Monday, October 27, 2014

It seems it is so important and natural that we barely try to learn how to learn

How to learn in an effective way?

We all need to learn. It does n`t matter what we do? our job? our lifestyle? The most important things is learning. It seems it is so important and natural that we barely try to learn how to learn. No school course teaches us how to learn. As a human being we learn naturally,but studies shows that we can learn easier, faster and with fun. I took an online course in Coursera about learning. It helps me to find my mistake in learning. I share few of my experience in how to learn, you want more, Go for it.
It is amazing journey.

First our mind have 2 kind of mode in learning . 1- focus mode 2- defuse mode
Focus mode is for concentration and focus.When we focus to learn something.It is more detail learning and learning how to do specific task. You use this mode of your mind. For this kind of learning we need to focus. There is a technique which is call pomodoro  technique. You try to focus learn for about 25 minutes and then 5 minutes rest. this technique help me to focus effectively. You give your mind enough rest.using this technique help you avoid procrastination.
2-defuse mode : It is more broad and big picture.When you want to get new ideas. you study something and let the idea soak in your mind. For this mode, you can go for a wake, a great sleep many times is one of the best way to help this defuse mode works well. When you start to learn a new thing that is hard for you, it is better in first steps don`t thing about result and product of learning. you should think about process of learning.
We have two kind of memory that are very significant in learning. Working memory is kind of short memory. we all use it to remember name, phone numbers and so on.
long term memory : we need to keep our learning in long term memory,in a pattern that we could build up more stuff on that. For long term memory research shows that it is better to study 5 hours in 5 different days verses 5 house in a day. Try to use this method in your learning. your are learning ping pong, do i daily , each day 1 hour.
One of the biggest advice that i love about this course is that,you study material you want to learn for first time, for second time you do exercises and see your mistake. I usually just study and look at exercise and answer of exercise. It make you just waste your time more and learn less , and do not know where are your mistakes?