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About the Course

This course gives you easy access to the invaluable learning techniques used by experts in art, music, literature, math, science, sports, and many other disciplines. We’ll learn about how the brain uses two very different learning modes and how it encapsulates (“chunks”) information. We’ll also cover illusions of learning, memory techniques, dealing with procrastination, and best practices shown by research to be most effective in helping you master tough subjects. Using these approaches, no matter what your skill levels in topics you would like to master, you can change your thinking and change your life. If you’re already an expert, this peep under the mental hood will give you ideas for turbocharging successful learning, including counter-intuitive test-taking tips and insights that will help you make the best use of your time on homework and problem sets. If you’re struggling, you’ll see a structured treasure trove of practical techniques that walk you through what you need to do to get on track. If you’ve ever wanted to become better at anything, this course will help serve as your guide. This course can be taken independent of, concurrent with, or prior to, its companion course, Mindshift. (Learning How to Learn is more learning-focused, and Mindshift is more career-focused.) A related course by the same instructors is Uncommon Sense Teaching. To join the fully translated Portuguese version of the course, visit: https://www.coursera.org/learn/aprender To join the fully translated Spanish version of the course, visit: https://www.coursera.org/learn/aprendiendo-a-aprender To join the fully translated Chinese version of the course, visit: https://www.coursera.org/learn/ruhe-xuexi To join the fully translated French version of the course, visit : http://www.coursera.org/learn/apprendre-comment-apprendre...

Top reviews

GA

Jul 20, 2017

Really useful insights had been provided by this course. No price can be put on this valuable resource. It's beyond anything valuable. Thank you very much for making this course. God Bless Everyone :)

MC

Oct 28, 2019

I enjoyed this course so much. I learned a lot about how I can become a better learner. This course was very interesting and useful. I have some tools that I can use to optimize my learning potential.

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By GSR M

Jul 3, 2020

It is a great course! I am learning this at the age of 54. I wish I would have got this course or the teachers when I was in school or college. no doubt this course is backed by scientific research in this area. thank you Coursera team for bringing out this course. Thank you, Prof. DR. BARBARA OAKLEY & DR. TERRENCE SEJNOWSKI for inspiring teaching.

By Samantha S

May 17, 2020

I want to recommend this course because my experience was gratifying. I have learning problems such as dyslexia and Disorder Attention Disorder, for this reason, it is very important for me to learn a correct and adequate way of studying. I am very satisfied with what I learned in this course and I am sure that it will be something useful all my life.

By Manuela L

Apr 26, 2020

An eye-opening course that gives you the confidence to approach learning on almost anything. Even if many ideas presented in this course are intuitive, for example using recall to make sure information is persisted in your memory, you will gain more self-awareness in the process of studying/working and you can start applying the knowledge to yourself.

By Raul G C

Jan 22, 2019

I guess I didn't want it to end because I kept extending the deadline. I wanted it to keep going and giving things to think about and learn. I am still processing everything, but I see myself using this information for myself and in my somewhat new career as an ESL teacher. Many thanks for everyone that made this course happen and made it so coooool!

By Wesley T

Nov 26, 2017

Excellent overview, great simple, relaxing presentation and important content. I would love a class that focused more on the neuroscience and hard biology of the topic of effective learning and retention. A video concentrating on tactics for unlearning incorrectly learned facts and habits and reducing Einstellung will improve the course in my opinion.

By Tasha L H

Oct 10, 2017

Wow this course has seriously helped me open my mind on how I learn things. So many true things in this course that I experienced and now know why. I'm pumped for my future. I want to learn everything even things outside my possible career choices. With these tools I can truly break the barriers of learning. Break old habits and teach myself new ones.

By Troy J

Jan 11, 2017

I love this course. When I am starting to struggle in a class and cannot figure out what I am doing wrong I always come back to this course to review. Barbara Oakley you are an amazing person and you encouraged me to give collage another try despite my learning disabilities.

Thank you, and thank you to everyone else who make this course possible.

Troy

By Rajshekhar I

Oct 28, 2015

This is a very useful course in understanding the learning process.

You get to learn about the what happens inside your brain when we try to learn a new thing, how it is moved into your long term memory.

I found the simple tools and techniques like pomodoro, testing breaks very useful.

Thanks a lot! ..... to the UC team for making this course available.

By Jesus C

Aug 14, 2015

I'm just one week away of finishing this course, but I can already tell that is been the most effective learning course I ever take. The technique I already learn have been of so much help in the resent days of my life. even if it work or studies or simple life, everything you'll learn in this course will help you to improve your skills and abilities.

