This course does something that I think every education system should use as a hard foundation to their teaching philosophy, it teaches people how to learn effectively and efficiently. It is incredibly frustrating that in my 18+ years as a student through primary education and on to graduate levels, I was never meaningfully taught how to study for myself but this course has done an outstanding job of doing just that. This should be required learning for every education system.

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to rethink parts of my work as teacher. During the sessions of this course I already gave my students some hints, such as "pomodoro" (it was the first time I heard about it, although I'm Italian :)). The next step will be encouraging those who struggle with study and giving them some tools.

Another thing I love is returning to be a student and taking tests: this helps me understanding what's going on in the students mind.

Grazie mille e ciao!!

Though I did not take the paid certificate option because I do not have the funds right now, I appreciate the fact that I can learn such wonderful techniques and tools from people who have been able to break through barriers in their own fields. Thanks to Drs. Oakley and Sejnowski, I feel like I have a lot of zombie super-powers now. If you want to know why you have not been doing so well with some courses, this is the class for you. Would probably be the best month of your life

Great and well-explained information on the subject. Plenty of relevant info on the brain and body in relation to both learning and well-being, as well as practical study tools and practices. The course also had a great structure; well-built for retention of the material, and applying the principles explained in the course. Really happy with the experience and information provided, and I will make sure to apply the information and learning tools during my pursuit of knowledge :)

This is my first course on this site and I really enjoyed it. The interesting thing is, some of the things the professors spoke about are things I've done before but it wasn't that effective because I did it wrong. This course simply teaches how to learn effectively but it's up to you to practice what you've been thought. The professors are wonderful and so are the interviews. Either you are having difficulty studying or you want to improve your studies, this course is great!

Me encanto el curso, las clases son muy entretenida y fácil de entender, tienen mucho material para seguir aprendido. Aprendí mucho sobre la mejor forma de aprender como mejorar nuestras técnicas de estudio para mejorar la retención de la información. Entender sobre la neurociencia de como nuestro cerebro trabaja al momento que estamos aprendiendo cosas y como optimizar el aprendizaje es de mucha utilidad para la vida diaria y en nuestras carreras profesionales. Muchas gracias.

This course was amazing. Barbara explains in a very friendly, easy to understand way, making the content more interesting and easy to follow.

As someone who has always procrastinated so much that I could never finish a Coursera course, this was the first one I was able to finish thanks to the many tips they share, and I can see myself using these tips not only in learning but also in real life. It was a real pleasure to follow this journey, thank you for your energy and passion!

I loved this course. I learned very valuable tools to help with my future studies and also in my professional career such as the Pomodoro technique, Chunking and using metaphors and analogies to learn. Mostly, I learned that I was a poor listener and often went into Zombie mode while learning, or in meetings. I suffered from Illusions of Competence. This was huge for me! I applied the concepts of this class in order to help me develop some solid study habits and it worked!

The explanations are interesting. I like it that there are transcripts to follow as i am a visual learner.. i understand better if i listen and read as well as take down important notes. Prof Barkley sometimes speaks rather softly and i have to put the volume on my laptop to max. Otherwise, everything else is great! i also like the questions asked after most of the videos.. they help me to recall important facts about the videos and test my understanding... Good Job professors!

This course helped me to realize and pinpoint a lot of the really bad habits that I've always had while learning anything. It has also taught quite a few really nice and effective methods to be able to leave those bad habits as well to learn in the most efficient way, just as the name suggests. I'm thankful to the instructors for this amazing course, and would suggest everyone like me, who has always had problems with performing well even after spending a lot of time preparing.

The course was a joy to take! So many interesting topics, interviews and explanations. Loads of interesting and useful material to learn to approach, examine and study any subject. It clearly opens a path for a better and easier way of learning whatever we want. Both instructors were kind and generous with their knowledge and way of conducting their classes. Special thanks to Mrs. Barbara Oakley for her kindness and warm way of explaining and teaching all. Such a sweet lady !!

Fantastic course! Wish I had taken this class and/or read Dr. Oakley's book when I was an undergraduate in college and/or in graduate/B-school. So many wonderful trips and tricks for getting the most out of your education and learning experience. I enrolled in the course to learn new and effective methods for absorbing and applying information more quickly in my professional working life, while also balancing the demands of running a start-up in the evenings. Five-star course!

This course helps me extremely a lot in not only from the learning aspect, also from the aspect of life and career. To know the focus and the diffuse mode, and how to deal with procrastination are definitely things that start to help my learning much more effective. The fact that even average intelligent people can accomplish extradinary things help me to change my thoughts about those genius people and also motivate me to accomplish something that I do not dare to try before.

Probably you already know some tools that are explained here, but now you can learn also which ones are the most effective and why, thanks to the neuroscience aspects covered.

