Course Curriculum:
Introduction:
- Introduction to this course
- Say hi to your fellow students and tell them why you're taking this course!
- Share this course with your family and friends!
- Handout: Course Overview
- Handout: Course Objectives
- Progressive overload and what to do about it
Understanding Your Memory:
- Misconceptions Pre-Quiz: Understanding Your Memory
- Why we need to improve our memory first
- How we store information
- Additional Materials: How we store information
- Combining games with real-world application
- Chunking: what it is and how it works
- Additional Materials: Chunking
- Worksheet: Chunking
- A demonstration of Chunking
- Additional Materials: A demonstration of Chunking
- Dual coding and 'brute force learning'
The Power of Visual Memory:
- Misconceptions Pre-Quiz: Visual Memory
- Why images are the most powerful way to remember and learn
- When and why creativity training may be necessary
- What types of images come naturally to you?
Mental Markers: Visual Memory Meets Learning:
- How do we apply visual memory to reading?
- A demonstration of visualising words from text
- Creating effective markers for better memory
- Homework: Effective markers for better memory
- Logical and creative markers
- Trying out your new skills
- Homework: creative markers
- Linking and chunking markers for better retention
- A demonstration of putting it all together with random facts
- A demonstration of putting it all together with written texts
- Homework: Putting it all together
Systems for Creating and Maintaining Long Term Memories:
- Misconceptions Pre-Quiz: Maintaining long-term memories
- Spaced repetition
- Additional Materials: Spaced repetition
- Mind mapping
- Additional Materials: Mind Mapping
- Memory palaces
- Additional Materials: Memory Places
- Number memorisation systems
Pre-reading and preparation:
- Misconceptions Pre-Quiz: Pre-reading
- Introducing the SQ3R system
- Handout: SQ3R System
- Pre-read before you read
- Creating interest: Perspectives, prior knowledge, W/H questions
- Handout: Creativity 101
- Demonstration of pre-reading
Read With Your Eyes, Not With Your Inner Voice:
- How to properly test your comprehension without fooling yourself
- Misconceptions Pre-Quiz: Speed Reading
- Worksheet: Determine your improved reading comprehension
- How most people read: subvocalization
- Saccades: using your eyes as effectively as possible
- Homework: Read with your eyes
- Improving your eye span: wider saccades
- Using saccades across various devices and media
- Additional Materials: Read with your eyes
- Final thoughts on saccades
- Demonstration: Saccades in action
Speeding Things Up:
- Speed training with a card
- Progressive Overload Revisited: Training at the speed you wish to read
- Homework: Progressive Overload
- Speed Tip: Tricking your brain into speeding up
- Managing pauses to create markers while speed reading (watermarked)
- A Discussion of Marker Density
- Text structure and marker hierarchy
- Training going forward & what to do if you backslide
- Worksheet: Establish your new reading speed & comprehension
Good Learning Habits:
- Misconceptions Pre-Quiz: Good Learning Habits
- Sleeping and learning: Why sleep is so crucial
- Additional Materials: Good Learning Habits
- The proper learning environment
- Quiz 8: Environment and lifestyle
- Applying Your New Skills
- Misconceptions Pre-Quiz: Applying your new skills
- Learning by video or audio
- Additional Materials: Applying Your New Skills
- Tailoring the skills: Learning languages
- Tailoring the skills you have learnt
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