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.