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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

DP

Aug 13, 2021

A great course for learners to know more about how to learn and give them a fresh perspective about learning and being successful in life. A great sequel after the renowned MOOC Learning How to Learn.

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 Anna G

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Jul 3, 2020

Thank you so much, I feel more comfortable with things I can learn. Course teachers know how to teach and explain even more difficult concepts.

By Eida G V

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May 18, 2020

Very entertaining and easy to follow. It definitely helps you to mind shift your approach to learning and make learning a life time experience.

By Swe S K P

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Apr 22, 2020

Great course...!! Very well organised and well structured course, providing me a great message - to keep learning to find the hidden potential.

By Angela B

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Jun 26, 2019

I learned so much from both this course and Learning to Learn. Excellent material that I use consistently in my day to day. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

By Alessandra C

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Dec 18, 2017

Very informative and inspiring course! I like that it is also fun and enjoyable, I almost always followed the videos with a smile on my face :)

By Yuanna

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Sep 25, 2017

This is a valuable course, I would recommend this to those who are in their career stagnant or in the midst of making a study or carreer shift.

By hafzah A H

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Jul 7, 2021

this course is really helps me to understand how to make plan with my mind, incredible and thanks barbara for make my class time is really fun

By Vicki F

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May 2, 2021

I am very greartful for this course. It helped me to restore my confidence. My new moto: "Never too late. All is possible. The sky is limit".

By Dilara A

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Jun 28, 2020

well designed course and helped me to understand key concepts of the learning process a lot. it is also inspiring for us to improve ourselves.

By María C P

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Jun 21, 2020

QUIET A LOT OF INFORMATION TO START USING IT!

ELLIS´S VIDEOS ARE REALY DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW, THE MUSIC IS TOO LOUD, AND HE IS MOVING LIKE CRAZY!

By Brent M

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May 25, 2020

This is a great first course for beginners! Starts with a foundation that can help an individual discover how to cultivate a learning mindset.

By Bea M B

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Apr 13, 2020

One of the best MOOCs out there! Activities and lectures are immensely thought out. Professors Barb and Terry really are the best of the best!

By Antreina S

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Oct 13, 2017

I absolutely love this class. Very informative and inspirational. You can learn anything. Practice, practice and practice. Great teachers!

By Carol C

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Feb 9, 2024

I really enjoyed the course, it showed me different perspectives, not only on learning, but also on life, I'm very grateful to have found it.

By Hassaan B S

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Jul 8, 2020

Fantastic , Really enjoyed and learnt a lot. Both the instructor were excellent . well planned and well structured course, highly recommended

By jane m

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May 6, 2020

A must course for everyone with very helpful tools and techniques to break the barriers in understanding and discovering your full potential.

By Maria C D J

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Apr 19, 2020

A very interesting and much watch for learning! You'll never be bored and wouldn't stop from learning as the topics and videos is really fun!

By Pablo C

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Aug 16, 2019

Totally amazing! This course gives you the tips to change to a life full of enjoyment while learning without limitations! Highly recommended!

By Nazrul M

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May 22, 2020

Its a really Very interesting courses thats my mind little bit developed for the learning of different ways of Mooc.really love this courses

By Tiffany

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Feb 13, 2020

I enjoyed this. I got a few things, I'm going to try in my life. I will be retaking this course, so I can get even more out of it next time.

By Claudia C C

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Sep 3, 2019

Excellent course! Enlightening and inspiring ways of looking at lifelong learning and how the brain works made this course fun and engaging.

By dionigi f

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Sep 14, 2017

I found this course valuable with a lot of new ideas and inspiration to improve the way I am learning, a lot of usable tips and suggestions.

By Monda G

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Sep 29, 2024

A good insight on learning at any age, any time, any situation. That anyone can do it, no matter what. Thank you Dr. Barbara and Dr. Terry!

By NGUYEN T B Y

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Jul 19, 2021

Amazing course. After learning, I have more confidence in myself. I also have more motivation to learn more classes and courses on Coursera

By Aarif A

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May 11, 2020

Great course and great way to gain usefull infomation about your own learning process and really helps boost confidence and give direction.