ZL
Nov 22, 2015
First MOOC that I can accomplish, even in my busiest days, because I'm motivated to learn the lessons taught in it and I like the teacher and class format (small videos and always repeating concepts).
LB
May 17, 2020
This class really focused on the process of learning. It taught me so much. I even shared ideas with my college and high school student. They were surprised as some concepts were helpful to them also.
By Ayan Z
•Jun 21, 2020
This course has been very helpful to me. I learned a lot of very interesting teaching methods. I really liked the style of presentation of Barbara Oakley and Mr. Terrence Sejnowski. I am very grateful to them. I use the knowledge gained in my work with students. I do not know English very well, but I was able to take the course with the help of a translator, it raised my self-esteem
By Martijn B
•Apr 18, 2020
Learning How to Learn has been a tremendously interesting adventure! Although my university days are behind me, I learned a lot that I can use in my professional life. Moreover, the course reaffirmed good learning habits that I picked up in the past. The material is explained very well and the additional Honors assignment were a fun exercise in consolidating the material in my mind.
By Sree B
•Jan 29, 2020
Really this course gave me a new insight about learning art. After started incorporating those techniques, feeling myself new wrt learning. Though it is taking quite time & discipline, but still the techniques really works very well. Hope by continuing this forever, let me revamp myself going forward swiftly. I suggest everyone to take up this course. Thanks to the Instructors.
By Mariko M
•Jan 28, 2020
Super efficient for me. When my friend recommended me to take this course, I failed the exam several times. However I still did not reflect back on my study method, and I even ignored his advice to take the course. At that time, I believed in myself that, studying longer hours will only lead to success, which is absolutely not. Now I am super thankful to my friend. Thank you Sergey!
By VERONICA D C M G
•Mar 3, 2019
This course is really valuable, every student in the world must follow it, because education is the only key to make our brain grow up. Sometimes we feel we cannot learn something in life, but with this kind of tools shown during the course, any people can get it. If we understand our brain, our own process of learning, among others, our lives could change for better. Thanks a lot!!
By Mark
•Feb 27, 2017
Brilliant course! Though I wished the quizzes incorporated (one of the learning tips in the course) interleaved distributed practice, e.g. testing week 2's material in week 3, etc. Also, the wrong answers in quizzes tended to be not tricky enough, i.e., someone who hasn't learned the material adequately could just do the quizzes and pass, since the wrong answers are obviously wrong.
By Sean M G
•Sep 1, 2015
Very enjoyable and helpful course best way to speed up learning and save lot's of time you can spend with friends and relatives instead of wasting it with bad and time consuming learning methods. So before signing up for the next course consider first signing up for LEARNING HOW TO LEARN and see how you can make your next course a much more fun experience once you know how to learn.
By Matias B
•Nov 30, 2021
I honestly really enjoyed every minute of it, it gave me new ideas and points to look and use for learning anything, because i wasnt so sure on how to do it properly while using bad techniques or wasting time, i will rewatch it sometime in another instance, thank so much for creating this awesome course and i hope you the best of wishes both Barbara and Terrence, lovely persons <3
By Abdelrhman E
•Oct 25, 2021
It is one of the good things in our world that a course like this is available for nearly everyone, and for free! It helped me confirm effective learning techniques, be aware of learning illusions and know how to master anything I want to learn but still the most amazing thing about this course is the fascination I felt when I begin to learn about the human brain and how it works.
By Thomas B
•Nov 2, 2020
Excellent course with great instructors. The videos are easy to follow and the short quizzes throughout make sure you've understood the material. Some of the reading sources mentioned were outdated however and linked to sites that were no longer available. The companion book is also a great read and I recommend it to anyone wanting to dive further into the subject of meta-learning.
By Lesley S
•Sep 24, 2020
Wish I had this information a few decades ago while I was in college. Looking forward to using this now as I recover from a TBI. I am 1 year post concussion and am still having issues with processing and learning information. I had difficulty reading and was off work for 10 months. My back ground is chemical engineering and zero emission vehicle technologies and infrastructure.
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
•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 12, 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!