As an ADHDr, I have to build my own books to understand subjects. In studying quantum physics, I took a year to review 16 quantum physics books to identify all the topics they talk about, I grouped the concepts together into 30 chapters, and began writing about them. It has been a challenge.
@daniesbananies the .. r .. in ADHDr, is just a phonic sound. There,s the disorder ADHD, theres the person w ADHD, an ADHDr, and then theres the group of ADHDrs. Hope that makes sense.
- Learning through creation, Creating on the preknowledge you have. - Note taking after learning - Active learning techniques -- listen and learn from experts, e.g. pubmed top authors --- take notes in NOTION - Write everything you know about something,- feyman technique - MIND MAP - teach what you know, explain 1st. explain in your head 2nd. explain it in room on your own- if you cannot explain it on your own then you haven't learnt that concept well. - create of short note of what you're learning at night or morning.
Thank youuuu. I paused her video to see if anyone made a list to use while I watch the video. Note making takes me ages. Of course, these have no context so absorb both people!
@@Autodidactz thank youu! personally I think that note taking should be done simultaneously and in a quick way, maybe pen and paper can work better for you :) i switch it up sometimes, and with videos it's cool that you can stop them to take the note. But keypoints/short notes are the best, I actually took these notes for myself, and I can always go back to the video and check it :) maybe you're notes would be different, depending on your research, interests, etc.,
I love it when schools or labs have outside their office or class rooms, boards. It just invites discussions. But I ain't gonna lie that I am partial to old fashion black boards and chalk. Call me nostalgic!
@@ProxyAuthenticationRequired When I'm doing more algorithms/protocols then it's whiteboard. When it gets to the math (say for the proof) then it is blackboard and chalk time.
"Writing to Learn" book. Basically incrementally build up your own wiki in a topic moving up from snippets/points to self notes to explainers. "Explain Like I'm Five" is also a great concept to declutter the buzzword and tech jargon and clarify in simple language.
Not for everyone, but ChatGPT is incredibly useful for explaining topics "like you are 5". In my opinion, AI is at its very best when it's there to support our learning.
@@VideosViraisVirais-dc7nx There is an entire subreddit for "Explain Like I'm 5" actually. Think it's a really good concept for introductory explanations of any topic or field.
1. Creating on the preknowledge you have. 2. If you cannot explain it on your own then you haven't learnt that concept well. 3.create of short note of what you're learning at night or morning. 4. Feynman technique (it would be long process but worth it and essential for learning).
I always had a hard time paying attention in class and spent most of my time just drawing on the sides of the notebook. I studied arts & design in college, of course, and had a hard time keeping myself focused on art history class. So I started using the drawings I was already doing to reflect the subject that was being taught, mixing it with notes, to keep myself engaged. And it made myself think about the subject in different ways, to really explore how all the parts of the subject connected in order to choose what to draw on the notebook. It was so fun, I never stopped doing it. I do it in every new UX project I start at work, and it helps a lot.
Yes, there are learning techniques that some may find more effective than the Feynman Technique depending on their learning style and goals. These include: 1. Active Recall: Testing yourself frequently to actively retrieve information from memory, which enhances long-term retention. 2. Spaced Repetition: Using tools like Anki to revisit material at increasing intervals for optimal retention. 3. Interleaved Practice: Mixing different but related topics or problem types during study sessions to improve problem-solving and adaptability. 4. Elaboration: Explaining concepts in your own words while connecting them to what you already know. 5. Dual Coding: Combining verbal and visual information (e.g., diagrams + text) to strengthen memory associations. While the Feynman Technique is powerful, combining it with these methods can yield even better results.
I develop e-learning as a job and really see how beneficial creation is in learning. Having to design, re-word, chunk and clarify information for another person is an incredible way to retain and understand things.
I have just started learning about E learning. Can i ask you something? Are there any jobs actually available for e-learning specialist's? And what books might help me more in this journey.
@letrasconmawa For theory Devlin Peck on RUclips is really good. There are various types of jobs out there and has a good pathway if you're starting out with less experience. Some professional background around education and/or digital content is advantageous. AI will affect the industry quite a lot, as things like Articulate Rise AI assistant has sped up the process considerably. I think in the future specialist roles will exist around e-learning. Look up instructional design as well as e-learning development, it's the theoretical/educational side of it. Digital education is set to grow rapidly over the next 10 years, so I think it's a reasonably secure place to be employed in.
I really appreciate you being so informative and also sharing resources. I’m currently doing a masters in quantitative psychology, and I plan to continue to get a PhD in statistics. I don’t know about computational psychiatry until I landed your channel a few mins ago. I like the way you explain things, and I hope to learn more from you- thank you 🙏🏻❤
I entire concur with your points. The bit about learning I wrote as a letter of advice to incoming freshmen. Basically, there are three levels of understanding: novelty, familiarity, and knowledge. Most college students who struggle hang out or stop at the familiar stage -- "of course I recognize this equation and I can follow a lecture perfectly, but when I get to the exam, I blank!" That is textbook (no pun intended) familiarity. If you want to not be stressed in school or any kind of study, learn to get through the familiar stage. The only way I know how to do it is by "repeatedly testing myself" and that could be practicing the maths or writing out an argument hinging on something, or explaining it in writing without mental aids.
Fabulous articulation of insights. Easy and actionable. You walk the talk on explaining in a brief, engaging and actionable way. Pure Gold. Thank you, Charlotte.
