I luckily overheard some very smart software engineers who sit near my cubicle talking about how great this course was for them. I must say after completing this course, I feel reinvigorated to learn more than ever. Both complacency and procrastination are two vices I'm now ready to let go of! Thank you Barbara Oakley, Dr. Terry Sejnowski, the Learning How To Learn team, and Coursera for developing and delivering such an outstanding MOOC!

How do you prepare for an exam? Well, all we have different ways for that, but this course helps you get very efficient techniques for a good learning. In addition to this, you will have very good explanations about how your brain works, and wich habbits help it building good knowledge. Finally, the instructors are masters in their respective fields of knowledge, what else you need? Please take this course asap, you wont be dissapointed.

Amazing Course. "Learning How to Learn" ought to be a personal pre-requisite to all the other courses. By Learning How to Learn, we make learning more effective. I thoroughly enjoyed how the course was presented and laid out. The course applied all the principles it teaches. And, the bonus material attached is very pertinent, interesting, and joyful to view. Especially the student that learned many languages.

Great course! Thank you!

Awesome course! Learning is explained in simple terms and the tips and best practices really stick to your memory. The course has definitely achieved what it is teaching - which is making sure you remember the material by testing yourself and by utilizing spaced repetition. I loved the simplicity of the course. Make sure you watch all optional interviews as they are with people who achieved great results in the area of learning or memory.

Great course! I recomend eveyone to take it, as believe me you will learn a lot of techniques and concepts about learning and even laugh from some test possible answers.

Also as a hint a recommend following the course curricular and doing it during a week ( not just rush and do everything in a day or week, what you can do as lectures are small) but spent 30 minutes a day to get the best results and to have time to memorize all techniques

Though I had good discipline with respect to exercise , sleep and good eating habits, I was not able to apply this on my learning may be because its been 14 years I am out of college. I procrastinate and get distract alot. After this course, I am using the pomodoro technique very effectively ad its doing wonders to me. thanks to Barbara oakley for teaching this and few other very effective practical steps. This course is real gem and fun

A great course! This course provides a comprehensive coverage of different learning techniques, as well as different theory behind 'learning how to learn.' The instructors are enthusiastic, and provide many different backgrounds to learning -- the neurological, biological, and psychological aspects of learning are are covered. A good course to compete for anyone who wants to improve their ability to learn new things and think critically.

A wonderful course and one that I would (and will) recommend to anyone staring any learning journey! If you are planning on beginning a learning journey - it makes sense to pack your bag with the best tools and techniques to make that journey productive and fun!

That's what this course does! It equips you to make the most of your time and effort in Coursera and elsewhere.

Take this course first - learn the techniques - revisit and review.

It is a great course, and I can learn many things which significantly changing my perspective about learning. I have contemplated my learning process and found not only a different angle but also a different way to learn effectively. The product is still the focus, and procrastinating is a dominant part of my life before. Your course gave me the answer. Enjoy the learning process because everyone has the own way. Thank you, Barbara.

Отличный курс! Много интересных идей, которые можно использовать и ученикам школы, и тем, кто уже давно получил образование. Отдельное спасибо за русский перевод текста. Уверена, что большинство советов, полученных мной на курсе, смогу использовать в жизни. Отличные и мотивирующие интервью. Многое, что мне казалось непреодолимыми препятствиями в обучении (изучаю немецкий язык с нуля) выглядит уже не так страшно :) Спасибо авторам курса!

The course, in short, was an eye-opener to me. The title of the course justifies the course itself and I pretty much enjoyed myself doing this. I was reminded that it's okay if you are not the smartest one in the room and yet you can still contribute abundantly! I've added so many learning tools to my arsenal and I'll efficiently use them! Thank you to the instructors for such a wonderful course and I hope other students find it useful!

