I completed this course!

Coming to this course with some initial doubts, I ended up learning more than expected. There were times that I thought I would not continue the course due to my hectic schedule. However, Dr. Oakley is a great teacher, as she always managed to inspire and instil the thirst for knowledge in me. Can't thank her enough for sharing her useful pieces of wisdom.

One of the best short courses available for learning how to learn, I love all the new tools that you have enabled me to use. I am looking forward to my new adventure and tackling a diploma, and now feel confident with the learning process and best I can apply this to my new course. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. Only one more word to describe the experience I have undertaken.

It has helped me , because I want to be a better student. I'm studying engineering and I want to do well in my career , but I find it difficult and I think that if I follow the advice of this course , I can do it better. I would also like to improve my English ( I am from Spain ) and practice a little every day with the pomodoro technique . Thank you so much, you helped me a lot.

I really enjoyed this course. This course is a great blend of neuroscience and actual learning tactics and principles. Both Dr. Oakley and Dr. Sejnowski present solid information in a casual yet informed manner and make staying on the course very interesting. I find the techniques described very useful for any endeavor that requires focused learning for a lifetime. Excellent!

The course provide me a new concept and knowledge of learning and giving me a new mindset in order to gain new materials. Beside that, I understand that the success which is not achieved by talent or smart, but is from the perseverance and the right methodology of learning. Therefore, become a master is the long-term process, not only focusing the product. Many thanks teachers.

I found this course highly useful, in that it helped me understand better and efficient methods of learning. It goes in depth upon some important effects of sleep in learning. The neuroscience behind learning was crucial in understanding why the methods work. I would certainly practice these techniques to enhance memory and retention. I also liked the chunk creation section.

Course is extermly useful and effective .. the used technique is so engaging and helpful ... truly lucky to ge inrolled in this programe , i have finished Learn how to learn and i am so excited to start the second part of the course Mindshifting , great technique in teaching is being used & the investment in such course is totaly worth it :)

Happy learning everyone :)

Tarek Moazeb

Wish I had gone through this when I started college. My recommendation is to use Anki and create question-like notes for this course and use the practice of spaced repetition to solidify this learnings. Another option would be to review this course once a year! If you're in college, do it before the start of each semester to refresh this ideas and go in with a strong foundation!

I learnt a lot from the course and feel more confident now tackling new areas. The understanding of focused and diffused mode of learning is especially meaningful to me. I can now link my behaviours/ actions / outcome to make learning more effective. These are also a lot of good practical techniques that i want to apply and use. Thank you for making this course so easy to learn.

It is very general and basic, which is a good quality for courses like this. The concepts are explained in a very simple and broad manner that makes it easy to understand and apply in any discipline. The important concepts are highlighted really well by being concise and repeating it over multiple videos that I still remember them even if I have only watched all the videos once.

A great insight towards how the brain is a beautiful and exquisite intermingle of complexity and at the same time simplicity. The techniques mentioned in the course are really helpful towards enhancing the productivity of the brain and the concepts provided puts light on not only the cause of the daily shortcomings faced by many people but also how to tackle these shortcomings.

Great course. All the tools that are proposed can be used ASAP therefore you area able to see how using this strategies work. Also I loved the fact that I had an explanation of how does this strategies work on a neurological level. I had been told to use certain techniques but I was doubtful and did not tried them before, now I have learned also to give myself a chance to do it.

This course has been my company during my morning commute to work and I couldn't be happier.

The videos are easy to watch, the information is easy to retain and there are funny jokes along the way.

Thank you so much for your work, I learned many techniques to improve my learning capacity and I understand better how the brain works! It made me curious to learn more about our brain.

So far, I really like the Course. I think Barbara and Terrence are really nice. I liked it very much, that Barbara told us a bit about her life. It showed me that it is never to late to start with something new.

I also like they way they explain things. Really simple and very understandable. I am pretty sure I will apply a lot of things. I am looking forward to the next Session.

Provides practical and applicable insights into how the physiology of the brain impacts learning. You learn what the brain is doing when you study, and how to maximize your study time. This course greatly aided my retention and understanding for my comprehensive exams in law. Strongly recommended for anyone interested in learning, whether in math, science, humanities, or law.

I think this lesson is quite different from the others, for it offers some new methods of how to learn better ,which I have not heard before. Surprisingly, it gives us quite a lot of information about the relationship between our learning skills and architecture of our brains.I think this lesson matters a lot in my whole life, for I am always learning new things on my life way.

I wish I had discovered this course before I graduated from my university. It took me a while to discover by trial and error some of the concepts from the course which would make my university time much more productive and some of the concepts were totally new to me. I hope other people will be more lucky than I was and will discover and incorporate this much earlier in life :)

The course is introduces you to many practice techniques to improve your learning. The potential field application is extremely broad and I think that this is why its the most popular course. I think it would be helpful to improve upon the practical area of the course by having things like "ok pause this video and go exercise" to really embed the suggestions into us students.

I expected to learn a bunch of study strategies from this course but instead, I've learned how our brains work, and it especially helped in building mindfulness and positive thinking, not just learning a new subject.Although those study strategies are definitely useful while learning a new subject, the whole course's material is applicable to the concept of learning in general.

Although I have already practiced ~80% of the techniques taught in this course (i.e. Pomodoro, spaced repetition, getting enough sleep, recall, testing self, etc.), I still learned new things, and this course convinced me that I've been doing the right things but can make some improvements. I especially love the zombies! They remind me of Plants vs. Zombies in an endearing way.

Very informative with great references for those who want to dive deeper not only into practical steps for great learning but also into the psychology and neuroscience of learning. With lecturers that seem genuinely passionate about the subject matter and test-questions that are neither too hard nor seeking excessively personal information. Feels so great learning how to learn!

Trully effective and usefull techniques are shared in this course. I now have additional and upgraded style of learning. Highly recommended for students struggling to cope up with their subjects and assignments. Its enjoyable to learn new things such as this approach. I wish i had this lectures during my Highschool and college time. I may be an Honor students during my time..

Very beneficial course, telling you how your brain works and how you can get the most out of it, you do not have to be genius or gifted to have a good memory or do great stuff. Your brain is a gift and you can just know how to use it. many techniques I have learned to be used during studying any subject. I even learned how to overcome procrastination and help improve my memory

Out of tenths of MOOCs i have started, i've only finished two, and this is the second of them. If you know about MOOCs statistics, that would say enough, but not to be so short in words, the course is good and keeps you engaged because it teaches you usable, applicable concepts, that require just a fair amount of time to go through, and that are taught in a accessible way. 5/5

Extremely useful course. I wish I had been exposed to this information two decades ago. I have started to use techniques learned not only in studying but also in other areas of both my personal and professional life. Learning is part of our personal lifelong evolution. It is a gift to learn how to improve this process. Thanks to the professors for their wonderful contribution.