COM-10/ Learning to Learn / Apprendre à Apprendre

3-Day Intensive Course for Students, Educators & Professionals

3 Intense Days
7 Hours per Day (Split into two 3.5-hour sessions)

Learning Path Visual

Your journey from passive studying to strategic, lifelong learning:

Day 1: Metacognition & Mindsets for Effective Learning
Discover how the brain learns, explore learning styles and growth mindset, and build personalized strategies for mastering any subject.

Day 2: Memory, Focus & Retention Tools
Learn how to retain information through proven techniques like spaced repetition, active recall, mental models, and digital memory aids.

Day 3: Skill Mastery, Transfer & Lifelong Learning Systems
Apply learning frameworks to real-world goals. Build systems for upskilling, mastering new tools, and staying relevant in a fast-changing world.

Course Overview

Learning is a skill — not just a requirement.
In a world of accelerating change, the ability to learn faster and deeper is a competitive advantage. This course helps learners at all levels develop the mental tools, strategies, and routines to learn anything — for life.

From rewiring habits to building digital second brains, you’ll walk away with a practical system to study smarter, not harder.

You’ll learn how to:

• Use metacognition to improve how you learn

• Apply memory science for better retention

• Avoid ineffective learning traps (like rereading and cramming)

• Build study systems using tools like Anki, Notion, and mind maps

• Apply learning science to real-world goals and projects

• Cultivate lifelong learning habits that compound over time

What’s Inside Each Day

Day 1 — Metacognition & Mindsets for Effective Learning

• Fixed vs. growth mindset (Dweck)

• How the brain encodes and retrieves information

• Metacognitive awareness and calibration

• Learning styles and multiple intelligences

• Common study myths (highlighting, rereading, multitasking)

• Workshop: Personal learning inventory + reflection tracker

Focus: Awareness • Self-Regulation • Strategy Selection

Day 2 — Memory, Focus & Retention Tools

• Cognitive load theory and schema building

• Spaced repetition and active recall

• Note-taking frameworks: Cornell, Zettelkasten, visual notes

• Focus and attention techniques (Pomodoro, habit loops, distraction blocking)

• Tools: Anki, Obsidian, Notion, Quizlet

• Workshop: Build a memory-enhanced study plan

Focus: Retention • Recall • Attention

Day 3 — Skill Mastery, Transfer & Lifelong Learning Systems

• Deliberate practice vs. passive review

• The Feynman Technique and mental models

• Interleaving and transfer of learning

• Personal knowledge management (PKM)

• Learning portfolios and second brains

• Workshop: Design your lifelong learning roadmap

Focus: Application • Systems • Lifelong Learning

Course Goals

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:

• Take charge of your own learning process with confidence

• Use cognitive science to study more efficiently

• Build personalized systems to retain, apply, and transfer knowledge

• Maintain consistent learning routines that adapt to your goals

• Support others (students, teams, family) in becoming better learners too

Who Should Take This Course?

• University students seeking better results with less stress

• Educators and trainers improving how they teach and coach

• Professionals and executives committed to lifelong learning

• Entrepreneurs and developers mastering new tools quickly

• Parents and mentors helping others succeed academically

Class Reference: L2L/ENG
Form Updated on: 06/17/2025 (Version 1)
Last Modified on: 06/17/2025

Program Note

This course includes reflection templates, retention worksheets, second-brain starter kits, and case studies on high performers in business, tech, and academia.

Brief pédagogique en français

COM-10/ Learning to Learn / Apprendre à Apprendre est présenté ici en version synthétique française afin que les équipes pédagogiques puissent évaluer rapidement l'intérêt du module.

Le module s'inscrit dans la famille Communication. Il peut être adapté au calendrier de l'école, au niveau Tous niveaux, au volume horaire 3 jours et aux modalités d'évaluation prévues.

Objectif d'intervention

Ce module vise à relier les notions business à des livrables professionnels clairs et évaluables.

Livrables et activités possibles

• présentations, briefs, analyses ou recommandations structurées
• vocabulaire métier et communication avec parties prenantes
• mise en situation autour d'une décision, d'un projet ou d'un cas d'entreprise

Adaptation école

LC peut ajuster le déroulé, la langue d'enseignement, les supports, les exercices et les critères d'évaluation selon la promotion, le diplôme, le niveau d'autonomie attendu et les contraintes de planning.

Pour une version détaillée du syllabus en français, LC confirme le programme final après cadrage du niveau, des heures, du calendrier et des livrables attendus.