It’s quite straightforward, you study the concept and then you consolidate the concept with practical work. The trouble today is most education has become box ticking exercise where students regurgitate what they have heard … I find this so frustrating the way I was taught to be a. Electronics technician nearly 40 years ago was 6 months of theory, maths, electrical and electronic principles, practical sessions measuring and experimenting every type of component. Then using test equipment, hand skills like soldering. Drilling, filing and terminating cables with plugs and sockets. Fault finding techniques then with regular phase tests we would then move into working with simulated systems then operating maintaining complete systems before finally carrying out final theory and practical examinations finding a series of faults and rectifying them demonstrating safe practices, correct fault finding techniques use of test equipment and documenting each step. We went in some case from knowing absolutely nothing to being able to operate, service maintain diagnose and repair before running up and handing equipment back fully serviceable in just over 12 months full time study. Nowadays student apply very little and have no confidence when they arrive from university.
Yes, I really like this example and feel more practical applications of the theory or real world examples would help consolidate knowledge so much faster!
Thanks Charlotte for making this video! There is an entire course designed for same: "Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects" Its free on coursera and I highly recommend it if someone wants to go into the scientific and biological nuances of brain and become a better learner.
I really appreciate your contents. I'm a PhD in Cognitive Science, but I'm following you mainly to improve my English. With your contents, I can both improve my listening and find valuable material for my studies. Thank you from Italy!
I love this channel! I started recently getting into journaling, this channel has helped me with a lot of of my time sinks and has helped me improve / save time / retain knowledge better!! hope you have a great day thanks
Hi Charlotte. As a homeschooling mom of four teens, it's important for me that they learn by themselfs, so I noticed that they learn when they are able to explain it or teach it. Of course they have to read and digest before. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
I love this I am learning to because a full stack engineer and I really needed this and I love that you gave detail information to studying and reading and doing the work and not just writing it down and applying it❤
Thank you! It is always a pleasure to listen to intelligent people like you. I wish I had known that advice when I was younger. After years, I now understand that this is the key to education.
I did this with algorithms years ago. I was grinding for a tech job and realized teaching it was best way to learn. I had a tech blog and channel teaching how to solve computer algorithms. Definitely works. Edit: also love meditations in your background. Just got my dad to also read it.
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Thanks for the tips Charlotte! I've found the new GenAI based Mind Map feature on Miro to be super-useful. I can take any of my summarized notes and quickly create a visual mind map of the concepts to learn better.
@@CharlotteFraza new subscriber here. i would love to see a video about your findings with this software or any other software that you use with particular usefulness. great channel! thank you 😊
Me encanta mucho el contenido de tu canal. Como hablante latino he aprendido mucho. Me alegra que RUclips me haya recomendado tu canal. Sigue así. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
The method of explaining things is not only beneficial in regards to learning something. It's beneficial in soft skills, in communication with other people, at work.
i learned during the pandemic that creativity is an animal you must feed. stop feeding it and it stops growing. what feeds it? following my curiosity, not letting anything stop me from figuring out something i got interested in. i was off work for a yr n a half. i should have went back to work after a yr, but i was busy playing n learning. i wrote a really cool program during this time. i call it an ncptr. it incepts whatever i describe to the degree and level i describe it.
@@Fdan36 in 2015 i tried to explain something to my father, after i did, i asked him do you see what i mean ? he said no. then i said "do you want me to draw you a fkn picture ?" i knew c c++ n opengl. i realized i knew how to write a program that will read a text description and just draw it. 2d, 3d, motion, loops, lists, paths, sequences, text captions or callouts, with sound. its flexible enough to be stretched into a game. my goal was to write a program that will make inside a computer what you describe using english words and numbers. no special notation. a 5 yr old kid can use it without instruction.
That's why teach to learn is such a powerful concept ;) I've been blogging and making videos about programming/computer science mainly for this reason and the results are incredible!
5:00 It's 'feynman'. I agree with you regarding this. Personally I believe we should start by trying to create something and learn along the way. Because then we have a goal of why am I learning a particular topic. Otherwise it feels like I'm learning just for the sake of it.
One thing I discovered recently, which is really good for deepening your understanding is prompting and cross questioning LLMs like Claude or ChatGPT. Ask LLMs to explain a topic in real simple terms with an example, and then keep on going deeper and deeper. Then start asking "if this then what" questions or "what if" questions. This is where LLMs outshine google searches. An answer to a "what if" question can only be reached on internet if somebody has already asked that question but LLMs have this ability through which they can combine concepts even if they were not in their training data (or internet). Be aware that they can hallucinate but if you are learning about fairly general topics then they won't fail you. If you go really niche and deep, then it might not be that helpful.
Yes, I have actually been doing what you said for sometimes. It's so frustrating for self-learner to wrap their heads around new concepts or trying to get deep answers. AI truly helped even though it makes things up every now and then, but they'll get smarter.
Thank you Charlotte for sharing your findings with us, I have been finding Barbara Oakley's work quite interesting. She is someone who works interdisciplinary and claims that linking various disciplines might help people to build healthier and stronger "neurosnapsis"
Making notes in the margins of my books helps me to remember what I have read. I like to underline passages, ask questions, note down objections, and write brief summaries - so I can find passages quickly.
