Learning How to Learn is a wonderful subject and is taught greatly by professor's of McMaster University. I would like to thank them for creating such a wonderful course. I did all the mentioned activities and assignments and understood the importance of the way you learn. I have learned a lot of useful techniques from the course which will surely help me learn more effectively. Infact, I have started implementing a few of them already - starting with Pomodoro Technique :)

Thank you so much to Prof. Barb Oakley, Prof. Terry Sejnowski and the Learning How to Learn Team. The quirky humor combined with the useful techniques taught in the course have helped me better understand my learning tendencies. Not only that, my oh-so-persistent habit of procrastination has now been reduced to the brainsize of the zombies of this course. Big thanks to the Pomodoro technique, I kept my procrastination zombie controlled and mostly asleep.

Thanks again guys!

The first course in Coursera that I have completed is this. I have used many MOOCs like edX,NPTEL,Futurelearn. But no one provide such high quality online courses like Coursera. "Learn How To Learn" course is the best one to show how MOOCs(Coursera specially) do great job.

After enrolling this course, I have also purchased the book "A mind for numbers". This is really wonderful. The book really changed my learning way and the course ignite me to utilize the MOOCs life long.

This course is my very first one on Coursera. It provides all the helpful learning tips, scientifically proven, in a fun and easy-to-understand way. I love how the course is designed with short videos and quizzes. The quiz questions are very helpful in recalling the info. I also love how the assignments are designed. All the modules--videos, quizzes, homework, optional reading--were designed with one purpose, i.e., to help the audience learning better. Thank you very much!

I really enjoyed the course. Both professors, Barbara Oakley and Terrence Sejnowski, made the course interesting and easy to follow. It made me realise that already implementing small things in the learning process can make all the difference. I found the additional interviews with other experts also very valuable - to learn from their journey has been an inspiration. And finally it is nice to know that all this not just good advice, but it is also backed up with science.

Básicamente éste Curso es muy instructivo acerca de Técnicas asertivas y practicas que se pueden implementar de manera rápida. He aprendido nuevas herramientas para seguir aprendiendo, y me ha ayudado en mi proceso, de preparación en mi Carrera de Administración que estoy cursando, a pesar de que ya tengo cerca de cincuenta años, ha sido muy estimulante conocer estas estrategias de estudio y aprendizaje, las cuáles voy a poner en acción en diferentes aspectos de mi Vida.

first, I would like to thank Dr.Barbara Oakley and Dr.Terrence Sejnowski for their effort to make the information very simple to the beginners like me. it the first time for me to attend an online course but it was not difficult and I enjoy that very much. I would like to recommend this powerful learning machine for all students to begin their education life with the basic steps of this course. I learn a lot from this course and I will implement it with my daily routine.

The course information was easy to understand, but highly beneficial for anyone who would like best practices in learning how to learn. Whether this information is for someone who is interested in life-long learning opportunities or for students there were many ideas shared that would help people actually learn information vs. just remembering it for short periods of time. As a wise person I know often says, "The ideas are simple; they are not easy, but they are simple!"

One of the finest learning experiences I have EVER had. Not only was the content outstanding but the elearning format was used with a skill beyond anything I had seen before. I will review every course turned out by this provider in the hope of having another first rate learning experience. Oh, oh, one more thing the listing of sources was a wonderful addition. There are several topics where i would like to research further.

WHAT A WONDERFUL EDUCATIONAL OFFERING!!!!!!

Some topics like rereading helped me realize that it is not effective and makes me forget the topic and lead to illusions of competence. Pomodoro technique is really effective that helps me focus to process. Chunking got my interest and wanted to apply this while learning. I tought neurons never born everyday. They can survive by doing physical exercise. I learned much. Really.

Thank you very much for this course to the nth power. Really helpful. 10 / 5 for this course.

This is an excellent course to take for any student. Simplified concepts that are easy to comprehend are neatly organized to hold your focus to teach you the ropes on teaching yourself.

I have reconfigured my own way of approaching materials I would like to learn and have gain great confidence in my own learning capability.

This course is not only recommendable for anyone who is enthusiastic about learning, but also to people who would like to improve their way of life.

As an older student, I found this course very helpful. I learned new techniques and learned why the ones I was using, weren't helping much, if even at all. Learning the science behind the techniques really helped me understand why some learning techniques work and why many techniques don't work at all. Tackling going back to school in my forties has had it challenges, but with what I have learned, I feel confident that I am capable of learning what I am trying to learn.

