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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 l...
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    Top reviews

    DP

    Aug 13, 2021

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    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.

    MP

    Aug 26, 2020

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    Excellent MOOC. Has some very useful tips and also breaks the myth that one cant study after a particular age.In fact, after doing this, I feel learning is a life long process and the sky is the limit

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    By Aya E F

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    Dec 31, 2017

    This course has been very beneficial to me. It tackled through a lot of important topics for me such as procrastination and career shifting. It encouraged me and made me believe that I am on the right track of my career.

    It's simple, easy and highly recommended.

    We're never too old to keep learning and it's never to late to enhance your skills and increase them.

    Thank you Dr Oakley and Dr. Sejnowski

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    By Simply M

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    Feb 23, 2021

    A great way to learn how to learn the things ,it helped me to break my mental barriers to learning and change perspective about many myths .It helped me to broaden my Passion. Further gave me a technique of Pomodoro for learning ,which greatly helped me to concentrate and change my learning style .A gratitude to Barbara Oakley Madam and Terry Sejnowski Sir, for bringing deep insight of learning.

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    By Ayisha L

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    Jul 16, 2020

    I enrolled this MOOC to learn how to learn and my expectation was fulfilled to a 100%. I learnt that human brain is a powerful tool whose abilities are limited by human thoughts and beliefs. The course, its excellent videos and the instructor gave mind blowing insights. I don't normally rate high, but this course deserves a 10/10. I cant thank Coursera enough for housing such incredible courses!

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    Apr 27, 2020

    I have never done a MOOC before and i am so thankful this was the first one i chose to do. The bar is certainly set high now for any other MOOCS i will be taking in the future. I had not done much learning for a while so i was very nervous to start up again. This course helped me gain confidence and knowledge around always learning and i cannot take what i have learnt out into the real world.

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    By Adrianto R

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    Apr 30, 2020

    I love this subject. Learning How To Learning and Mindshift is a complete set of tools that make me more comfortable in learn. I learn that learning style is similar to driving or riding style in real or virtual motorsport world. So i can adapt what I learn from virtual motorsport or other video games skills to my learning style and process. Thank you Mrs Barbara for this incredible journey.

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    By Wanderley G

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    Jan 10, 2018

    Study is my hobby and I think that I am much more prepared to get more from it after attending this course. You are going to find discussions about meditation, active learning, reading habits, memorization tricks and more. You are also going to find some important discussion about how much important is conceptual understanding and practice with repetition. I wish you enjoy as much as I did.

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    By PallaviPandavula

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    Sep 30, 2020

    This course is one the best courses I have ever taken. This course gives you a broader perspective of study, career, life altogether. This course gifted me with valuable insights for which I feel really grateful. I strongly believe that this course would be useful to any person who wishes to become a better version of himself , irrespective of age ,background. I enjoyed taking this course.

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    By Judy O

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    Apr 12, 2020

    Course information applicable for every age and stage of career re: new methods of framing your mindset about how to learn new information and how what you have thought of a negative trait may actually be an advantage for creativity, short cuts and deeper concept understanding. Easy to keep up with just a few hours a week through short MOOC"s, keep concepts, polls and only a few tests.

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    By Margarita G S

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    May 7, 2020

    A very comprehensive course with plenty of advice and strategies to learn better and pursue our dreams in a more effective way. The videos are interesting and funny, there are plenty of mini tests and mini forums to test our knowledge and Barb and Terry have put their passion into this course just as much as in Learning to Learn. I highly recommend you take it, it's worth every second.

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    By Eunice C

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    Apr 29, 2020

    Best course that I've ever attended. Presenters and materials are very interactive that makes it more interesting to learn.

    After taking this course, I've start to compare with other courses on how they teach the course. It's either only showing the presenter face while they talk, or only showing the slides and the presenter talks.

    Mindshift is a must take as it is very interesting. .

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    By Eliseo M

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    Mar 16, 2018

    Alright learned so much! I love these instructors! They have literally changed my outlook on life and how I can accomplish so much if I can figure out how to do it! You're not limited to your beliefs if you don't want to be. Change your mindset for a fixed mindset to a growth mindset and you'll enjoy life so much more I promise. Thank you Dr.Terry and Dr. Oakley

    ---Eliseo Magallon

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    By Learn M w S S

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    Dec 18, 2024

    An exceptional MOOC it is. I just loved all the content and the way worthy instructors have presented it. The use of eloquent (and even silly sometimes) yet simple and easy-to-understand visualization of concepts was an amazing addition to this already complete package. I would love to recommend it to all the potential Mindshifters. I bet you won't regret this decision of yours.