I found the video to be very practical in turning known learning theories and practices to be something that most people could apply. However there is the assumption that the audience knows how to adjust the concepts to their own needs and scaffold. While additional sensory components to listening to materials such as writing notes does help with the encoding of information, may not be an appropriate practice for everyone, due to cognitive load. I found the concept of writing everything you know a potentially useful process, which may have benefit for Neurodiverse students. However the aspects of emotions in terms of learning, I believe should have been mentioned. Excellent video, looking forwards to watching more!
Agree with all the points. My approach is first do a broad survey. Be aware of all the issues (or potential issues) that maybe involved. Then have a burning question. The goal isn't necessarily to retain all the details, but a kind of epistemic reduction (compression?) on the essence of the issues. Then be able to explain to someone else concisely.
A big +1 on the point on going through the top research and absorbing the works of experts in your field of interest, especially if they're seminars/conferences geared towards a more general audience including university students. I have personally learnt a lot of golden tidbits and different perspectives of looking at my own work by spending hours on such content, and to add sugar on top, it is incredibly motivating as well!
Fantastic video, I really like the points you made. You’re talking about meta-learning, which is a great introspective process. Essentially understanding how one learns best. I’d love to see a summary of your key points at the end.
Brilliant video! Your learning tips are so practical. I've been watching your channel for a long time and love how you consistently create such helpful content. Keep up the great work!
I learn best on a knowing what you don't know basis. 1. Collect everything you can from multiple sources. 2. Speed read and passively identify important points. 3. Write down from memory everything I can remember. 4. Close and slow reading. 5. Repeat step 3. I like knowing the big picture beforehand.
It reminds me of when I was in grad school and we often times had to create our own notes on books that served as like “cheat sheets” for the important parts of the book. Then I would use them in seminar to write notes in class. I found it way more useful than reading the book/articles for the week before coming to class
Thanks for this video Charlotte. I am currently looking into possible topics for my master’s thesis and I found it very useful, I will use these techniques
I think it all comes down with what you would do with the things you learn. If you hear something new, and are eager to share it with other people than it's easier to remember and understand it.
In fact I'm already using similar technique. When I write my notes, it is important to be honest with myself, not to pretend that I understand some idea if I don't.
Thank you so much for this amazing and insightful video. I am in my final year of medical school, and I have personally applied these techniques. I found them really helpful, so I wanted to take a moment to express my appreciation and thank you. I am also aspiring to become a neurologist in the future and to work in neuroscience and research, just like you. I really wish I could get your email so that I could discuss my research ideas with you and seek your advice. Love you so much, and best regards.
This is incredibly overlooked. I remember being hungry to learn, I would simply just watch videos regarding various interesting topics. I came to realize that I would learn absolutely nothing from any of these videos. This was because the information would leak out of my head within the first few days. You're probably familiar to this if you've ever tried to learn programming through RUclips tutorial videos. Those 8 hour learn how to code in python videos. The reality is if you're not going out of your way to program or do the task and taking time to struggle through it, you probably won't retain anything.
IIRC the tip where you read the top authors/papers of a topic was popularized by 3 dudes in the blogsphere back in the day: Eric Barker (from barkingupthewrongtree), Scott H Young (from the MIT challenge), Tim Ferriss (4hr workweek author). At least I remember them mentioning it some time ago
The problem arises when you have to switch from a passive to an active mode. That requires a lot of discipline, and nowadays it is very difficult because everything is changing from text to videos, and sometimes it is unnecessary for some content.
What works for me in terms of learning and retaining is 1) pick a subject 2)pick 3 best books on the subject 3)listen to the RUclips summary for those books 4)draw a mind map on the subject and the standout concepts 5)now read the 3 books from east to difficult as quickly as possible 6)revise the mind map 7)reread the best book critically once again 8)revisit your mind map. You’re done with the subject for now!
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. Benjamin Franklin --- What you speak of in the video of finding the top papers and immersing yourself in a topic sounds to me related to The 4-Hour Chef by Timothy Ferriss and Ultralearning by Scott H. Young
Not a DJ, but if you press the left arrow key multiple times right when the video starts playing, you will get a nice "Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo... Most" DJ sound effect. Good work!
2 minutes in , and I already she has some of the right ideas and concepts. I'm going to subcribe because this might be a like minded indivutal who sees the world more clearly than the other ignorant people on the internet.
Thank you for sharing your techniques, it was helpful for me as I consume lot of knowledge and content for learning purposes, but didn't get anywhere. Since you are interested in knowing about schizophrenia it will help you in great lengths if you are open to spiritual concepts and learn from all relegion especially what the vedas say about the consciousness and experiences in detail.
I often wonder about the correlation between mental illness such as schizophrenia and psychic phenomena and other spiritual experiences and what distinguishes them from the other. I find dr Somè’s work particularly fascinating.
1. Mencatat dan secara aktif merefleksikan apa yang telah anda dengar atau apa yg telah anda pelajari tentang suatu topik dilakukan di akhir perkuliahan Teknik belajar selama PhD: 1. Mendengarkan dan belajar dari para ahli ,anda harus menulis tentang topik ini sehingga anda menemukan 100 orang ahli terkenal dlm topik ini,kemudian anda mencoba menggunakan semua pekerjaan mereka seperti: a. saya akan mendengarkan wawancara mereka di podcast,youtube,dsb. b. Saya akan membaca makalah terbaru yg mereka tulis c. Saya mengumpulkan semua informasi di ruang bersama seperti : notion,evernote atau semacamnya d. Ruang bersama utk satu jenis topik dan saya daftar dari semua pakar utk catatan yg saya temukan Kemudian sebagai anda menjalani pekerjaan ini,saya mencoba berfikir kritis dan bertanya pada diri sendiri apa topik selanjutnya yg harus saya kerjakan agar para ahli
How about critical thinking, discernment, testing, experimenting, and verification. Also awareness of bias is mind opening and is also an exercise of active learning.
