Desman Hidayat

January 2015

Coursera – Learning How to LearnAn Online Course by Dr. Barbara Oakley & Dr

Terrence SejnowskiUC San Diego

The capacity and willingness to develop,

organize and manage a business venture

along with any of its risks in order to make

a profit.

businessdictionary.com

We are making business, not gamblingMaking a business without having any preparation or understand about the business is the same as gambling. We do not control our business, but only relying on luck instead.

It’s like jumping to the sea without learning how to swim first. We might survive if we can learn very fast or struggling until we are able to swim, but most of the time, we will drown.

Even if you don’t start your own business, you can still think of yourself as a business. We need to manage our money, just like in the business. We need to be unique so that we can have competitive advantages. The concept in our lives is quite similar with business

"Don't just follow your passions, broaden your passions, and your life will be rich beyond measure." ~ Dr. Barbara Oakley in her TEDx talk.

You need to be focused

Keep the balance between studying and

resting

Test yourself

Docendo discimus – by teaching, we learn

Make your learning fun

Practice, practice, practice!

Try to learn in a different placeChanging the place where you learn can help you learn better

Pomodoro TechniqueTry to focus for 25 minutes without any distractions. Turn off your phone, turn off your TV, turn off all of your social media, and focus on doing what your need to do. You can take a break and do whatever you want after 25 minutes as your reward

You can’t learn by focusing your mind on the subject all the time

Try to give some break to your brainWatching TV, playing games, sleep, sports, anything that can make you feel relax

There are 2 kinds of thinking: focused thinking and diffuse thinking. Diffuse thinking is a condition when our brain is not focusing on the subject that we study. Unconsciously, our brain will still be studying on this mode where we feel relax.

Do not cram!In Indonesia, students often use the term “SKS” or Sistem Kebut Semalam (One Night Speeding System) where they just do their assignments or studying on the night before the test. This is not good, and we will only remember what we’ve learned for a short time. Try to learn more often in a short time rather than learning once in a longer time. For example: Try to learn 15 minutes every day for a week than learning 2 hours in a day.

Often test yourself with the subject that you learnedYou will know if you already mastered the subject or not.

Do not be afraid of testsIt’s not like an exam where you fail, it’s a tool for you to know how far you’ve mastered the subject and also to help you learn the subject again if you haven’t master it.

Make a study groups

Learning and teaching friends is good for

your own study

Teach others

When you teach, sometimes you will

encounter things that you haven’t master.

It will give you a chance to re-learn the

subject.

You can use gamification system to make

your learning feels like a game

For example: if you can learn 3 days in a

roll, then you are level 2, and when you

are level 2, you are allowed to watch

movies or other things. Give yourself the

reward to make you feel enjoy.

You cannot learn entrepreneurship only by

studying the theory

Go out and try it yourself! Start your own

small business

Learn from your own experience

Have fun with it!

Desman Hidayat

http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/entrepreneurship.html#ixzz3Q2SjaLKm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O96fE1E-rf8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docendo_discimus

Coursera Online Course: Learning How to Learn by Dr. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski