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- Level Foundation
- Duration 11 hours
- Course by McMaster University
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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.)Modules
Week 1: Change is Possible
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14
Videos
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1
Readings
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3
Discussion
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1
Assignment
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Assignment
- Week 1
3
Discussions
- The unexpected assets from your past--and breaking through initial feelings of incompetence
- Favorite places to study, and helpful study apps
- Your challenge
14
Videos
- 1-1 Introduction – About Mindshift
- 1-2 The Value of Being a Slow Learner
- 1-3 From Passive to Active
- 1-4 The Value of Your Past
- 1-5 Mastery Learning
- 1-6 Focused Versus Diffuse – Furthering Your Understanding
- 1-7 Should You Listen to Music When You're Studying?
- 1-8 Learning Something Hard? The Coffee Shop Trick
- 1-9 Your environment affects who you are
- 1-10 The Changing World – Matching Aspirations with Opportunity
- 1-11 Natural Passions, Career Choice, and Gender
- 1-12 Week 1 Wrap Up
- Optional Video: How to Integrate a Flashcard Retrieval Practice System into This Course
- Optional Bonus Video: Nelson Dellis Memory Tips #1
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Readings
- Guidance in Applying for Continuing Education or Professional Development Credit
A first look in the mirror
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1
PeerReview
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Peer Review
- A first look in the mirror
Week 2: Getting Deeper into Happy Learning
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14
Videos
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1
Discussion
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1
Assignment
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Assignment
- Week 2
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Discussions
- Overcoming cognitive distortions
14
Videos
- 2-1 Week 2 Introduction
- 2-2 The Value of a Poor Memory
- 2-3 Meditation and Mindfulness – What to Look for
- 2-4 The Pomodoro Technique as Working Meditation
- 2-5 Getting Past Procrastination
- 2-6 The Value of Procedural Fluency and Deliberate Practice
- 2-7 Bad Grades and Barb's Hands – The Value of Mental Tricks
- 2-8 Learning to Reframe – Put a Label on It!
- 2-9 Integrate All Your Senses Into Learning – The Pitfalls of "Learning Styles"
- 2-10 Can You Try to Learn Too Much?
- 2-11 Your Social Brain
- 2-12 Week 2 Wrap Up
- Optional Bonus Video: Interview with Singapore Entrepreneur Adam Khoo
- Optional Bonus Video: Nelson Dellis Memory Tips #2
Week 3: Learning and Careers
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13
Videos
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2
Discussion
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1
Assignment
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Assignment
- Week 3
2
Discussions
- Hidden talents
- The good side of "bad" traits
13
Videos
- 3-1 Week 3 Introduction
- 3-2 Passion and Work Part 1
- 3-3 Passion and Work Part 2
- 3-4 Passion and Work Part 3
- 3-5 Mindshifting – What to Do in the Face of Opposition
- 3-6 General Competence versus Selective Ignorance
- 3-7 The Value of Feeling Like an Imposter
- 3-8 Avoiding Career Ruts and Surviving Career Catastrophes
- 3-9 Bad Traits as Best Traits
- 3-10 The Intelligence of Emotions
- 3-11 Week 3 Wrap Up
- Optional Bonus Video: Nelson Dellis Memory Tips #3
- Optional Bonus Video: Nelson Dellis Memory Tips #4 Remembering Names & Faces
Final Peer Assignment (to be done while finishing Week 4)
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1
PeerReview
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Peer Review
- A heart-to-heart talk with friends
Week 4: Adopting a Learning Lifestyle
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13
Videos
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1
Readings
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3
Discussion
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1
Assignment
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Assignment
- Final Examination
3
Discussions
- Best MOOCs and best MOOC-making!
- Favorite book or author
- Share your Mindshift!
13
Videos
- 4-1 Week 4 Introduction
- 4-2 Why Should You Keep Learning?
- 4-3 MOOC Tips Part 1 – How to Get the Most from MOOCs
- 4-4 Dirty Little Secrets of Traditional vs Massive Online Teaching
- 4-5 A Visit to Barb's Basement: The Secret Sauce of Learning How to Learn
- 4-6 MOOC Tips Part 2 – Looking More Deeply Into Quality Learning
- 4-7 Mentors in Your Life
- 4-8 Read, Read, Read
- 4-9 Surviving in the New Information Economy
- 4-10 Week 4 Wrap Up
- 4-11 Finale: Discovering Your Hidden Potential
- Optional Bonus Video: Nelson Dellis Memory Tips #5 Language Learning
- Memory Tips: Nelson Dellis on How to Memorize a Speech or a Script
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Readings
- Please Rate this Course on Class Central
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Unlock your hidden potential with "Mindshift," a personal development course designed to enhance your career and life in today's fast-paced world. Taught by Coursera, this foundational course offers practical insights on online learning, mentorship, and avoiding career ruts. Suitable for any age or stage, it provides 660 minutes of engaging content and offers Starter and Professional subscription options. Ideal for those seeking to learn and adapt effectively, even in maturity.
Dr. Barbara Oakley
Dr. Terrence Sejnowski