Cheery Friday e-mails
Every Friday I send a “Cheery Friday” email chock full of insights about learning and changing to a million registered learners from the massive open online course (“MOOC”) Learning How to Learn. To receive these emails, just register for the course here (it’s free, and registration takes only a few seconds). “See” you on Friday!
Cheery Friday Greetings from Learning How to Learn! Jan 15, 2016
Cheery Friday greetings to our Learning How to Learners! Barb at the Universidad Francisco Marroquín in Guatemala On Jan 18 and 19th, Barb will be speaking at the Universidad Francisco Marroquín, one of the most vibrant, prestigious universities in Latin America—truly an extraordinary place! If you’d like to attend one of her talks, she’d be thrill …
More >Cheery Friday Greetings from Learning How to Learn! Jan 8, 2016
Cheery Friday greetings to our Learning How to Learners! Learning math with different parts of the brain Many of you have found our earlier reference to the fast adding methods of Flash Anzan to be intriguing. Here’s an article by Alex Bellos that explores the abacus with more depth: “Abacus adds up to number joy in Japan: The Far East flies high w …
More >Cheery New Years Greeting from Learning How to Learn! Jan 1, 2016
Happy New Years to our Learning How to Learners! Learning How to Learn stays in the news! Here’s an article in the New York Times by leading tech journalist John Markoff (@markoff) about Learning How to Learn’s status as the #1 most popular MOOC of all time. If you want to learn how to learn, you’ve definitely come to a popular place! Staying On Co …
More >Cheery Holiday Greetings from Learning How to Learn! Dec 25, 2015
Cheery Holiday greetings to our Learning How to Learners! It’s a wonderful holiday season here as we approach the end of 2015! We’ve had a great time learning together with you as the year has rolled by. One thing we’re beginning to appreciate all the more is that learning shares a surprising amount with exercise. Sometimes a little nudging inspira …
More >Cheery Friday Greetings from Learning How to Learn Dec 18, 2015
Cheery Holiday greetings to our Learning How to Learners! It’s a wonderful holiday season here as we approach the end of 2015! We’ve had a great time learning together with you as the year has rolled by. One thing we’re beginning to appreciate all the more is that learning shares a surprising amount with exercise. Sometimes a little nudging inspira …
More >Cheery Friday Greetings from Learning How to Learn Dec 11, 2015
Cheery Friday greetings to our Learning How to Learners! Do You Have a Poor Working Memory? It Can Be an Asset! A poor working memory can actually help you attain critical “aha” type insights more easily—read this illuminating article: “The Reason Smart People Sometimes Struggle with “Aha” Moments.” Odds and Ends: A cool productivity tool and a nic …
More >Cheery Friday Greetings from Learning How to Learn! Dec 4, 2015
Cheery Friday greetings to our Learning How to Learners! Think You’re Math Phobic—or Do You Love Numbers? Either Way, Try this Friendly Course Senior Mentor Susan Fitzgerald has brought this intriguing-looking course, “Fun with Prime Numbers,” to our attention. (Okay, so maybe the name shares a bit in common with the popular television show “The Bi …
More >Cheery Friday Greetings from Learning How to Learn! Nov 27, 2015
Cheery Friday greetings to our Learning How to Learners! Discussion Forums The discussion forum is often a fountain for fascinating conversation. Here you can find a discussion of the difference between the two intriguing, but sometimes confused, topics of “transfer” and “interleaving.” A Surprise Book Recommendation for Teachers—and for Everyone B …
More >Cheery Weekend Greetings from Learning How to Learn! Nov 22, 2015
Cheery Weekend greetings to our Learning How to Learners! The Inspiration Behind Learning How to Learn Here’s an interview with Barb “Формула успеха: как математика помогает людям жит.” (Okay, so the interview’s in Russian.) The interview provides additional background about the book A Mind for Numbers—which formed the basis for the MOOC Learning H …
More >Cheery Wednesday Greetings from Learning How to Learn! Nov 11, 2015
Cheery Wednesday greetings to our Learning How to Learners! South Africa, here we come! Our email is a bit early again this week–that’s because Learning How to Learn is coming to South Africa! Barb and her husband Phil (also known as “the Hero”), will be having dinner in Cape Town with a Learning How to Learner on the evening of November 13th. We’ …
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