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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

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.

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.

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By Nichole M

Mar 27, 2020

This was a great stepping stone for me to open my mind to not only learning new skills but accessing my old skills to help me do so.

By Victoria N

Aug 27, 2017

Very engaging! The short segments really help in managing time and the progression of learning in this course. Great instructors !

By Preetaya G

Aug 2, 2020

Good content. Few places I found things being repeated by just change of words however it was a good course and motivating lessons.

By Manan C G

May 20, 2020

Amazing course, Some terrific eye-opening concepts with best course material and super friendly and understandable course teachers.

By Fenichi L

Dec 21, 2020

This is a good course. It would be better if the editing is more up to date and if the delivery of the instructor is more natural.

By Ahmed M E

Apr 2, 2020

I found it covered many aspects to help me and any body to get attention that he can do more than he expected from him self.

Thanks

By Kasturee P

May 18, 2020

Got to know about many new aspects of learning, focused vs diffused learning, Pi model of learning. Barb is a great MOOC teacher!

By Detthana S

Apr 23, 2020

Useful to an extent. The best thing is this is very good at setting milestones so I guarantee you will not be tired of learning!

By Sanket C

Apr 20, 2020

Course content has been satisfactory.

However, i now believe that one should pratice and implement the teachings to get results.

By Tracy-lee

Jun 6, 2019

Excellent course. Very useful techniques shared and presented in a simple but effective manner. Enjoyed the discussion forums.

By Daniel K

May 20, 2020

Muy buen curso! Definidamente recomendado !

Very good course ! Definetly recommended !

Foarte bun curs ! Il recomand foarte mult!

By Saadat D

Jul 25, 2019

That is really critical with really passionate Mentor.

I really appreciate Course era for providing this really worthy platform.

By Armin S

Jan 18, 2018

A nice, new approach to learning and teaching at the same time, considering not so common course subject with a decent quality.

By Levi S

Apr 29, 2020

Course is a good supplement to learning how to learn to counter balance some prior ideas and add on to them/ act as an update.

By Naraphakrasmi B

Jun 16, 2019

It is good for everyone who start online learning . There are a lot of tricks that can help you get more effective learning.

By Gabby P

Dec 21, 2019

This course is effective in improving your overall outlook about learning and improving the effectiveness of your learning.

By Nevalyn C B

Aug 11, 2020

I was happy that I finish this MOOC! It's my first time and looking forward to more MOOC's adventure learning! Thank you!

By DDT

Jul 16, 2020

Well made course, but there is little benefit if you've already taken the Learning How to Learn MOOC, which is excellent.

By Elena G

Apr 24, 2020

I would highly recommend this course to you as it changed my perspective and gave me confidence to master certain skills

By Nishit P

Mar 19, 2022

it is not as informative as the first course by barbara oakely, but yeah it has new concepts that will help me forever

By 成萧何

Mar 26, 2019

This course's material is not organized as good as <learning how to learn>, and its operability is also not that good.

By LUIS A M B

Apr 24, 2020

Great course. The videos, the synthesis of information and the order make this MOOC very useful and achieve the goal.

By Kaitlyn M

Mar 27, 2020

It was decent. Production value was very dated but almost in a nostalgic kind of way. The instructors were engaging.

By Yash K

May 9, 2020

Simple, Amazing and Fun course which provides valuable insights on the science of learning, adapting and thriving!