Hello, I am currently taking medication Invega Trinza for my schizophrenia. I have found that the book you mentioned by reading the title I acknowledge it is a step in recovery of at least maintaining the brain in its genetic disposition. What I would like to impart is to see schizophrenia as a break in the brain not the soul. Currently I still see visions and hear voices, but now I assimilate them to their own category. Like a library that you have stocked with books. I know which ones are real which ones I wrote, and which ones you are getting rid of. I don't have many words to describe the spiritual world but a break in sanity is a break in misery or suffering not in the individual. Not in the spiritual mind. We are as oceans in a world of stars, yet we become like sand on a beach to be kept as a memory. Help us choose ourselves. Thank you for your decision to help people such as myself. The answer to the mind is just you, it is not in need of anything else, yet we must take care of the love within the two eyes. Thank you glad I found this.
Hello @Charlotte, I had a question related to presentations. You might be presenting your ideas/research/findings to a panel of scientists. Do you ever feel nervous and or anxious..do you get thoughts like what if the panel finds some mistake in your work? what if they insult you publicly (like being called incompetent or even harsh words)? how do you handle such situations?
I hear something and go immediately into lecture mode with myself, trying to explain it to myself. Can only work if your codiac sign is "Twin" ;-) BTW, it's "Feynman" with an n.
This is a beautiful video. I love everything about it, every detail is intentional. If you don't mind me asking, what apps did you use to edit the video? Thank you
I haven't used this technique since I was an undergrad many decades ago, but back then I found flash cards to be an excellent method of learning and remembering route facts, such as word definitions. I don't know if anyone uses them anymore, but flash cards are just 3 by 5 inch card stock paper cards where the question or term is placed on one side of the card, and the answer or definition is placed on the other. The student then challenges themself by looking at the one side of the card and tries to come up with the answer or definition that is on the other side. Once the student is able to go through the cards quickly without having to look at the other side in order to know what is on the other side of the card, the learning lesson is complete. I found the technique worked really well where knowledge of route facts was needed for an exam. I might just go out and acquire some more of those cards to use that technique again in my continuing education outside of academia.
As an ADHDr, I have to build my own books to understand subjects. In studying quantum physics, I took a year to review 16 quantum physics books to identify all the topics they talk about, I grouped the concepts together into 30 chapters, and began writing about them. It has been a challenge.
What is the r in ADHDr?
I’d love to learn more about your experience and I’m also also struggling with studies. Thank you
@@daniesbananiesADHDr is one who has ADHD
If we can use essay’s to help us learn it makes sense to extend that to writing entire books for major subjects.
Share that book please
@daniesbananies the .. r .. in ADHDr, is just a phonic sound. There,s the disorder ADHD, theres the person w ADHD, an ADHDr, and then theres the group of ADHDrs. Hope that makes sense.
- Learning through creation, Creating on the preknowledge you have.
- Note taking after learning
- Active learning techniques -- listen and learn from experts, e.g. pubmed top authors --- take notes in NOTION
- Write everything you know about something,- feyman technique - MIND MAP
- teach what you know, explain 1st. explain in your head 2nd. explain it in room on your own- if you cannot explain it on your own then you haven't learnt that concept well.
- create of short note of what you're learning at night or morning.
This guy is a good learner
Thank youuuu. I paused her video to see if anyone made a list to use while I watch the video. Note making takes me ages. Of course, these have no context so absorb both people!
@@Autodidactz thank youu! personally I think that note taking should be done simultaneously and in a quick way, maybe pen and paper can work better for you :) i switch it up sometimes, and with videos it's cool that you can stop them to take the note. But keypoints/short notes are the best, I actually took these notes for myself, and I can always go back to the video and check it :) maybe you're notes would be different, depending on your research, interests, etc.,
- Make a summary post for helping everyone Elsa and yourselves when you are visit the source material. Thank you!
As a Computer Science major, whiteboards are THE go to method for learning a concept.
I love it when schools or labs have outside their office or class rooms, boards. It just invites discussions. But I ain't gonna lie that I am partial to old fashion black boards and chalk. Call me nostalgic!
@@ProxyAuthenticationRequired I have 3 4/8 whiteboards in my bedroom
@@ProxyAuthenticationRequired When I'm doing more algorithms/protocols then it's whiteboard. When it gets to the math (say for the proof) then it is blackboard and chalk time.
It’s so strange I see this comment today. I had a thought earlier about grabbing a whiteboard.
So do you guys find value in stepping away from the laptop and writing out concepts / math?
"Learning through creation" is one of the best things I heard in a while
gd morning
"Writing to Learn" book.
Basically incrementally build up your own wiki in a topic moving up from snippets/points to self notes to explainers.
"Explain Like I'm Five" is also a great concept to declutter the buzzword and tech jargon and clarify in simple language.
I cannot get any physical copies of that book where I live. I have a soft copy. It's it really that great? Please reply.
Not for everyone, but ChatGPT is incredibly useful for explaining topics "like you are 5". In my opinion, AI is at its very best when it's there to support our learning.
@@jyggalag_ I can say there is a alot of fake accounts that make marvelous comments about "certain book".