I believe this course should be mandatory for any curriculum that is high-school level and up. How many of us have asked ourselves, "why do I even have to learn this?" Well, this course puts things into different perspectives that allows you to fully understand why curricula are set up the way they are, how YOU learn as an individual, and it offers a myriad of tips and tricks to help improve that learning process. This course is a must! A big thank you to the creators!

As a working adult, I found this course to be incredibly insightful. I wish I took this class when I was younger. There are so many things I did wrong in my early learning life that made learning hard for me. I'm using the methods taught in this course in my daily life to learn new things. And I've started sharing these tips with my 8 year old and have seen positive results. Do no underestimate the power of 25 minutes of focus time and you mind in diffuse mode. Amazing.

This was an excellent course that provides a lot of insight into how your brain retains information and thinks, but does so using easy-to-understand images and metaphors, so you'll soak everything up like a sponge in no time. It also offers some excellent tips against procrastination, which is useful for just about anybody. Even if you're not actually learning about anything, I recommend everyone to check out this course to learn some great habits to improve one's life.

Every week after going through different techniques I wondered I was using half of it unknowingly but had not identified it as the cause behind my good performance in my studies. This course has helped me understand the reasons behind the use of these techniques and how it effects our neural structure. So, it would help me in future to learn tough concepts easily and apply those concepts in the real world. Thank you Barbara Oakley and Terrence Sejnowski for this course.

I really liked "Learning how to learn". It made me realise that while I thought I was studying hard, I wasn't applying the best techniques and literally, I was just wasting my time. I don't understand why some people say the tips were quite obvious, as I found some of them actually pretty counterintuitive but amazingly effective! I'm currently on vacations but I'm pretty excited for starting the next semester to apply all of what I've learned in this marvellous course!

I am 71 and completed the weeks two and three tests a couple of weeks after learning the material. I was away on vacation and didn't actively think about the course at all. This was a demonstration for me of how clearly the instructors "walk the talk". They methods of teaching this course model the concepts being presented. As a lifelong learner, I am extremely excited by what I have learned and will continue to integrate the practices going forward.

Thank you so much!!

The course is very inspiring and instructive. If we had a chance to learn this course years ago, that would greatly benefit us not only for our studies but for the whole life I think. The way we think leads to what and how we do. But anyway, it's better late than never. I would consciously try to put all what I've learned in this course into use in my real life, I'd love to see what changes is stored for me there. Thanks very much for the wonderful courses you present.

I thoroughly enjoyed this course mainly because it has taught me valuable lessons and learning techniques I can use and revisit in my future studies. I may even revisit this course just to solidify the techniques I have picked up through this course. Growing up, I didn't have many great mentors to teach me how to approach learning through school and various academic areas. I hope to be able to deepen the learned techniques by preaching them and teaching them to others.

Even though it's a pretty basic course I still find it useful and important for everyone to attend. If you've never heard of Chunking, Pomodoro technique, Diffuse mode, for instance, you have to take this course! It's a 4 weeks course but I personally passed it in 4 days cause I was familiar with the material but some of the stuff I learnt only recently from other course (on storytelling) so this course is full of new information regarding learning and brain function

Incredible!! I learned so much and all of the curriculum was so easy to absorb and apply. I am now taking 10 other Coursera courses at the University of London, Yale, Stanford, Penn State, Wharton, UC San Diego, Santa Clara University, Columbia University, Macquarie University and Northwesten University, and I am sure to apply all that I leaned from this course to getting what I need from these courses as well. Thank you all so much for helping me learn how to learn!!

Great course, lecturers were understandable, supportive and cheerful which helps in continuing. I do recommend this course to all who have very basic idea of how our mind works and want to better understand how to become a better learner. From my perspective I had a feeling that the course is more high school oriented and that's why many things were repeated too many times in very simplistic ways (as opposed to letting people to rewatch a video if they are uncertain).

The teachers were knowledgable, clear and gave a very powerful demonstration of learning techniques, with a positive and constructive outlook. The video graphics and illustrations were very helpful in reminding the main concepts and connecting them to new ideas. The interviews were very interesting and the questions asked in them were helpful in recalling the concepts taught in that unit. Finally, the reading lists were comprehensive and again, very useful. Thank You!

This course is very easy to follow; the analogies & words used are easy to understand. The pace is also neither too fast nor too slow. As for the instructors, you can feel that they are sincere & really want their students to know how to learn. Afterall, no one really teaches you how to learn when you are young, even in schools. So, take this opportunity to learn the different & correct ways of learning by following this course & utilising the techniques taught in it.