I enjoyed this course very much. Professors are passionate about learning, have a genuine interest in teaching and are cool. You will have a good time taking this course. It's packed with a lot of resources with a lot of useful and interesting information but you will not feel the time pass by if you want to improve your learning skills and want to know more about the whole learning process, which is very interesting. Highly recommended for everyone! What you will learn here is useful in every field for your entire life.

Learning How to Learn is without a doubt the most pleasant, interesting, and useful online course I've taken to date. Both instructors are engaging and lively, the material is presented in straightforward and clever manners, and it achieves the balance between technical background information and practical techniques.

I would heartily recommend Learning How to Learn to anyone from high school students looking to improve their grades through to adult learners returning to education after an absence and EVERYONE in between.

I have been struggling with my studies since I got admitted into university but couldn't find out where the root of all problems is. Now, I have come to know about how my brain works and how it can be managed to do things. I wish I will be able to apply what I have learned in this course. Believe it, it was worthy of time to waste in such a course that won't help you to earn your payscale directly but it will bring a major mind-shift to believe in yourself when you will get to know where you lacked and what do you need.

I found this course for my 12-year-old daughter. She is starting to get classes that depend on tests for the grade, and she was really unclear how to study effectively. I decided to take the course also, and my 6-year-old son, who is highly motivated, participated with me. I got some key benefits from the course, particularly the pomodoro technique, which I am using. The side benefit to doing this "as a family" is that it gives us a vocabulary and common experience around which to discuss learning concepts together.

This course is fantastic. The professor in this lecture gave me a better insight into the brain's function and how to learn more effectively. I have been watching numerous videos talking about this problem. However, None of these videos is as enjoyable as this course. Spending a whole week, I learned the correct way to activate the two brain modes and interweave them efficiently. Even though it is still sometimes annoying and hard, I hope shortly, I can master this and be able to reap more fruitions in academic thrive.

Really helpful, while learning the course, I recalled of many words that my teachers told me when I was at school. Such as look at the last few questions (the most difficult ones) first during an exam, and recall what I've learnt after each course, they were really helpful, but back then I couldn't understand very clearly so didn't try hard on them. But now I know, and I become more confident with these 'tricks' and become more willing to control my learning process to make it more efficient and enjoyable.

Thanks a lot.

This course is amazing! It really explains the topic in depth and you learn a lot from both professors! This course also provides a lot of practical information and you know that it's evidence based. It's definitely worth the time and effort to watch all the videos and I recommend this course to everyone who wants to learn something. More important: This course is mainly focused on academics but it also links the knowledge to everyday learning (skills like cooking great dishes, learn a sport or any other skill really)

I am sure that the topics mentioned in this course will be helpful for anybody, in any area of their lives. I love the fact that the course is short and concise, you can see through out the course that Barbara and Dr. Sejnowski truly care about the quality of the material. This course has helped to change my way of learning; I feel like I have made a lot of progress in a short period of time and I am sure I will continue to improve my learning skills. Thank you to all the people involved in the making of this course.

Great info, I also read the book to further interleave the learning. In the future I will definitely use techniques presented in this course. One little point of annoyance, for most of the tests, the multiple choose questions contain very clearly right and very clearly wrong answers. In my opinion this makes the effectiveness of taking those tests much less. I think this is a missed opportunity since this course itself speaks so highly about the value of serious test taking. But overall I'm very happy with the course.

I felt it was mainly fun, and I did talked about the principles and interviews I've seen during the course, so I guess something about the course works! :)

Also, It helped me understand some of my behaviors (for good and bad) .

There are a few things that were a bit...well...made me go somewhere else for a while during the course:

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It took me a while to get used to the lectures tempo. For me - they are a bit too slow.

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In many cases - the answers for the question were long. From time to time - It was really exhausting.

Through this course I learned about the mechanics of the learning, techniques for learning better and also how to retain what we learn in our long-term memory.

The course covers a wide range of topics such as procrastination, different thinking models, the importance of physical activity for your brain among many others.

The course has the contribution of experts and scientists from different domains which I believe that contributes for the overall quality of the program.

I highly recommend everyone to take this course!

I found this course while looking around what to learn in Coursera and this one has a high rating and interesting topic, since I'm kind of struggling to overcome procrastination lately. But what I learn here is more than just tackling procrastination, it's so amazing to learn about our brain and how to maximize its function. There is also some useful techniques that can be implemented in our daily life. I suggest everyone to take this course because it will give you a new perspective about learning. Try it yourself.

