do THIS course completely and then, I am sure the efficiency of learning will drastically increase and will give a feeling of satisfaction.
I would like to Thank Dr. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski for such a great course material and the learning experience which they shared.
BR/
Mukul Bisen
By Ravindran T
•Mar 13, 2021
This is one of the best courses that I have attended online. It has given me a lot of tips and tricks about how to learn new concepts. The concepts are explained by Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski in a way which is easy to follow and recall. I feel really fortunate to have got an opportunity to come across this course. I will strongly recommend this course for everyone.
By Tony R
•Dec 4, 2020
It's been a very interesting course, with much to learn, and I will make sure to apply the skills I learnt to my life. I would encourage everyone to take the course, whether you are interested in literature, science, art, you name it. There are also plenty of interviews with leading experts in various fields which give insights into learning techniques, procrastination and memory.
By Tajh L
•Jul 4, 2020
This is an excellent course, I wish I had taken it earlier. The Coursera interface is not intuitive for me - In fact I thought I had completed the course however only realized that I hadn't when I received a request for a poll on why I didn't complete the course! I did end up finishing the course, you have to keep clicking on "next" to get past many things to get to the very end.
By pranjal p
•Apr 26, 2020
This course was insightful. I have experienced a paradigm shift in the way I used to understand learning. I had my set of mental blocks that prevented me from enjoying the learning process. I had reached a point in my life where learning new concepts were more of a burden. And procrastination had affected most aspects of my life. This course has changed the way I look at learning.
By Pedro C
•Jun 14, 2019
I would like to leave a word of appreciation to Dr. Barbara and Dr. Terrence, and Coursera, for creating a great course on learning available to anyone on the globe. I believe concepts such as chunking, the difference between focused and diffused modes, working and long-term memory, and suggestions for dealing with procrastination, will be empowering for anyone taking this course!
By Johnny L
•Jul 23, 2017
I can't recommend this course highly enough. It's probably the single most important course I've taken so far in anything. It doesn't require much time or effort, but the outcome is pretty mindblowing, at least for a person who is used to slave away for nothing like me. Since I've applied the learning techniques from this course, my studying has become much more effecient and fun!
By Server K
•Jul 7, 2017
First of all, thank you very much for sharing the material. It was really helpful and I feel that I benefit from it now. I have changed my approach to learn and now I keep in mind all the important thing that you have mentioned during the course. Therefore, I think I will recommend this course to everyone, who wants to improve their studying performances.
Once again, thanks a lot!
By Hello
•Apr 22, 2017
It provides me many important and new knowledge or ideas about learning based on the research result of Neuroscience. It makes me start to look at myself, my brain and what I can achieve in a new way. Nice and interesting lecture! Also you will find how this course differ from other courses on Coursera in many details, as well as how the course instructors care for their students!
By Ram C
•Dec 3, 2016
It was a really interesting course, with great ideas and lots of tips to boost one's learning process. The optional interviews was a great bonus as well. What made it even more wonderful is the weekly mails I get now from the instructors of this course, Barb and Terry, with suggested books and MOOC's. So glad that I decided to join this and completed it. Thank you for creating it!
By Grato T
•Feb 23, 2016
I've only finished the 1st week, yet, I can say that LH2L is very effective. My learning abilities have greatly improved. It helps a lot to understand how our brain works for a more effective learning.
It is so good that I am going to buy the book "A Mind for Numbers". Thanks Barbara Oakley, Dr. Sejnowski, and everyone else for making this course free and available to everybody :)
By Chingis T
•Nov 9, 2024
This course is of great benefit for all who want to learn. It gives you the very foundation that can be used for learning anything more efficiently and in accordance with the way human beings function. Amazing course, amazing optional interviews, amazing instructors and content. Deep respect and gratitude to the creators and anyone who contributed to making it and maintaining it.
By Keoagile M
•Aug 11, 2022
This is a really great course. It is logical, practical and easy to understand. You can immediately start to apply the methods and tips introduced very early in the course. If you want to know how to learn effectively and beat bad habits like procrastination, this course is for you. The instructors are truly world-class. They are kind and you get the sense that they really care.
By Akshay V
•Dec 21, 2021
This course is really important because it focuses on something which is basic and required for everything one might want to do in life or is doing in life. Humans learn all the time, being able to learn better and consciously put an effort into learning better is skill without which it is a shame and a waste of one's potential. Go through this course, it's worth it and precise.
By Avgi A
•Dec 17, 2020
I loved this course. I am trying to somehow "escape" from my current job and focus on learning a new subject. As I found myself struggling, I decided to take this course first and I believe I made the rightest choice. Thank you Drs! You have been great! With your kind way there were times I felt you next to me telling me "everything can happen, just relax, focus and let it flow".
By Andi S R
•Jul 22, 2020
It should be mandatory to have this type of material as part of a regular curriculum in the earlier years of a student path. This course shows, with a rigorous foundation, the way we learn and how we can improve ourselves with different techniques. I liked that through the course it was emphasized that we can, with a positive attitude and perseverance, achieve what we truly love!
By Prof. H Z
•May 20, 2020
Life Tranforming Material: Highly Qualified, Very well Trained Instructors ,They have done brilliant work in producing this course.This course is filled with enormous amount of authentic research.I am an academician who had lost touch with learning with a fresh eye have got new perspective.Highly recommended to all Teachers,Professors and everyone who wants to learn How to learn.
By Charles H M
•May 19, 2020
I enjoyed the course and especially the tone set by Dr Oakley who maintained high quality and a light spirit throughout the teachings. I loved the way things came together for me as an older person and how they reinforced old ideas from the past. Well done to the team and to Coursera. If it wasn't Covid-19 time and my business limping, I would have purchased the course willingly.
By Kate R
•Apr 21, 2020
This was a great class to learn how your brain functions, how YOU learn best, as well as a few tips and tricks for test-taking. Barbara Oakley was a wonderful professor in this series - she used tricks throughout the sessions to make sure you were learning while you went through the course. She also sent out loads of resources to follow up and dive into. I would highly recommend!
By Vinicius S M
•May 28, 2018
I can't help but imagine a world where everyone know how to learn properly. So many people have dropped out of school or simply neglected their education during all their lives because they feel anxious and ultimately hate it. Imagine if they did not need to feel like that as much, as this course teaches us. How many brilliant ideas and scientists and ideas would have flourished?