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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

SM

Jun 21, 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 Dinesh K k

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May 22, 2020

This course really helped me to mind shift me from my career path!

By Seamus H

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May 7, 2020

Combines a good introduction to MOOCs and the science of learning.

By vaibhav b

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May 5, 2020

Really gonna help in my life long learning process. Truly thankful

By 051 S P D R

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Apr 20, 2020

It was wonderful to know how to learn and knew a lot about myself.

By Yue Z

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Jul 18, 2019

engaging, to-the-point. I enjoy Barbara's personal teaching style!

By Soha E

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Jun 30, 2019

Thank you!!! I enjoyed every minute of the MOOC and learned a lot.

By Ahasanul B H

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Jun 1, 2019

Josh Ekta Course. Thank you McMaster University Team and Coursera.

By Alex M

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Sep 22, 2017

Good overview of MOOCs and the neural basis for continued learning

By Marilyn G

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Sep 1, 2017

This course helped me a lot in both my studies and my career path.

By Eileen S

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Mar 18, 2021

I loved it! Easy to follow with tons of great tips & strategies.

By sayah i

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Jan 24, 2021

thank you it was a pleasure to me

please can i get my certificate

By Shihab A

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Oct 24, 2020

Really a Complete guide to transform yourself into man of passion

By Dona G

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Jun 13, 2020

The course was comparatively light but the effect was tremendous.

By Ana T C

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May 25, 2020

Great to change learning paradigms and to learn to shift careers.

By Naufal A

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May 19, 2020

I am very happy with my achievement and I will continue to study.

By Fakiha S

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May 10, 2020

The best demonstration of the effective content by the instructor

By Jonny C E

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Apr 28, 2020

I love this online course. This is very informative!! worth it!!

By Ricardo H R Q M

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Apr 5, 2020

it was very interesting to think about what are my true obstacles

By Jerome S

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Aug 21, 2019

So much good intel. Will be visiting this course again and again.

By Silvia H

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Jan 15, 2019

Wonderful, I have changed my attitude, I have acquired new habits

By Ingo N

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Mar 27, 2018

excellent! eye opener for a new world of learning - full of MOOCs

By Sk M

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Jan 18, 2018

Best course designed to enhance your hidden learning potential...

By J. K

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Oct 29, 2017

Barbara Oakley is the coach that we all need to achieve our best.

By Jessica M

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Oct 20, 2017

Excellent course that I would recomment to anyone starting MOOCs!

By Gisele

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Aug 22, 2017

Excellent Course, very fun ;) loved it and highly recommend it ;)