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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential by McMaster University

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About the Course

Mindshift is designed to help boost your career and life in today’s fast-paced learning environment. Whatever your age or stage, Mindshift teaches you essentials such as how to get the most out of online learning and MOOCs, how to seek out and work with mentors, the secrets to avoiding career ruts (and catastrophes) and general ruts in life, and insights such as the value of selective ignorance over general competence. We’ll provide practical insights from science about how to learn and change effectively even in maturity, and we’ll build on what you already know to take your life’s learning in fantastic new directions. This course is designed to show you how to look at what you’re learning, and your place in what’s unfolding in the society around you, so you can be what you want to be, given the real world constraints that life puts on us all. You’ll see that by using certain mental tools and insights, you can learn and do more—far more—than you might have ever dreamed! This course can be taken independent of, concurrent with, or subsequent to, its companion course, Learning How to Learn. (Mindshift is more career focused, and Learning How to Learn is more learning focused.)...

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LV

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I enjoyed this MOOC. It is very well-done and clearly covers the topics of mindshifting along with career advancement. Also--good illustrations and visuals/sounds which assist in the learning process.

AH

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Thank you so McMaster University & the professors who carried out the course so very well. I hope the course will help me in my life taking important decisions. I learnt a lot through this course.

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By Ateeb T K

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Dec 16, 2017

Very helpful course for students of all backgrounds. Great lifelong learning habits that reinforced what I "thought" I knew (but didn't).

By Debry W

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Oct 27, 2017

Barbara is a natural teacher. She shares gladly and welcomes you to knowledge in a very warm an objective way. Extraordinary MOOC, Thanks!

By Thovensky S

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Jun 5, 2024

Ce cour m'a aidée à apprendre mieux sur le fonctionnement de ma mémoire et comment changer d'état d'esprit . Je vous le conseille a tous.

By Jandhyala K D

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Jul 4, 2022

Gave me a new perspective to see everything that helps me to learn more and be more productive. A very good Personal Developement course.

By Karen N

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Jun 6, 2020

Entertaining MOOC. Well done with the special effects. I learned a lot of interesting points in Mindshift. The instructor was awesome!

By Hadeel Z G

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May 8, 2020

I thought this course was so useful and beneficial, I liked Barb's teaching method. She seemed like she genuinely cares for her learners.

By Sri V

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Apr 24, 2020

My first ever course in coursera loved all the materials they covered in this course. Feeling very positive and looking for more courses.

By Sylvia G

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Apr 6, 2019

Mindshift provides an excellent foundation for someone aiming to begin taking MOOCs to enhance their skillset and broaden their passions!

By Laura H

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Nov 30, 2017

Fabulous course full of great information and clear instruction. It is like one big pep talk to overcome your fears and improve yourself.

By Gautham K

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Oct 3, 2022

It's an amazing course. I got to learn about something really new. The most invaluable take away for me was that we can learn anything.

By Rajesh C

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Aug 15, 2021

Wonderful life changing course. Big hurrah for the team. Prof Barbara is a Rockstar. So is Mr Nelson. Oops... forgot surname. Thank You.

By Vanessa P

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Apr 12, 2021

Excellent course! I’m feeling a lot more confident in pursuing and getting involved in MOOCS to keep my mind, body and heart well tuned

By Simone N

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Feb 1, 2021

This course was fun,and really helpful! it opened my eyes on so many topics and so many easy steps i can take or even share with others!

By Jeffrey B

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Aug 5, 2020

This MOOC really kept me engaged. It answered a lot of unanswered questions. Take the MOOC and you'll find out what I'm talking about!

By Patricia M

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Jul 10, 2020

It is informative and I learned a lot from this MOOC - it opened my eyes to fresh perspective, and made me believe in my abilities more.

By Marco C

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May 27, 2020

Excellent training with many interesting concepts that can be applied right on the flight in parallel with the completion of the course.

By Sanjay P

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May 13, 2020

really good course, that I completed during the COVID-19 lock down. guess it was the right time to get back on track with this course :)

By Samarth J

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May 8, 2020

This course is a life-changing experience. Just make sure to take notes so that you can refer to the key points later whenever required.

By Chris N

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Apr 19, 2020

Provocative, and a great follow-up to Learning How to Learn. Thank you Barbara and Terry, the content is both engaging and informative.

By Dennis D

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Apr 12, 2020

Although not very technical, the course gives a good overview of learning and is a model course in terms of how to build engaging MOOCs.

By Dheana T (

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Feb 9, 2021

Love this course! it helps me to know myself and learn how to learn. it broaden my views and I can't wait to apply it in my daily life.

By AKHILA A

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Sep 12, 2020

one of the best course i have attended the instructor is very lively and enthusiastic about her topic which made this course really fun

By Akanksha S

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Jul 26, 2020

Really enriching experience and help in a shift of perspective from challenges to opportunities. Thank you to the instructors and team!

By Rob A

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Jun 15, 2020

This course did open my mind to new ways of learning and how beneficial they are for just not me but for my children and everyone else.