The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

By Farnam Street

#31 Barbara Oakley: Learning How to Learn

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Published April 10, 2018 7:43am

Just when I start to think Iā€™m using my time well and getting a lot done in my life, I meet someone like Barbara Oakley.

Barbara is a true polymath. She was a captain in the U.S. Army, a Russian translator on Soviet trawlers, a radio operator in the South Pole, an engineer, university professor, researcher and the author of 8 books.

Oh, and she is also the creator and instructor of Learning to Learn, the most popular Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) ever(!), with over one million enrolled students.

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