"explain like I'm Five" I really thought this was a colloquial expression. Like "high five" or "I'm blue". English can be confusing sometimes
@@VideosViraisVirais-dc7nx There is an entire subreddit for "Explain Like I'm 5" actually. Think it's a really good concept for introductory explanations of any topic or field.
1. Creating on the preknowledge you have.
2. If you cannot explain it on your own then you haven't learnt that concept well.
3.create of short note of what you're learning at night or morning.
4. Feynman technique (it would be long process but worth it and essential for learning).
what's this list?
@@josecabrera9126presumably a summary of the video
I always had a hard time paying attention in class and spent most of my time just drawing on the sides of the notebook. I studied arts & design in college, of course, and had a hard time keeping myself focused on art history class. So I started using the drawings I was already doing to reflect the subject that was being taught, mixing it with notes, to keep myself engaged. And it made myself think about the subject in different ways, to really explore how all the parts of the subject connected in order to choose what to draw on the notebook. It was so fun, I never stopped doing it. I do it in every new UX project I start at work, and it helps a lot.
Yes, there are learning techniques that some may find more effective than the Feynman Technique depending on their learning style and goals. These include:
1. Active Recall: Testing yourself frequently to actively retrieve information from memory, which enhances long-term retention.
2. Spaced Repetition: Using tools like Anki to revisit material at increasing intervals for optimal retention.
3. Interleaved Practice: Mixing different but related topics or problem types during study sessions to improve problem-solving and adaptability.
4. Elaboration: Explaining concepts in your own words while connecting them to what you already know.
5. Dual Coding: Combining verbal and visual information (e.g., diagrams + text) to strengthen memory associations.
While the Feynman Technique is powerful, combining it with these methods can yield even better results.
Yes, thank you for sharing these techniques!
@CharlotteFraza your welcome my dear
I develop e-learning as a job and really see how beneficial creation is in learning. Having to design, re-word, chunk and clarify information for another person is an incredible way to retain and understand things.
I have just started learning about E learning. Can i ask you something? Are there any jobs actually available for e-learning specialist's? And what books might help me more in this journey.
@letrasconmawa For theory Devlin Peck on RUclips is really good. There are various types of jobs out there and has a good pathway if you're starting out with less experience.
Some professional background around education and/or digital content is advantageous.
AI will affect the industry quite a lot, as things like Articulate Rise AI assistant has sped up the process considerably.
I think in the future specialist roles will exist around e-learning. Look up instructional design as well as e-learning development, it's the theoretical/educational side of it.
Digital education is set to grow rapidly over the next 10 years, so I think it's a reasonably secure place to be employed in.
I really appreciate you being so informative and also sharing resources. I’m currently doing a masters in quantitative psychology, and I plan to continue to get a PhD in statistics. I don’t know about computational psychiatry until I landed your channel a few mins ago. I like the way you explain things, and I hope to learn more from you- thank you 🙏🏻❤
Best of luck! 🌸
I entire concur with your points. The bit about learning I wrote as a letter of advice to incoming freshmen. Basically, there are three levels of understanding: novelty, familiarity, and knowledge. Most college students who struggle hang out or stop at the familiar stage -- "of course I recognize this equation and I can follow a lecture perfectly, but when I get to the exam, I blank!"
That is textbook (no pun intended) familiarity. If you want to not be stressed in school or any kind of study, learn to get through the familiar stage. The only way I know how to do it is by "repeatedly testing myself" and that could be practicing the maths or writing out an argument hinging on something, or explaining it in writing without mental aids.
Fabulous articulation of insights. Easy and actionable. You walk the talk on explaining in a brief, engaging and actionable way. Pure Gold.
Thank you, Charlotte.
Wow, thank you!
This is really awesome and well-presented! Thank you and keep sharing content on learning how to learn!
Welcome!
It’s quite straightforward, you study the concept and then you consolidate the concept with practical work. The trouble today is most education has become box ticking exercise where students regurgitate what they have heard … I find this so frustrating the way I was taught to be a. Electronics technician nearly 40 years ago was 6 months of theory, maths, electrical and electronic principles, practical sessions measuring and experimenting every type of component. Then using test equipment, hand skills like soldering. Drilling, filing and terminating cables with plugs and sockets. Fault finding techniques then with regular phase tests we would then move into working with simulated systems then operating maintaining complete systems before finally carrying out final theory and practical examinations finding a series of faults and rectifying them demonstrating safe practices, correct fault finding techniques use of test equipment and documenting each step.
We went in some case from knowing absolutely nothing to being able to operate, service maintain diagnose and repair before running up and handing equipment back fully serviceable in just over 12 months full time study. Nowadays student apply very little and have no confidence when they arrive from university.
Yes, I really like this example and feel more practical applications of the theory or real world examples would help consolidate knowledge so much faster!
@@CharlotteFrazahope thst you are getting on ok with your career ❤
Thanks Charlotte for making this video!
There is an entire course designed for same: "Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects" Its free on coursera and I highly recommend it if someone wants to go into the scientific and biological nuances of brain and become a better learner.
I really appreciate your contents. I'm a PhD in Cognitive Science, but I'm following you mainly to improve my English. With your contents, I can both improve my listening and find valuable material for my studies. Thank you from Italy!