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    By Bappaditya D

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    Jun 28, 2020

    This is a great course for people who thinks that they are slow learners, cannot remember easily, have doubt on many things. It shows that those are actually advantage for learning new things. It encourages to take new challenges everyday. The concept Pomodoro I particularly liked. It is helpful to bring people back into action rather than wasting time in destructing activities.

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    By Brandon S

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    Jun 20, 2020

    Hi, Coursera! Thanks for this very informative course. Would like to ask to kindly update my certificate on this course. I was able to complete and passed the honor code assignments. But it seems that the provided certificate for me has no honor code banner on it. I look forward for your positive and prompt action on this request. Thank you and more power! - Brandon Sibbaluca

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    Jun 7, 2020

    The best course that I have ever take on coursera (except the one taught by Andrew Ng on Machine Learning). Babara is such a nice teacher that she not only teaches you how to understand yourself and see your potential, but also provide you means and approaches to develop in a long term. Mindshifting is life-long journey, the same as learning. Strongly recommended to everyone!

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    By Zach L

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    Apr 23, 2020

    Absolutely excellent and helpful foundational course for learning. Better coverage and production than the Learning How to Learn course (though that is also pretty good).

    I would recommend this to anyone looking to restart or augment their learning, especially for those who plan on taking MOOCs or other online courses related to their current field or secondary skill fields.

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    By 陈子昂

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    Jun 5, 2022

    It's a great course. It talks about mind shifts and how to learn, and it can be paired with the instructor's other course, Learn How to Learn. The course is easy to learn and the chapters are well organized. This course encourages us to keep learning, to learn new things, to improve our abilities and to become a better version of ourselves. I think it's very helpful for me

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    By Safwa M

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    Mar 9, 2019

    this course has many impacts on me and my mind in a very impressive way . from adopting the concept of broaden my passions instead of following them blindly till the idea of being flexible and to accept the changes around me. another that i had learned from this course is how to learn from the past and how to try to improve yourself whenever the train of life has to stop.

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    By Ping Z

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    Mar 19, 2022

    I have finished this course some years ago, yesterday i wanna learn sth new, and found this course again, after i checked my information, i found i have finished this course, i like the course name and the teachers are very intelligent and professional, providing us some new insights about how to shift our mind, it's a good course, hope u can learn sth from this course!

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    By Fidel V H

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    Oct 2, 2021

    This is an excellent course that teaches you how to mind shift from the actual stuck a career where you aren't feeling comfortable the best strategies for tackling procrastination, bringing creative new perspectives and approaches to your discipline through the metaphors that will naturally develop in your mind, as you are going to find out through this excellent course.

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    By Massimiliano M

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    Apr 25, 2020

    The Mindshift course is a very interesting and well done course.

    Easy to follow, not at all boring, on the contrary all the teachings, even if some of them basic yet all fundamentals, are made more compelling and easy to understand and remember.

    For sure I'll read the book of the lecturer: Mindshift, which has inspired this MOOC and which is recommended reading as well.

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    By Lourdes N

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    Dec 8, 2019

    I noticed a significant difference in my learning from this course, it was as if my brain increased performance and the ability to produce new ideas. I understood the best way of learning and greatly improved the way I study. I am very grateful to the teachers and other professionals who shared their experiences so that we could fully understand the concepts presented.

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    By Ana K d C S d L

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    Sep 24, 2017

    Excellent, well researched ,engaging, action oriented Mooc. It has the right balance of information, good quiality videos, well thought out quizzes and helpful activities to promote long term learning and attitude change. Great for starting a career change , broadening your horizon or starting a new learning lifestyle. Thank you very much, Dr. Oakley and Dr. Sejnowski!

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    By Bernardo C

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    Jun 22, 2020

    The course capitalized on what was previously learned in the Learning How to Learn course with added emphasis on the ability for those who are willing to be able to shift their mindset. The analogies are easy to understand and apply. I would highly recommend for anyone currently looking for proven and effective methods on how to mind shift and confidently tackle that

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    By Suporn P (

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    Apr 26, 2020

    This is the first MOOC course that engaged me throughout the entire journey and I was able to complete the course within a week. The instructor introduces interesting concepts that are useful for breaking through obstacles in learning, uses simple words to explain complex concepts, and reiterates the concepts with small quiz throughout the course. Highly recommended.

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