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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

EB

May 19, 2016

I found this course incredibly useful and practical. It has not only helped me better understand the process of learning but it has also given me valuable tools in how to optimize my learning process.

RS

Sep 14, 2021

Lots of good material in this course. Loads of new concepts covered via entertaining videos. Extra reading for further education is very well documented. Well presented - thank you Barbara and team.

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By pgd20213063 A R K

Jul 9, 2021

As a student, this course on learning how to learn more efficiently has been a blessing. I am grateful to the instructors of this course for having explained these important techniques and concepts in a very effective way. This has helped improve my quality of learning to a far greater extent.

By Anand P

Sep 4, 2020

Very well structured course and the concepts were explained in a very simple manner and in layman terms!! Thanks to the professors, especially Barbara Oakley for her simplistic teaching style and her explanations were like flowing water which just flows directly into our brain.. Thanks a lot!!

By Mudit D

Jun 30, 2020

This course is very short, and I think Coursera itself should prescribe this to anyone using their site. The learning material is invaluable and will make you better at learning and love the process for the rest of your life. Brilliant stuff. Wish my Uni taught this to me in my first semester.

By Hastimal P

May 31, 2020

It a great material to learn how to learn.Helped me understand my ability to learn and nurture it in future with all the technique were taught during the course.I tried all the technique, and got the great result out of it.

Thank you Dr. Barbara Oakley, Dr. Terrence Sejnowski and Coursera Team.

By Шавырова А А

Apr 19, 2020

This is amazing course for all who want to know the answers "Why repetition is so important?", "How I can learn more information?", "What prosseses inside my brain helps me to learn", "How I can be a better learner?" and many others. Very helpful! Moreover, the teachers is adorable! Thank you)

By Krista T

Jan 27, 2020

As a learning program manager, this course was helpful to understand proven approaches that can help me design better . It was also helpful to me personally; while I am not enrolled in formal education, I am constantly learning new things, and there were some good takeaways for me personally.

By Julio B

Jan 19, 2020

This course is incredible! I'm now aware of so many things that will make me a better learner. I wish I knew all these things during my college years. But I still have many opportunities to apply this knowledge. Thanks to Dr. Oakley and everyone who participated in the creation of this course.

By VASILEIOS A

Oct 23, 2019

Everybody teach something, noone teach you how to learn until now. It's the biggest mistake that doing teachers and people who try to spread the knowledge they don't teach you how to learn. Thanks for that great lesson you give me, i hoped someone had saw me the way of learning things earlier.

By Julian D

Jan 12, 2019

Fantastic course, exactly what I was after in terms of something that would improve my learning going forward. Lots of strategies and techniques that are helpfull as well as great information on how our minds work. A lot of thought and work went into this course and I can't recomend it enough.

By Mikolaj K B

Feb 25, 2018

The key issues have been presented in a clear and well structured way. I liked a humorous approach to sometimes complex ideas underlying the physiology of our brains. The course helped me to understand better what it takes to truly understand things and how to maintain a "hygiene" of learning.

By Jorge C V

Sep 19, 2017

This was a wonderful course. It has helped me to see the mistakes that I have made in studying through out my life. I hope to use all of this new found knowledge to improve my study habits and make better use of my time and my brain. I want to thank everyone that has made this course possible.

By 星啤酒

Dec 5, 2016

It is very great to learn this coures,beacuse it can help us have correct understanding of learning。Besides,this course gives us many great methods to learn well。I think these tips will help me have achievements in

the future study.Also Dr Barbara Oakley and Dr Terrence Sejnowski are very cool.

By Hui S

Sep 3, 2016

Great course on learning.

I've been trying to learn new things in my spare time and often find the effectiveness of my time spent is left wanting. The knowledge just doesn't seem to stick.

This course has helped me understand some of the brain's hard wiring and how we can learn more effectively.

By Yian S

Aug 1, 2016

I really love that course, it help me a lot when I face with difficulties in my daily life. I highly recommend everyone who wants to improve yourself and learn new things even you're not a student. Hope everyone who want to get progress and change their life choosing this course! Good Luck :D!

By Hector N

Jul 10, 2016

Excellent course which uses concepts and insights from a broad variety of sciences to teach students how to learn. Probably the best course I ever took on Coursera and something people in all walks of education - be it at school, university or later in life - would greatly benefit from taking.

By Akhil S

Jun 26, 2016

This course is just amazing,barbara oakley is fabulous ,the way she teaches in a polite and humble way,i liked it very much and thank you coursera very much,it is coursera that provided a platform where anyone from anywhere in the world can learn anything.thank you coursera and barbara oakley.

By ML S

Mar 26, 2016

I thouroughly enjoyed this course. I found the lectures and the visual tools engaging and have been incoporating some of these ideas into my routines with great success. I have also been sharing some of what I've learned with the students I work with as a Learning Support Assistant. Excellent!

By Leo A

Sep 23, 2023

I would demand that this is course is taught in school. We go in and hope for the best to grasp what we learn in school and in life. In my younger years, I never had a manual on how to learn and would like this in my childhood. I going to come back and refresh my memory to keep everything in.

By Shiva S

Feb 17, 2021

The material is presented in a very effective and enjoyable way. The instructors are both memorable and personable. The science explained is current and well illustrated along with the use of analogy and metaphor. I would highly recommend this class to anyone who wants to be a better learner.

By Michael C

Dec 8, 2020

I really liked this free course. Barbara Oakley explains all the concepts in a very easy to understand way and the mini tests keep things interesting. The sections about 'focusing on process rather than product' and 'procrastination' are great life skills that can be used outside of academia.

By Ikechukwu E

Dec 7, 2020

This course has completely changed my perspective towards learning and has also thought that no course or field of learning is above my grasp. this course has made me understand that i can learn or acquire any knowledge or skill just by approaching it with the right technique and discipline..

By Davide M

Nov 26, 2020

This course gives me a lot of tools for making a better study. I think everybody must watch this course because everybody in your life must learn new things and new material, it doesn't matter if they frequent University, college or whatever school level, learning is the most important thing.

By Deepkumar J

Nov 6, 2020

Very interesting subject. How can you create systems to learn? How can you make studying and interesting occupation? How can you achieve better results from your studying? How can you reduce the efforts while at the same time gain more output? All this and more from this beautiful course.

By Skarra B

Jul 11, 2020

An excellent course which provides the perfect foundation for anyone's learning journey in any discipline. This also helped boost my confidence in tackling both old and new concepts so that I can better understand and ingrain this understanding to be a better learner, and also better person.