Me gusto mucho, aunque me hubiera gustado muchísimo mas haber tenido este curso disponible cuando estudie la universidad. En términos generales muchos de los consejos los fui adquiriendo a prueba y error durante mi época de estudiante, pero muchos otros conceptos acerca del funcionamiento del cerebro en relación al aprendizaje y consejos mencionados durante el curso me habrían ayudado muchísimo saber que eran correctos en su momento y saber que iba por el camino correcto al probar técnicas diferentes para estudiar

Good afternoon! I am eternally grateful to the authors of the course and all those involved in it. This is the best thing I've learned lately, I wholeheartedly recommend it to everyone. The course is very exciting and useful, it is literally an instruction to the brain. Awesome! Special thanks, Barbara Oakley she is so friendly that it cannot leave you indifferent. Dr. Terrence SejnowskiThank you for your invaluable knowledge. Thank you for helping people from different countries to be kinder and smarter. Thank you!

I found it an amazingly well organised course. It cut no corners. A spade was called a spade. Most things we know but it's good when its re-enforced and we are made to face reality - illusions of competence. We fool ourselves so easily. Its hard hitting and extremely beneficial. I particularly liked the palace technique. It took me a while to actually understand but it was quite astounding how it worked once put into practices.

It was a great course and I am glad I got so much out of it. Thanks to Babara and Terence.

This is a must-take course for any adult learner about to undertake any significant learning activity. In my humble opinion it should be required material in every degree course and I would not be exaggerating to say that completing it has changed my life. As an adult learner with ADHD, I found it useful in particular to enhance my self awareness and understanding of how my brain works. Although I had heard of pomodoro and anki cards before - I did not have a technical understanding of WHY they worked until now.

The course is very intrinsic in its teaching and i would most definitely recommend to nay student starting out either in their academic career or simply considering one in the near future. Even if it might not be education purposes, it can also be for job as it was in my case. Unfortunately, it was too late on my end, but I look to making changes in the future as advised by my peers in this course. It will teach the reason why slowing down is very important and vital to undertaking as well as mastering of concepts.

Absolutely game changing stuff! I always was curious about figuring out a set of principles that will make my learning more efficient. I used to avidly read the Learning on Steroids material by Scott Young. Although I had known much of the stuff taught on this course, I never had the right structure to put all this in perspective. The much-needed structure is what this course gave me. I'm currently a broke entrepreneur. But, when the time comes, I want to buy this course as a token of thanks. Thank you, Coursera!

It is true that there is a broad applicability of the concepts presented in the videos. Using scientific data and concrete examples to illustrate points, the instructors truly delivered.

As a medical student, I find this course really worth investing into. I still am amazed of the things I've learned about learning. I am surprised at how much time and energy I've wasted before studying inefficiently. No wonder I'm burned out time and again. It was delightful embarking on this ship. Thank you very much!

Highly recommend to take this as your first MOOC course. Very easy to understand, all topics discuss are presented in an easy, painless manner. The professors have very informative and brief video lectures, and taking the questions and quizzes right after the lectures is very helpful in staying engaged without using up too much of your time. This is coming from a person who has had a hard time with going to school, so the result is very good. Hopefully the other classes are as good and to the point as this one was.

An original, interesting, well organized course that sums up many tools that you can casually find on the internet when you get frustated about not learning effectively what you want to learn. It gives useful tips to become a good learner (boosting your morale!) and a fundamental explanation of our neurological processes. Barbara Oakley is a pleasure to listen to! Thanks!

PS. Just a small criticism to improve: 1) tests little challenging 2) optional interviews are nice but usually generalistic despite being so long

I loved this course. The instructors were so encouraging and positive about what they taught. Thye gave great information but it did not come across as "lecturing." By giving examples from their own lives it made the lessons so much more meaningful and also gave me ways to remember some of the learning lessons shared. I wish I had this course many years ago it would have saved me so much time. I eventually self learned some of the information shared here. Hearing it now was so validating and empowering. Thank you!

This is an essential course to understand a bit clearer how to learn new concepts and more important, how our brain works and how we can maximize its performance.

Both Dr. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski master all the subjects taught, and it's remarkable the passion they show in the different videos and the useful optional interviews.

I can only highly recommend this video to those who want to improve their capabilities regarding memory, thinking or best understanding and brain performance in general.

Great and simple-to-follow course. It teaches you very useful techniques to improve your learning and tackle procrastination, with day-to-day examples and metaphors. Even though part of the course is presented in a simple and intuitive language, some lectures will go deeper in psychological and neuro-scientific explanations to let you better understand how the brain works regarding learning. A must do course for every passionate learner who's willing to optimize his time and effort when approaching new concepts.

It is very helpful topics discussed and lots of new information and new areas of knoweledge. I believe it should be introducred earlier to adults or students as It will be so beneficial to their study for sure as will as old people like me. This topic deserve more deeper learning as it is very vital to gain more knowledge in shorter time and maximizing the value of valuable resource - Time.

Thanks for the tremendous time and effort spent in this material, interview, and other available sources for extra readings