I love this channel! I started recently getting into journaling, this channel has helped me with a lot of of my time sinks and has helped me improve / save time / retain knowledge better!! hope you have a great day thanks
Hi Charlotte. As a homeschooling mom of four teens, it's important for me that they learn by themselfs, so I noticed that they learn when they are able to explain it or teach it. Of course they have to read and digest before. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Amazing, good luck homeschooling 🧠!
*themselves
I love this I am learning to because a full stack engineer and I really needed this and I love that you gave detail information to studying and reading and doing the work and not just writing it down and applying it❤
Thanks!
Welcome!
Thank you! It is always a pleasure to listen to intelligent people like you. I wish I had known that advice when I was younger. After years, I now understand that this is the key to education.
I did this with algorithms years ago. I was grinding for a tech job and realized teaching it was best way to learn. I had a tech blog and channel teaching how to solve computer algorithms. Definitely works.
Edit: also love meditations in your background. Just got my dad to also read it.
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00:27 *🎓 Act of creating forces deeper engagement with material, exposing knowledge gaps.*
01:23 *📝 Learning through creation enhances internalization of information effectively.*
03:00 *🎧 Active learning involves reproducing information, not just passive consumption.*
05:05 *🧠 Focusing on teaching material enhances understanding and reveals gaps in knowledge.*
08:01 *📚 Applying learning to real-life scenarios, like case studies, solidifies understanding and practical application.*
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Thanks for the tips Charlotte! I've found the new GenAI based Mind Map feature on Miro to be super-useful. I can take any of my summarized notes and quickly create a visual mind map of the concepts to learn better.
Great tip! I will try Miro out as well :)
@@CharlotteFraza new subscriber here. i would love to see a video about your findings with this software or any other software that you use with particular usefulness. great channel! thank you 😊
Me encanta mucho el contenido de tu canal. Como hablante latino he aprendido mucho. Me alegra que RUclips me haya recomendado tu canal. Sigue así. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
The method of explaining things is not only beneficial in regards to learning something. It's beneficial in soft skills, in communication with other people, at work.
So true!
Thanks a ton! Recently I have been really interested in the intersection of learning something from one field and applying to another field.
Thank you
i learned during the pandemic
that creativity is an animal you must feed.
stop feeding it and it stops growing.
what feeds it?
following my curiosity,
not letting anything stop me from
figuring out something i got interested in.
i was off work for a yr n a half.
i should have went back to work after a yr,
but i was busy playing n learning.
i wrote a really cool program during this time.
i call it an ncptr.
it incepts whatever i describe
to the degree and level i describe it.
The program sounds intriguing. I'm curious, what do you mean by incept here ?
@@Fdan36 in 2015 i tried to explain something to my father, after i did, i asked him do you see what i mean ? he said no. then i said "do you want me to draw you a fkn picture ?" i knew c c++ n opengl.
i realized i knew how to write a program that will read a text description and just draw it. 2d, 3d, motion, loops, lists, paths, sequences, text captions or callouts, with sound. its flexible enough to be stretched into a game. my goal was to write a program that will make inside a computer what you describe using english words and numbers. no special notation. a 5 yr old kid can use it without instruction.
Very informative content, thank you!👍
Glad it was helpful!
That's why teach to learn is such a powerful concept ;) I've been blogging and making videos about programming/computer science mainly for this reason and the results are incredible!
Totally agree!
5:00 It's 'feynman'.
I agree with you regarding this. Personally I believe we should start by trying to create something and learn along the way. Because then we have a goal of why am I learning a particular topic. Otherwise it feels like I'm learning just for the sake of it.
Ah yes, I always pronounce his name strangely.. 😳 Right! I feel learning to create follow-up work makes the material stick a lot more.
One thing I discovered recently, which is really good for deepening your understanding is prompting and cross questioning LLMs like Claude or ChatGPT. Ask LLMs to explain a topic in real simple terms with an example, and then keep on going deeper and deeper. Then start asking "if this then what" questions or "what if" questions. This is where LLMs outshine google searches. An answer to a "what if" question can only be reached on internet if somebody has already asked that question but LLMs have this ability through which they can combine concepts even if they were not in their training data (or internet). Be aware that they can hallucinate but if you are learning about fairly general topics then they won't fail you. If you go really niche and deep, then it might not be that helpful.
Yes, I have actually been doing what you said for sometimes. It's so frustrating for self-learner to wrap their heads around new concepts or trying to get deep answers. AI truly helped even though it makes things up every now and then, but they'll get smarter.
I do this too. Helps me understand my own line of questioning and then use other mediums to find satisfactory answers, if not ChatGPT.
This is hands down Thee Best comment in the world 🤩
I also save all my comversations with AIs on notebookLM
Thank you Charlotte for sharing your findings with us, I have been finding Barbara Oakley's work quite interesting. She is someone who works interdisciplinary and claims that linking various disciplines might help people to build healthier and stronger "neurosnapsis"
Yes, I love Barbara Oakley's work and have been following it for some time 🧠!
@@CharlotteFraza Her books provide really amazing advice regarding the learning process and that too in a concise way backed by research
Thanks for sharing, Charlotte. I'll try these strategies soon!
Good luck!
Making notes in the margins of my books helps me to remember what I have read. I like to underline passages, ask questions, note down objections, and write brief summaries - so I can find passages quickly.
I found the video to be very practical in turning known learning theories and practices to be something that most people could apply. However there is the assumption that the audience knows how to adjust the concepts to their own needs and scaffold. While additional sensory components to listening to materials such as writing notes does help with the encoding of information, may not be an appropriate practice for everyone, due to cognitive load.
