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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 Alexander P

Jul 15, 2020

As in learning to learn, thank Barbara and Terrence for their practicality and simplicity in transmitting tools and concepts to improve work and educational performance ... GREAT !!!

By Mohith J

May 9, 2020

This course has been an eye-opener for me. The ideas discussed here are surely going to transform my life, and I am grateful to Barbara and Tery for creating such a wonderful course.

By Colin E

Oct 23, 2017

A superb MOOC! Very well presented, engaging and memorable content that shall serve me well for years to come. Thanks to Barb and Terry for producing a fantastic learning experience!

By Ken H O

Jan 25, 2024

A very well-thought at teaching MOOC that is not just for learning but also keeps you motivated and be inspired by the people who contributed in to making these. Highly recommended.

By nilesh s

Mar 26, 2021

Professors Oakley and Sejnowski truly make this an excellent Learning experience. Thank you for the knowledge professors! I know it will be well utilized, even if subconsciously. :)

By Mohamed E

Nov 5, 2020

This is one of the best I have ever taken ! It is professionally made by amazing instructors. I recommend this course to anybody. Thank you very much for sustaining an amazing MOOC.

By Rodolfo L

May 9, 2020

Very good course, it helped me to reinforce several ideas that I knew from before, and to learn some others I didn't know, that made a lot of sense to me. Definetely I recommend it.

By Kim T T

Oct 8, 2021

The most intertesting anf helpful course that I have learned. Thank you so much for helping me change my view of how to studying and embracing me to explore my studying potentials.

By Ignacio D R S

Oct 21, 2020

Recomiendo este curso a todo aquel que quiera aclarar su mente respecto a su futuro, recibir metodos y tecnicas de estudio y crecer como persona. No se van a arrepentir de tomarlo!

By Selvanayagi A

Jul 1, 2020

Initially I was not interested as the course went by, I wanted to learn more and make mindshift. Now am more than ready. Please go through the syllabus and try learning this course

By Patrick L

Apr 15, 2020

In my opinion the premier MOOC to take to introduce you to the world of online learning. Teaches you what to look for and gets the excitement going for the limitless possibilities.

By Mohammad H

Jul 23, 2020

It was really enjoyable trip with you in this course. I have found many new learning techniques. Your positive behavior was very encouraging for me to begin a new list of my life!

By Prasad G H

May 29, 2020

One of the best MOOCs, I have attended. Thanks and regards to the resource persons for sharing their valuable knowledge and making learning and practicing "Mindshift" a pleasure.

By Luisa F P R

May 8, 2020

This is a life changing course, I recommend this course to all people, before learning something in life we should have a course like this. Thanks Dr. Barbara and Dr. Terrence.

By Orawan B

Apr 14, 2020

This is my first completed online education! Thanks for all Lecturers for giving a good learning for me. Lecturers taught easily, good language, not too fast, easy to understand.

By Genís B

Jul 6, 2020

Very well done, it grabbs your atention, and the concepts are well explained and easy to remember thanks to the presentation and the effort and care on the making of the videos.

By elia f

May 19, 2020

Wonderful course for it's contents, methods and tips.

I really enjoyed the video lessons keeping my attention high and thinking at the concept I was listening to.

Very good job :)

By Zahra L M

Mar 26, 2018

One of the best MOOCs of all time without any doubt. A must take for anybody and everybody in any age range, preference, job or major. Take it! It does worth your valuable time.

By Lakshmanan G

Jan 22, 2021

Very Very useful. Easy to understand because of the effective use of visual media. Thanks to both the Professors for putting in tremendous effort for making this useful course.

By Heniely O C

Jun 12, 2020

This course is very refreshing and effective. I look forward to Barbara's teachings in every video. She had me hooked. Very very effective teaching ♥️ Thank you for this course

By Kaveh G

Dec 16, 2017

I really enjoyed this course. It was very helpful and helped me a lot to discover myself and my potential to change. I will definitely recommend this course to every age group.

By Charles P

Sep 11, 2020

Excellent course! We need more courses such as this and learning how to learn. It seems to me that this might even be a complete certificate program. Please add more courses.

By Marcus E

May 29, 2020

Aside from some Coursera platform issues, Very good! (I have also reviewed on ClassCentral). I have submitted a lot of detailed feedback as and when I was watching the videos.

By Akshay V

May 29, 2020

The course is really amazing the way Mrs Barbara ( course instructor) makes us understand deep concept of Mindshift is extremely well. It will help all the people at all ages.

By Journaling w G

May 12, 2020

This is my best MOOC by far. Learning and humor! Thank you! Till next time. I had a great time with course. The 1st one I’ve rated with 5 stars. MIND SHIFT is one of the best!