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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

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.

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 Tiffany

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

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

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 NGUYEN T B Y

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

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.

By Kelly H

Mar 10, 2019

Life changing class that instill great study habits that WORK, and positive actionable mindsets that help you succeed in life and learning!

By Selina W 王

Sep 19, 2021

Nice to learn a great lesson from Mindshift! It's necessary before the next mileston or while you're overwhelmed. It's everybody's choice!

By PORTILLA M M J

Mar 16, 2021

Excelente curso, me quedo con el mensaje de: "El aprendizaje te puede mantener saludable en mente y cuerpo tanto de joven como de adulto."

By Renzo M

Oct 31, 2020

I liked the course very much, I found it useful for someone like me who is looking to have a growth mindset. Thank you for your great work

By Mila M

Aug 5, 2020

The professor is a super wise lady and with a bunch of visual metaphors and analogies, she leads you through a journey through mind-shift!

By Shaun M

Apr 26, 2020

I think this is a great course to challenge fixed ideas about learning and realizing that you have more to offer and gain through learning

By Ateeb T K

Dec 16, 2017

Very helpful course for students of all backgrounds. Great lifelong learning habits that reinforced what I "thought" I knew (but didn't).

By Debry W

Oct 27, 2017

Barbara is a natural teacher. She shares gladly and welcomes you to knowledge in a very warm an objective way. Extraordinary MOOC, Thanks!

By Jandhyala K D

Jul 4, 2022

Gave me a new perspective to see everything that helps me to learn more and be more productive. A very good Personal Developement course.

By Karen N

Jun 6, 2020

Entertaining MOOC. Well done with the special effects. I learned a lot of interesting points in Mindshift. The instructor was awesome!

By Hadeel Z G

May 8, 2020

I thought this course was so useful and beneficial, I liked Barb's teaching method. She seemed like she genuinely cares for her learners.

By srikamalanathan v

Apr 24, 2020

My first ever course in coursera loved all the materials they covered in this course. Feeling very positive and looking for more courses.

By Sylvia G

Apr 6, 2019

Mindshift provides an excellent foundation for someone aiming to begin taking MOOCs to enhance their skillset and broaden their passions!

By Laura H

Nov 30, 2017

Fabulous course full of great information and clear instruction. It is like one big pep talk to overcome your fears and improve yourself.

By Gautham K

Oct 3, 2022

It's an amazing course. I got to learn about something really new. The most invaluable take away for me was that we can learn anything.

By Rajesh C

Aug 15, 2021

Wonderful life changing course. Big hurrah for the team. Prof Barbara is a Rockstar. So is Mr Nelson. Oops... forgot surname. Thank You.

By Vanessa P

Apr 12, 2021

Excellent course! I’m feeling a lot more confident in pursuing and getting involved in MOOCS to keep my mind, body and heart well tuned

By Simone N

Feb 1, 2021

This course was fun,and really helpful! it opened my eyes on so many topics and so many easy steps i can take or even share with others!

By Jeffrey B

Aug 5, 2020

This MOOC really kept me engaged. It answered a lot of unanswered questions. Take the MOOC and you'll find out what I'm talking about!