I found the concept of writing everything you know a potentially useful process, which may have benefit for Neurodiverse students.
However the aspects of emotions in terms of learning, I believe should have been mentioned.
Excellent video, looking forwards to watching more!
Thank you for the feedback!
hola
Tengo mucho tiempo que no me aparecian tus videos, charlotte
Siempre aprendiendo algo nuevo con tus videos
Saludos desde México
Gracias! 🙏
Agree with all the points. My approach is first do a broad survey. Be aware of all the issues (or potential issues) that maybe involved. Then have a burning question. The goal isn't necessarily to retain all the details, but a kind of epistemic reduction (compression?) on the essence of the issues. Then be able to explain to someone else concisely.
A small correction: It's "Feynman" technique. Loved this video. Great insights.
Yes! Thank you!
A big +1 on the point on going through the top research and absorbing the works of experts in your field of interest, especially if they're seminars/conferences geared towards a more general audience including university students. I have personally learnt a lot of golden tidbits and different perspectives of looking at my own work by spending hours on such content, and to add sugar on top, it is incredibly motivating as well!
Absolutely brilliant and hugely important video 👏🏿
Glad it was helpful!
Fantastic video, I really like the points you made. You’re talking about meta-learning, which is a great introspective process. Essentially understanding how one learns best. I’d love to see a summary of your key points at the end.
Glad it was helpful!
Love this. Very well said; excellent video. Thanks for creating and sharing!
Thank you for this! I’m always interested in learning how to learn better. :)
Glad it was helpful!
These are really great tips to study!! thank you for enticing people's curiosity!!
Brilliant video! Your learning tips are so practical.
I've been watching your channel for a long time and love how you consistently create such helpful content.
Keep up the great work!
Thank you! Good luck with your learning journey :D!
I learn best on a knowing what you don't know basis.
1. Collect everything you can from multiple sources.
2. Speed read and passively identify important points.
3. Write down from memory everything I can remember.
4. Close and slow reading.
5. Repeat step 3.
I like knowing the big picture beforehand.
Great tips. I always try to imagine how I would explain a concept to my parents if I had to--sort of similar to the Feynman Technique.
I found this video Inspiring! Thanks for the high value content!
Wish you a great 2025 🎉
It reminds me of when I was in grad school and we often times had to create our own notes on books that served as like “cheat sheets” for the important parts of the book. Then I would use them in seminar to write notes in class. I found it way more useful than reading the book/articles for the week before coming to class
I can add speculate on the unknow, ask questions about the unknown. And on books read outside your field too.
Never seen such a gorgeous teacher ❤❤❤
Thanks for this video Charlotte. I am currently looking into possible topics for my master’s thesis and I found it very useful, I will use these techniques
You're so welcome!
I so love the vlog ❤ Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
You are a very congenial person to listen to, great content. 🎉
So glad I happened across this channel 🙂👍
I think it all comes down with what you would do with the things you learn. If you hear something new, and are eager to share it with other people than it's easier to remember and understand it.
In fact I'm already using similar technique. When I write my notes, it is important to be honest with myself, not to pretend that I understand some idea if I don't.
Brilliant! Thank you
Thank you so much for this amazing and insightful video. I am in my final year of medical school, and I have personally applied these techniques. I found them really helpful, so I wanted to take a moment to express my appreciation and thank you. I am also aspiring to become a neurologist in the future and to work in neuroscience and research, just like you. I really wish I could get your email so that I could discuss my research ideas with you and seek your advice.
Love you so much, and best regards.
U r blessed by Goddess Saraswati definitely 🙏.thank u fr ur advice
This presentation is really amazing. You just gained a new subscriber.😊❤️
Okay, now I need to write about what I learned from this video, maybe I can also teach my nephew who wants to play ball.
I like "The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius" and I see that you also have it at the background of your video.
This is incredibly overlooked. I remember being hungry to learn, I would simply just watch videos regarding various interesting topics. I came to realize that I would learn absolutely nothing from any of these videos. This was because the information would leak out of my head within the first few days. You're probably familiar to this if you've ever tried to learn programming through RUclips tutorial videos. Those 8 hour learn how to code in python videos. The reality is if you're not going out of your way to program or do the task and taking time to struggle through it, you probably won't retain anything.
Thank you for sharing you have made a difference in study
Thanks, your content seems interesting im subscribing.
IIRC the tip where you read the top authors/papers of a topic was popularized by 3 dudes in the blogsphere back in the day: Eric Barker (from barkingupthewrongtree), Scott H Young (from the MIT challenge), Tim Ferriss (4hr workweek author). At least I remember them mentioning it some time ago
Yes thank you! I must have gotten it from Scott Young, as I read a lot of his blogs back in the day ☺
The problem arises when you have to switch from a passive to an active mode. That requires a lot of discipline, and nowadays it is very difficult because everything is changing from text to videos, and sometimes it is unnecessary for some content.
Good point!
Thank you for this! 💎
This is super helpful! I wish I found this video a month ago. 🙂
hmmm there are still more than 20K videos on my watchlater list
I also have the same thing lol
I thought I was the only one 😮
😂😂😂😂😂
hey doc! i love you!
Thank you for this ma'am.
