Mindshift

More Seats Added to Learning How to Learn!

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Our October 18 program Mindshift: Learning How to Learn sold out in record time, so we've shifted locations to add more seats just for you!

Barbara Oakley didn’t begin learning remedial high school algebra until age 26. Now she’s a professor of engineering, a New York Times best-selling author, and instructor of one of the world’s most popular massive open online courses, “Learning How To Learn,” with nearly two million registered students.

How did this happen? She learned how to learn, and she now teaches others how to accomplish this. Hear Oakley’s true stories of remarkable transformations and intriguing insights from research studies about how you can change and grow, no matter your age or stage of life.

Oakley explains how to learn more effectively, drawing on her experience as both an engineering professor and a linguist, as well as from key research findings in cognitive psychology and neuroscience. You’ll walk away with practical tools based on solid research—and you’ll have fun along the way!

Mindshift

Illustration of a brain in focused mode, above and diffuse mode, below (Illustration: Barbara Oakley)

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