Learning How to Learn

All undergraduate, graduate and second-entry professional students

Learning How to Learn Series

There are 4 workshops in this series that run weekly on Thursday afternoons from January 26 until February 16, 2023.

The Science and Practice of Learning

How does learning happen? In this workshop, discover the building blocks of effective learning and how metacognition (thinking about thinking) can lead to deeper and more durable learning.

• Understand the science of learning to enhance your study practice.
• Move beyond superficial memorization to engage deeply in your coursework.
• Improve your studying with an introduction to key learning strategies.

Organizing Yourself for Effective Learning

Does your to-do list overwhelm you? In this workshop, explore the different types of work you need to do to learn effectively and how to make the most of your brain’s limited resources.

• Learn strategies to manage your energy, not your time.
• Understand cognitive limits and how to work within them.
• Distinguish between deep and shallow work to plan and study more effectively.

Encountering Failure and Difficulty

There’s a paradox in our learning: the more we struggle, the better we learn. But struggling is hard! In this workshop, discover how to acknowledge the difficulty of failure, and learn how to grow from challenge.

• Practice acknowledging the emotional impacts of failure and difficulty.
• Understand the importance of productive success and productive failure.
• Bolster your self-efficacy as you respond to challenges.

Stress, Rest and Getting to the End

It’s a challenging time of the semester. You’ve been busy, but there’s still a lot to do. Join us in this session to manage and reframe stress so you can make it to the end.

• Apply self-compassion as you attend to your holistic needs as a human and learner.
• Identify realistic ways to build rest into your schedule and avoid burnout.
• Create an action plan to complete the semester.

Register on CLNx at the links below:

• The Science and Practice of Learning: Thursday, January 26 at 2 p.m.
• Organizing Yourself for Effective Learning: Thursday, February 2 at 2 p.m.
• Encountering Failure and Difficulty: Thursday, February 9 at 2 p.m.
• Stress, Rest, and Getting to the End: Thursday, February 16 at 2 p.m.

Note: We record each of the Learning How to Learn sessions. To gain access to the recordings, please email Rahul Bhat at rahul.bhat@utoronto.ca.