What works for me in terms of learning and retaining is 1) pick a subject 2)pick 3 best books on the subject 3)listen to the RUclips summary for those books 4)draw a mind map on the subject and the standout concepts 5)now read the 3 books from east to difficult as quickly as possible 6)revise the mind map 7)reread the best book critically once again 8)revisit your mind map. You’re done with the subject for now!
Tell me and I forget.
Teach me and I remember.
Involve me and I learn.
Benjamin Franklin
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What you speak of in the video of finding the top papers and immersing yourself in a topic sounds to me related to The 4-Hour Chef by Timothy Ferriss and Ultralearning by Scott H. Young
Not a DJ, but if you press the left arrow key multiple times right when the video starts playing, you will get a nice "Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo... Most" DJ sound effect. Good work!
Great content!! Thanks for the tips.
2 minutes in , and I already she has some of the right ideas and concepts.
I'm going to subcribe because this might be a like minded indivutal who sees the world more clearly than the other ignorant people on the internet.
could you make a video that explains the active learning techniques in details
Excellent video, have liked and subbed.
If you do not mind, you make smile, because you totally understand what is irrelevant or relevant knowledge, not information
Thank you for sharing your techniques, it was helpful for me as I consume lot of knowledge and content for learning purposes, but didn't get anywhere.
Since you are interested in knowing about schizophrenia it will help you in great lengths if you are open to spiritual concepts and learn from all relegion especially what the vedas say about the consciousness and experiences in detail.
I often wonder about the correlation between mental illness such as schizophrenia and psychic phenomena and other spiritual experiences and what distinguishes them from the other. I find dr Somè’s work particularly fascinating.
To make a thing is to know a thing
Great ideas!
Thank you! 😊
Very interesting video, subscribed :)
Swotting, with rote learning being the first stepping stone. Remember, recall, then understand. Blooms Taxomology
Everything you said plus Zettelkasten Method
1. Mencatat dan secara aktif merefleksikan apa yang telah anda dengar atau apa yg telah anda pelajari tentang suatu topik dilakukan di akhir perkuliahan
Teknik belajar selama PhD:
1. Mendengarkan dan belajar dari para ahli ,anda harus menulis tentang topik ini sehingga anda menemukan 100 orang ahli terkenal dlm topik ini,kemudian anda mencoba menggunakan semua pekerjaan mereka seperti: a. saya akan mendengarkan wawancara mereka di podcast,youtube,dsb.
b. Saya akan membaca makalah terbaru yg mereka tulis
c. Saya mengumpulkan semua informasi di ruang bersama seperti : notion,evernote atau semacamnya
d. Ruang bersama utk satu jenis topik dan saya daftar dari semua pakar utk catatan yg saya temukan
Kemudian sebagai anda menjalani pekerjaan ini,saya mencoba berfikir kritis dan bertanya pada diri sendiri apa topik selanjutnya yg harus saya kerjakan agar para ahli
How about critical thinking, discernment, testing, experimenting, and verification. Also awareness of bias is mind opening and is also an exercise of active learning.
Yes so true!
You should consider doing livestream. You sound like you would rock at that (of course given that you have time) :)
That's a good idea!
Hello, I am currently taking medication Invega Trinza for my schizophrenia. I have found that the book you mentioned by reading the title I acknowledge it is a step in recovery of at least maintaining the brain in its genetic disposition. What I would like to impart is to see schizophrenia as a break in the brain not the soul. Currently I still see visions and hear voices, but now I assimilate them to their own category. Like a library that you have stocked with books. I know which ones are real which ones I wrote, and which ones you are getting rid of. I don't have many words to describe the spiritual world but a break in sanity is a break in misery or suffering not in the individual. Not in the spiritual mind. We are as oceans in a world of stars, yet we become like sand on a beach to be kept as a memory. Help us choose ourselves. Thank you for your decision to help people such as myself. The answer to the mind is just you, it is not in need of anything else, yet we must take care of the love within the two eyes. Thank you glad I found this.
MIND YOUR DIET. TRY CARNIVORE. NO PROCESSED FOOD. TWO TEASPOONS SUGAR A DAY MAX. CLEAN WATER
Thank you for sharing your information with us.
And this will also be one of the things I passively consume
😂
Hello @Charlotte,
I had a question related to presentations. You might be presenting your ideas/research/findings to a panel of scientists. Do you ever feel nervous and or anxious..do you get thoughts like what if the panel finds some mistake in your work? what if they insult you publicly (like being called incompetent or even harsh words)? how do you handle such situations?
I hear something and go immediately into lecture mode with myself, trying to explain it to myself. Can only work if your codiac sign is "Twin" ;-) BTW, it's "Feynman" with an n.
This is a beautiful video. I love everything about it, every detail is intentional. If you don't mind me asking, what apps did you use to edit the video? Thank you
Final cut pro mainly :)
I haven't used this technique since I was an undergrad many decades ago, but back then I found flash cards to be an excellent method of learning and remembering route facts, such as word definitions. I don't know if anyone uses them anymore, but flash cards are just 3 by 5 inch card stock paper cards where the question or term is placed on one side of the card, and the answer or definition is placed on the other. The student then challenges themself by looking at the one side of the card and tries to come up with the answer or definition that is on the other side. Once the student is able to go through the cards quickly without having to look at the other side in order to know what is on the other side of the card, the learning lesson is complete. I found the technique worked really well where knowledge of route facts was needed for an exam. I might just go out and acquire some more of those cards to use that technique again in my continuing education outside of academia.
Good approach; at TC:04:52, it's Richard Feynman - not Feyman