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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

LV

Apr 30, 2020

I enjoyed this MOOC. It is very well-done and clearly covers the topics of mindshifting along with career advancement. Also--good illustrations and visuals/sounds which assist in the learning process.

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 Vanessa P

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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

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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

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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!

By Patricia M

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Jul 10, 2020

It is informative and I learned a lot from this MOOC - it opened my eyes to fresh perspective, and made me believe in my abilities more.

By Marco C

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May 27, 2020

Excellent training with many interesting concepts that can be applied right on the flight in parallel with the completion of the course.

By Sanjay P

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May 13, 2020

really good course, that I completed during the COVID-19 lock down. guess it was the right time to get back on track with this course :)

By Samarth J

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May 8, 2020

This course is a life-changing experience. Just make sure to take notes so that you can refer to the key points later whenever required.

By Chris N

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Apr 19, 2020

Provocative, and a great follow-up to Learning How to Learn. Thank you Barbara and Terry, the content is both engaging and informative.

By Dennis D

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Apr 12, 2020

Although not very technical, the course gives a good overview of learning and is a model course in terms of how to build engaging MOOCs.

By Dheana T (

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Feb 9, 2021

Love this course! it helps me to know myself and learn how to learn. it broaden my views and I can't wait to apply it in my daily life.

By AKHILA A

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Sep 12, 2020

one of the best course i have attended the instructor is very lively and enthusiastic about her topic which made this course really fun

By Akanksha S

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Jul 26, 2020

Really enriching experience and help in a shift of perspective from challenges to opportunities. Thank you to the instructors and team!

By Rob A

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Jun 15, 2020

This course did open my mind to new ways of learning and how beneficial they are for just not me but for my children and everyone else.

By Sholanki G

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Jun 7, 2020

Lovely experience, learnt a lot. The instructor sure knows how to make learning fun. Didn't feel like study at all. Highly recommended.

By Maggie F

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Jan 23, 2022

This course includes both current research and practical techniques for making the most of your past in both your career and hobbies.

By Beatriz d P R

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May 4, 2021

I really liked this MOOC, it is one of the best I have ever done, the topics covered are well explained and impacted a lot in my life.

By Dace V

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Nov 29, 2020

I liked course. Loved to listen about memory palace and others tips to remember things. Liked active video.Lector is creative speaker.

By Aigerim T

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Jun 28, 2020

Excellent course, thanks a lot for the great time and knowledge that will be very useful in the daily study and affect long term goals

By LEA C C Y

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May 30, 2020

I really recomend this course to anyone at any age at any time. It is indeed inspiring and i really enjoyed and learned a lot from it.

By cal2toon

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May 25, 2020

Thanking for all the hard work you put in here, it's very helpful and change me to become a better version of myself. THANKS AGAIN :))

By April D U B

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May 8, 2020

This is the best mooc I've done. Great insights, nice video editing, good humor and mentor Barb is so energetic! Highly recommendable!

By Md S R

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Apr 27, 2020

Mindshift! There is no question about the course material. It really helps any person who can gather some skills for the 21st century.

By Maria L R

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Apr 20, 2020

This has been most enjoyable and useful. The materials are relevant, delivery is clear, simple and very easy to understand. Thank you.

By MensahLavishMawuena

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Jun 19, 2018

Very insightful and interesting lesson for personal development...I am glad I join this MOOC.I highly recommend this to your - READER.

By Ingela H

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Apr 7, 2018

If you want to completly reevaluate how you think about learning take this course. I only wish I have had this knowledge 20 years ago.