It's a revolutionary and complete course on 'Learning about learning'. There are well structured units, each done exhaustively. Lessons are short and make you fix the point, so they are not boring and are perfect for both poor and model students.

The only requirement, in my opinion, is to want to improve.

It was a great course. I enjoyed it a lot. It taught me very useful concepts and tips like how to avoid procrastination, how to learn properly by recalling, repetition, how to prepare for a test by going through a exam checklist, importance of exercise and sleep, how to team work and etc. not only for near future but for the entire life. Lecturers delivered all very simply making it easier to be learnt. I recommend this course to anyone with trouble learning and test taking.

This course is just wonderful. It informed and inspired me. Somethings I knew intuitively some I didn't, but to hear these concepts spoken and illustrated with the care and empathy that Dr. Oakley and the other contributors display, make the lessons all the more understandable and important. This is a course I think I will come back to often, thru recall (you'll learn about it) and by actually re-watching the videos, because this material is that useful. Highly recommend.

He disfrutado y aprendido como nunca antes!!!. Que mas se puede pedir a un curso. Como con los buenos libros con "Learning how to learn" cada día estaba deseando avanzar y conocer nuevas técnicas y habilidades en el aprendizaje. Ha sido emocionante desde el principio hasta el fin. No puedo mas que recomendar este curso y agradecer a Barbara Oakley y a Terry Sejnowski su generosidad por trasmitirnos tan valiosos conocimientos para el aprendizaje y para la viva. Thanks a lot!!!

After going through this course, first week only, I realized that this subject itself, should be the first course that any university students or adults or students should go through FIRST, before studying the really tough ones inside Coursera.org.

Basically, it's a course to share tips on how to learn faster, and remember better, and possibly mastery in the subject that you are after!

This course is structured in a very fun manner, even the quizes are very humourous to answer!

It's been a great pleasure to join this course. I have learned helpful tools, and best of all I am inspired.

Inspired to use the tools.

Inspired to share my knowledge of learning.

Inspired by the knowledge of this course flowing to other areas of my interest.

Do read the extra material. Do watch the extra videos. I urge you.

And last, do the honors submissions. You learn from doing them. You learn from reviewing your piers. And you learn from the generous feedback from your piers.

This is a very inspire and deeply interesting course! All of parts architected are simple, competently and logical. After course i find many of my bad mistakes and i hope it helps me to be better and learn faster. Because we learn through all the life!

I finished my university many years ago, but now i would learn by Barbara Oakly and Dr. Senjowsky with pleasure. You are the great teachers! Thanks for learned me how to learn!

with respect, Rouslan Boulatov, Moscow, Russia.

Por medio del curso he adquirido conocimiento relevante sobre la forma de aprender. Ahora se lo necesario que es para nuestro diario vivir el reestructurar la forma de pensar, estudiar o al momento de estar aprendiendo un determinado tema. Es muy vital tener el conocimiento de como funciona nuestro cerebro al momento de estar almacenando nueva información. Este curso me a despejado muchas duda y la forma en la que explican los temas lo hacen mas accesible y fácil de entender.

Learning How to Learn was the most professional and well-structured educational course I have ever had. The sublime cover of the material, strong scientific basis, professional attitude to bring citations everywhere to share extended resources, and of course smooth and confident presentation of Dr. Oakley and Dr. Sejnowski are noticeable. among all. I can see a great amount of hard work behind creating this MOOC and I appreciate all the experience shared through this course.

O Curso foi muito interessante. Fiz os meus trabalhos e tirei uma classificação final de 90%. Nos Peers Assessment corrigi e classifiquei 8 trabalhos, em vez dos 3 requisitados. O Curso foi por vós oferecido após eu o ter solicitado e foi aprovado. Mas até hoje ainda não recebi o vosso Certificado. Se me ofereceram o Curso e tirei uma nota excelente porque não me enviam o dito Certificado? Eu não tenho possibilidades de o pagar.... Agradeço o favor da vossa especial atenção.

This course has given me insights on how to improve my learning techniques to help me better understand what I'm trying to learn. I really enjoyed how the instructors explained the materials. Everything was easy to understand and I have been implementing some of the methods or techniques I find effective for me, such as the Pomodoro technique and the spaced repetition. Thank you very much for this wonderful course! I can't stress enough how I recommend this course to anyone.

Outstanding! This is the first Mooc you should take. It will set a new, and firm foundation for learning, retaining, and re-examining how you learn. It reveals how the mind works, and how many of the old ways we were taught to learn aren’t nearly as effective as we thought. Dr Barb Oakley and Dr Terry Sejnowski are so extremely relatable and informative. Love them! After this class, you might really enjoy “ Mindshift “, by them. Waiting for more...hint,hint...Barb and Terry.