I think every high school student and new undergrad students will benefit from this. It's nice and short, and easy to understand. The concept of "Chunking" might confuse you at first, but just think of it as a bit of knowledge you gain about a subject; e.g. You learn about how bicycle gears work; that's a chunk. You learn about photosynthesis; that's a chunk. You learn how hierarchy matters in the Korean language Hangul; that's a chunk.

Great course! Great tips! It's incredible how people dedicate themselves to help others and you can see this in this course. Even though you think you master how to study, you never know enough and there's always a way to learn more and more. With this course and wonderful instructors you can find out more about how your brain works, and how you can improve your learning techniques (and throw others away that you think it is effective).

This was the first course I have ever taken online and although I have nothing to compare it to, I absolutely loved it! I've never been able to stay focused or have the discipline to finish any type of education and I managed to finish this, staying interested the entire way through! I loved the material, the two professors and how they executed the work and lessons. This course is so helpful and such a motivational boost, thank you! <3

This course has teach us the best learning skill. The Pomodoro technique is a good keys for us to complete our hard task and overcome Procrastination. Fews skill that really inspiration are practice make prefect, promodoro, focus & diffuse, wirking memory, concept for learning step and focus attention and the last is the value of teamworks.

I foreseen after this we are more able to complete our reading or working task more efficiently.

Beats all the books I've read on the topic, hands down. Superb learning course that is as hands-on practical as you could want. Excellent instructors, with an excellent presentation of materials. Instructor puts into practice the elements of learning to reinforce what is being taught. My only regret is that this course wasn't around when I was a spring chicken but our understanding of how people learn was wrong at that time. Thank you!

Thank you very much, this course was very helpful for me, I finished my university studies and I had to leave my country because of the war and I could not continue my caree in the new country , this course showed me that it did not stop at this point and I can follow up and even learn the field complitly different, also gave me a lot of tips that will help in learning a new language (and this is something I need for now). thanks again

Great course! It gets a bit repetitive in the last week and starts to become a self-help course on studying if you enjoy studying. But that doesn't overshadow the general positive and scientific content on how to deal with learning. I am already applying the techniques and now understand better how to approach my studies. I am really thankful for the advices, the techniques and the plain language used by instructors. Great experience.

What a wonderful and empowering experience! this course has been! As Professors Oakley and Sejnowski eloquently stated in the summary, for too long we have focused on the product and not the process of learning. Using a fun, engaging and accessible approach, they teach how anyone can learn more effectively. Highly recommend for learners (and leaders) of all ages. A must for educators who are interested in developing lifelong learners.

The course is excellent for all types of people- students, teachers, working professionals, house-makers, retired people and more. its presented in a very lucid style -simple and engaging. The course draws upon various scientific findings which are weaved to present a whole picture. The course presents many learning strategies which are easy to implement. in fact the course itself uses these strategies to make learning very effective.

I learned so much about my brain and the processes imperative to seeing how I can learn things in a short amount of time and with a strong understanding. I have been and will use the strategies outlined in this course throughout my life to not only learn quicker, but also to do things that I would not have done without the class. This is because our brains naturally prohibit some things unless an effort is made to change those things.

it's a useful guide on how to work with your own brain in case of any type of learning including new languages, different subject or whatever you are attempting to do. it's a pity i didn't have a chance to pass this course, when i was in a high school or even earlier, it could be a great support for my studying.

teachers of the LHTL are absolutely great, they give a clear view on the subject with lots of evocative metaphors and images.

Hello. I wanted to take a scholarship course prepared by highly disciplined people. I tried to absorb the education offered by our very serious teachers as much as it should be. I would like to thank both our faculty members and the Coursera team for delivering such a quality product to people all over the world with such a beautiful course. I bow before you with respect because of this scientific atmosphere you have presented to us.

This is really great course. I have got a tons of great ideas to start learning anything. This is exactly the first course in my Coursera. So I can fully utilize this idea to learn other courses as well. f you talk about Course, you can also enjoy course with free edition. BUT I highly recommend you to take this course with paid option since such mini-test and report creation are strongly connected to the core concept of this course.