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About the Course

Mindshift is designed to help boost your career and life in today’s fast-paced learning environment. Whatever your age or stage, Mindshift teaches you essentials such as how to get the most out of online learning and MOOCs, how to seek out and work with mentors, the secrets to avoiding career ruts (and catastrophes) and general ruts in life, and insights such as the value of selective ignorance over general competence. We’ll provide practical insights from science about how to learn and change effectively even in maturity, and we’ll build on what you already know to take your life’s learning in fantastic new directions. This course is designed to show you how to look at what you’re learning, and your place in what’s unfolding in the society around you, so you can be what you want to be, given the real world constraints that life puts on us all. You’ll see that by using certain mental tools and insights, you can learn and do more—far more—than you might have ever dreamed! This course can be taken independent of, concurrent with, or subsequent to, its companion course, Learning How to Learn. (Mindshift is more career focused, and Learning How to Learn is more learning focused.)...

Top reviews

DI

Oct 30, 2020

Great course! This is a lot more general than Learning about Learning but is also useful nonetheless. I like the focus on keeping positive and being confident in your potential despite our weaknesses.

EC

Aug 26, 2020

I enjoyed this course very much. I am 64-years-old and this course taught me that you can learn anything new no matter what age you are. I am now broadening my passions and learning is a lot more fun.

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By mona s

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Jun 3, 2020

i have thoroughly enjoyed this MOOC and i have learned a lot from this MOOC. teachers are exceptional and i love their way of teaching. i would love to take more courses of them. i am really happy to have learned a lot.

By Sudip B

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Jan 1, 2021

This is a wonderful course. It really helped me evaluate myself and my thinking as a whole and made me realize my potential and overcome my shortcomings. I encourage anyone who wish to have a mindshift to try this out.

By Stacey H

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Jun 17, 2020

Loved the teaching content & style. It has been very encouraging to learn that I can break through many obstacles & discover my hidden potential. I have more confidence & a better understanding now of how to do this.

By Jesusa M F

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May 30, 2020

An excellent course that is truly commendable! I have learned a lot from this MOOC that will surely help me in making wise decision to my future. Thank you so much to my teachers from McMaster University and Coursera !

By Nardine D

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Jun 11, 2020

This is one of the best mooc I have completed. Thank you to the team who have done an amazing job. I have learned so much. I needed this mind shift in my life. Thanks to this course I know what to do and how to do it.

By Surendra T

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Apr 22, 2020

Every video and reading of the course bind the students till the end of the course. I found this course keeps motivated and helps the people who is willing to shift carrier in the area which they feel are not skilled.

By Gabriel G

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Sep 23, 2017

An excellent course. I have been a teacher for over 31 years and I accept that I must learn to teach. The new generations require that we know how they learn with the new technologies being friendly with their brains.

By Dona L C

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Jan 16, 2023

Taking this course allowed me to understand that I have my own learning style, and to stop comparing my way of learning to others. I now understand my own needs better and can express the why in a more effective way.

By Fen G M

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Jul 11, 2020

Thank you for this wonderful course. Im happy i was able to learn new things from you. But i am a little bit sad knowing that the certificate is not for free. But themn thank you for the knowledge you imparted on me.

By Miguel S

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Feb 21, 2024

Excellent Course. Content was relevant to real life experiences, Ideas communicated effectively by the professors, and course achieved its goal to break my obstacles to learning and discover my potential. Thank you.

By Nishad Y

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Sep 13, 2023

The concepts explained were so helpful- it made me feel positive, optimistic, and eager to learn more new concepts to create more neural pathways. Good luck and thanks to Barbara and the team. Keep up the good work!

By Sylvia G

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Oct 27, 2020

Barbara has given a great gift to students. I hope that courses like Mindshift and Learning How to Learn will be made available to urban and rural students in a manner that is just as appealing as the originals!!!!

By Rubina M

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Dec 15, 2017

My First MOOC and I found it very interesting because of Barb. I truly enjoyed how she used metaphors and other creative ways of making us understand and finally I found reviewing the material at the end of our week

By Karmen-Ana W

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Feb 10, 2021

I loved this course as much as the last one, Learning how to learn!

I received insight, very useful tips, but also motivation and a little push forward to do better and achieve my goals.

Thank you Barbara and Terry!

By Aedrian A

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Jan 11, 2021

Excellent and insightful MOOC that is the perfect sequel to Learning How to Learn (LHTL); this is taken best as your second-ever MOOC after LHTL to have a good head start in your quest for lifelong online learning.

By Hanna F

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May 8, 2020

Great course! Important conceptions about learning are communicated in a fun and engaging way! Highly recommend to everyone who wants to improve the learning process, learn something new, or switch the career path.

By A K M M I

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May 6, 2020

I have completed several moocs in my life. I will consider this one as one of best moocs. The quality of the contents and videos were above expectations! Thank you sp much for creating this mooc for us Mam and Sir.

By Yashovardhan M

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May 27, 2018

This is an excellent follow-up of 'Learning - How to Learn'. There are some additional concepts that one can learn from this course. I recommend both the courses for people who need a path towards learning anything

By PERMASIVAN S G

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Feb 6, 2021

Finally break through furnish the course. Refresh and renew some of knowledge to upgrade on my work and add with real life. More information for study learn from this course. Finally to say that not end for study.

By Rachael B

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Jun 13, 2020

It was a great follow up from 'Learning how to Learn' which was the first MOOC I have done. I was surprised how many didn't things I can implement into my life both personally and work. Really recommend the course

By GRIJESH N

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Jun 7, 2020

As soon as I complete my final quiz certificate was issued before completing my Honors tasks. So Please kindly upgrade my honors certificate into honors one. I deserve to have it as I had completed my honor tasks.

By Sine L

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Apr 24, 2020

This course helps change my way of thinking, interesting insights based on facts. There are so many useful tricks and methods for better personal habits and perspectives. Also love the bonus memory trick videos :)

By DERYA A K

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Aug 9, 2022

It was really fun. This is the first time I have finished a MOOC. It was very engaging and easy to follow. It helped me to look at my weaknesses from a different point of view, so it was very useful. Thank you :)

By Chan M Y

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Jul 1, 2020

What was taught is an eye opener to re-evaluate myself on how to overcome obstacles so I can excel further in life. MOOC is a great learning platform as it gives so much time flexibility to complete the course .

By Praveen C

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May 5, 2020

A mind opener for someone who wants to understand themselves better and change for the better and conducted by one of the most expressive and interesting tutors on the internet !! Well worth the time and effort !