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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.)...

Top reviews

DI

Oct 30, 2020

Great course! This is a lot more general than Learning about Learning but is also useful nonetheless. I like the focus on keeping positive and being confident in your potential despite our weaknesses.

EC

Aug 26, 2020

I enjoyed this course very much. I am 64-years-old and this course taught me that you can learn anything new no matter what age you are. I am now broadening my passions and learning is a lot more fun.

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By Peter W

Jan 21, 2024

I am in the first week, the teaching style is very warm and encouraging to me. Glad I found this resource and hope it will bring me further to change my attitude towards learning to the better.

By Margarita M

Apr 26, 2021

LE DARÍA 5 ESTRELLAS, PERO EL PROBLEMA ES QUE AÚN NO ESTÁN TRADUCIDOS LOS CUESTIONARIOS Y ESO IMPLICA QUE UNO TARDE MÁS TIEMPO EN RESOLVERLOS, PERDIENDO ASÍ ATENCIÓN A LO QUE SE ESTÁ ESTUDIANDO

By Diann C T

Nov 19, 2020

This course helps me a lot to reveal my hidden potential. It eases me about my failures, that it will help me become successful later. Whatever bad traits could be positively be my best traits.

By Biprodev S

Jun 17, 2020

If you are seeking reassurance for a change in career path or thinking about how the upcoming decades may unfold in regards with your career and mindset, this is a good course to get some idea.

By Nora I C

Aug 20, 2018

Excelente curso para modificar la mirada acerca de ciertas "debilidades" en el aprendizaje y cambiarlas a un nuevo enfoque de oportunidades. Excelentes tips para mejorar la memoria. Me encantó

By Hashem F

Sep 17, 2017

Very insightful course that has provided me with a lot of useful and practical information about my career and learning journey.. Can't wait to take other classes by those great instructors :)

By ELENA E G

Sep 29, 2021

This is the best course I've done online so far. Engaging, specific and relevant contents. Useful for anyone who wishes to better their approach towards learning, career and life in general.

By Fabian C

Jul 26, 2020

Excellent course, quite recommendable for all kinds of people and disciplines. It will refresh your mind and you will get to understand the deep concepts about learning and its interrelation.

By safa z

Jun 29, 2020

Before committing to any course I recommend this course. You'll learn about yourself and how to change your way of thinking about yourself. And getting ready to have an open mind to learning.

By Jose M P G

Jun 6, 2020

Mindshift aims to arm you with a mindset that it is never too late to learn new things.

This course is best taken in conjunction with Learning How to Learn as a lot of the concepts are shared.

By Nina M

May 22, 2020

amazing course, interesting teachers and materials that get your attention and make it easy to understand. the topic is lifechanging. recommend it to everyone! no previous knowledge required.

By Lisa B

May 12, 2019

The first MOOC I have ever completed! I have started a few others but never had the motivation to finish so that is a huge step forward for me and my busy life with small children. Thank you!

By Julia S

Dec 21, 2017

It's a pleasure to see Barb again in this course. Some of the ideas of 'Learning how to learn' were repeted in this course, but there were some interesting new ideas as well. Happy midshift!

By charles m

Jan 15, 2021

This course is really fantastic, it's a cornerstone to my life learning experience. I will keep on spreading the word to everyone I meet. This course can change lives of many in the world.

By Gifted H A T

Aug 25, 2020

When my friend Jenelle told me about this course she was quite happy to sure, her goodies with me. i am in awe of this class, I already shared with a friend and I will do it again and again.

By Putut M

Jul 2, 2020

Good e-learning. The video and description/explanation from the teacher is very clear. The video is made to make the participants more interest to learn and easy to understand the main idea.

By Angela R

May 5, 2020

I highly recommend this class! Professor Oakley is intelligent and passionate. She also incorporates her own real life experiences into the course. Thank you for making this class available.

By vijaykhanal17@gmail.com

Dec 31, 2017

You learn skills that can help you throughout your lifetime. The layout of the course is excellent and easy to follow. Both Learning How to Learn and this course has had a big impact on me.

By Karla T

Oct 19, 2020

I like this MOOC because it´s gave me the opportunity to understand what I´m going through in my life and how I can change it because it´s possible be someone new no matter your experience.

By Lela M E

Sep 21, 2020

I enjoyed this MOOC and learned a lot that I will use in the future. I haven't taken one before. I recommend this one for anyone who wants to learn and reach new levels in their job future.

By Yhestryll M C

Jun 9, 2020

This course is amazing! Really helped me mindshift about making a career change and made me think the strategy that I need to take! I really enjoyed this course and completely recommend it.

By clementina k

May 15, 2020

it was awesome! unexpectedly transformational and entertaining. It opened my curiosity in many ways, I learned a lot and I easily adopted habits I didn't realize were beneficial. thank you!

By Mirnajaf A

Apr 18, 2020

This Course is really the best mind shift lesson i have ever seen. I appreciate you in order deep researching and finding most effective techniques and introducing most motivational surveys

By Ahmed S

Apr 4, 2020

I love this course. The techniques and strategies are so applicable and understandable. The way of delivering the lecture in so efficient. Both Miss Babara and Sir Terry are great teachers.

By Camilo A G M

Mar 25, 2021

Great teachers and excellent content! I'm really happy of having learned from them. There are a lot of useful ideas for everyone, no matter their career or age. Highly recommended. Thanks!