I found every bit of content useful. I did this because I teach at a secondary school and wanted to check out how useful this course might be for my students. I'll be recommending that all of them do it. One thing I would add is a topic on How students can help themselves find things out. Too often, they just want to be spoon fed. Thanks

Learned so many useful techniques and insights, easy trickes and tips, controlling anxiety, and more interesting info about how ou brains work. I really wished to came across this course before I finished all my school, university, and master courses(lol) but there yet so much to learn. Thank you so much. Just Start and you won't regret it.

This course is ideal!

... for students,

..... for first-time user of MOOC like coursera,

... for people who want to acquire new skills / want to learn

... for enthusiats in neuroscience and and the brain

Because it is extremly well presented, it is fairly short - only 4 weeks and it provide instant tools and techniques of immediate application.

Thank I've understand a lot of different things that happened to me when I was in college and I was wondering how was possible, however I remember a similar course that was offered to me at first year of college I was thinking I supposed to boring and not interesting. Now I'm sure how wrong I was.

Thanks Barbara and the rest of the team!!!

This is one of the best course online - its a pre-course to all the MOOC learning we are going to do in future. Everyone who is thinking of learning and developing skills online as a part of their lives then they should start from this course. Both instructors are pretty cool and everything is explained in best possible way. 5 stars course.

This strong scientific backed course has provided me with new understanding about how my brain works and how I could cooperate daily exercises to help me strengthen my learning. With helpful tips and methods, Dr. Oakley gives you the power to achieve the knowledge you want, as for any age and professions, especially the life-long learners.

Great course. very interactive and easy to learn. learning capacity and learning techniques taught in this course are very interesting especially the Pomodor and Procrastination lectures were very helpful. Last but not the least, the instructors are very very great, they taught the course in a very easy and endoyable way. Happy Learning!

It is an amazing course, which really helped me to learn better, easier and understand some processes such as diffuse and concentrated mode and others. Thank you for preparing it, it is really such a loss that students do not learn about it school or at the university... Anyway, I feel really grateful that I find out about it and enrolled!

Amazing course! I believe it should be teached in school. Although I'm not actively studying anywhere now, all information was actual and important! For example, I've learned how to form a new habits, tackle procrastination, how memory works and many-many other things. Thanks for teaching how to learn, Barbara Oakley and Terry Sejnowski :)

I am very satisfied with this course because i learned a lot of techniques and modes which i can use to further improve my capacity to learn.I would also recommend this course to my friends as the techniques taught here are very valuable for life. Hats-off to Dr. Barbara and Dr.Terry for coming up with such a wonderful and flexible course.

Es un curso genial, gracias por enseñarme a usar mis propias habilidades y sobre todo a tener confianza en mi mismo, todas estas técnicas han sido muy útiles tanto para mi vida estudiantil como para mi vida personal. Esta es una de las experiencias que mas ha aportado a mi vida, de verdad me siento satisfecha de haber elegidos este curso.

Really helpful. Everyone who stuck by math or other tricky subject should take this course. Lots of strategies and tactics are taught through it and optional interview. The reference listed at the end of each lesson is very specific and in detail. You can practice each skill individually. What was once a trickle has since become a stream!

Excellent course about learning and how your brain works. Definitely I'll try teach my 10 years old son techniques from this course and explain him all what I learned to help him make his life easier with learning. Knowledge is power and power is freedom.

Thank you very much for opportunity to go through this course. You did great job guys.

thank you for making this available.. these contents must be used in induction courses at all graduate and undergraduate colleges.. it may improve the quality of efforts put in by students thereby improving the overall standard and ranking of a college or degree... colleges can atleast start experimenting this with some sections / batches

This course has given me super information on how to become a better learner. Moreover, it has taught me that blindly following my passions isn't enough - I have to learn how to broaden them as well. Equipped with many tips and tools, I now feel confident to face challenging subjects with excitement rather than dread. Highly recommended!

I am actually mindblown by the knowledge in this course. The things I've learnt here will forever change my life, I am currently starting a new life and setting myself for a better future and career path. My learning experience has improved after finishing this course! I am confident in my ability to tackle new subjects!

Highly recommend!!

I prefer the organization and maturity of Mindshift over Learning How to Learn but the mostly cover the same core strategies. Mindshift is more suited to those on the self-paced lifelong learning, choose your own adventure path vs a curriculum handed down by an educational institution with strict deadlines and narrow mastery evaluations.

I have been out of school for about 5 years, and have been terrified of going back for a graduate degree because with work and a dissociative disorder, it is difficult to retain information. This program has given me tools to overcome that fear and an approach learning in a different way. I am so excited to earn this MS degree. Thank you!

This course has been a real eye opener in terms of the study methodology that one can adopt for optimized learning. The fact that process is more important than the product in achieving our learning goals, itself was a major shift in perspective for me. I look forward to attending future courses offered by Professors Oakley and Sejnowski.

It was a great experience. I ignored the way our brain works. Definitively it is an amazing organ. It was hard to realize that I was a procrastinator; now I understand it, but the best thing is that I know how to deal with it. The pomodoro technique and the difuse thinking mode have helped me to asume leraning process in a different way.

This is a great course to provide you with a solid plan to lean and *retain* material in literally any subject or skill. While the phrasing of several of the videos make it clear that it is aimed toward a student studying in a formal-educational setting, the material and information is broadly applicable any time. 13/10 would recommend.

As a Technology teacher, now retired, I told my students the content of what they learn in my courses changed from year to year but if they learned how to learn effectively then they would be successful in whatever direction their education lead them. This course focuses on that goal and it should be a part of every students instruction.

Well structured, easy to move along. Reading the author's book, which is not required but compliments each other well.

I learned a lot in this course. Planning to recommend this especially to college students. I wish it was available then. Even now, I'm planning to put more focus into the main ideas from the course to my future learnings!

Thank you very much, the authors of this course! First, to be honest, I thought the course will be boring, buy after first 2 or 3 lectures I was really into it! I loved the short lectures, tips and tricks and the information how our brain works! I really enjoyed the time spend and definitely will use the tips for the learning! Thank you!

The course was very helpful in understanding the challenges that we face in learning new things and techniques to address and solve those challenges. The content and the instructors were engaging. Since I am no longer in school, the portion of module 4 on test taking wasn't relevant to me; however, I recommend this course to all learners.