By Irina K

Nov 4, 2021

Love it! Such a wonderful opportunity to explore effective texhniques of learning. I am already integrating some of them. Realeal mindshift here for me is to star using breaks and rewards. Never even thought about it and that was such an insight on the course. Thank you for all the materials. Its' toally worth of psending time learning how to learn.

By Paul T

Jan 29, 2021

It was a good course, I enjoyed it and gained insights and practical guidance on how to improve my own learning. I really enjoyed the supplementary interviews, especially those at the end of the course, and would recommend that future students be encouraged to watch them. I'd like to congratulate the professors and extend my thanks to the whole team.

By Sujatha R

Sep 30, 2020

This is one of the most powerful courses I completed. It practically changed the way I look at learning and has kindled in me a fire for life long learning. Thanks a lot Barbara and Terrence Sejnowski for putting together this incredible course for the benefit of one and all. This act of yours is life changing for people like me. Thanks once again.

By Venkatesan R

Jul 24, 2020

I learned a lot and really good and valuable helping techniques from this course, It would have been much more beneficial if I could have know this course much earlier part of my life. As said nothing is late if we can use the benefits of this course in my horning courses that I have planned in my mid carrier life.

Thank you!

Best Regards,

Venkatesan.R

By Kaustuv B

Jun 8, 2020

This is a wonderful course. Everyone who is interested to improve their learning should take this asap. During studying this course often I wondered why there was no course like this during my school/college days. Better late than never for me :). Do take this course. Thanks a lot to the course creators for creating this superb, very relevant course.

By Faisal S

May 5, 2020

A doorway to understanding your mind from the learning perspective. I do not think that this course is only for students who are trying to acquire new knowledge but this course is for everyone who understands the value of learning new knowledge in our personal and professional lives. In general this course is a must for people from all walks of life.

By Mart V

Feb 2, 2020

In just 4 quick weeks the course provides techniques, explanations and encouragement to improve in your intellectual development. The mandatory content of the course is only around 8-10h of videos. That is much less than binge-watching a season of your favorite show on Netflix. Make yourself the gift of going through this course. You won't regret it.

By Yashovardhan M

Apr 6, 2018

I would recommend this course to everyone including working professionals. This course is not limited only to learners of a course of studies. The concepts are extremely useful and I already see terrific self-improvement in my work and learning. Thanks to Coursera for hosting such a wonderful course. Last, but not the least the trainers were awesome.

By giovanni c r

Sep 30, 2016

Considero que el curso es espectacular, sobre todo en función de técnicas de estudio e ideas generales para cambiar la forma de ver el proceso de aprendizaje.

Por otro lado es interesante ver que dentro de las cosas que uno puede lograr como estudiante, es dormir, descansar, buscar otros espacios de aprendizaje y siempre estar dispuesto para aprender.

By Keone S

Mar 2, 2016

This should be taught to everyone at High school. I believe I learnt a lesson not only about my capability to learn anything I want, but a lesson that can easily be transferred to many areas of my life. Thanks coursera! I am finding ways to share the principles with my students ... its the least I could do to give someone a chance to succeed in life.

By Paulo V B e A

Aug 16, 2015

Learn How To Learn is a very awesome MOOC, that contributes to enhancing skills to learn in a more natural way, whatever wanted to learn. It made a bridge between the scientific finds and the normal human being like those of society, whose, ultimately, should always be the goal of any scientific research worldwide.

Paulo Verlaine B. e Azevêdo, Brazil.

By Natalie Y

Nov 18, 2020

This course has gave me some insights which I was initially unaware of. Undoubtedly, it is a course that I highly recommend as it has taught me many techniques and useful tips which I can use and apply in the future. Thank you to the lecturers for all your guidance and my peers for providing me with constructive feedbacks to further improve my work!

By Kerem A

Apr 19, 2020

Short, easy to digest and although much of the information was known to me in some form or another, it is still very helpful to gain understanding as to why I show certain behaviour. I wish I had known about this when doing my degrees, as I am sure I would have had done a better job of engraining much of what I have learned into my long term memory.

By André F O

Aug 13, 2019

My only disappointment with this course is that I haven't take it prior to enter University. I feel like my studies would have been much more efficient and I would have retained much more knowledge from the classes and books! Anyway, this is a wonderful course that has taught me a lot about I could improve my studies and be much better at my career.

By Sam T

Aug 23, 2018

This is a great course and I wish something like that was taught in universities, better yet in schools. In fact, I think it's embarrassing that learning techniques aren't a part of official education. The course is presented very well and has tonnes of very useful information for anyone who's trying to overcome procrastination and learn new skills.