Optimizing Your Learning (OYL)

Introduction

📺 Watch the following video to get an introduction to the course from your instructor, Tolu Agunbiade.

Note: All the materials for the entire course are going to be released at the start of the course as opposed to weekly, as mentioned in the above video. This is being done to give you more flexibility to work ahead of the weekly pace if needed in order to better manage your time.

Course Description

Kibo’s mission is to educate collaborative innovators who use technology to solve pressing problems.

For you to become a "collaborative innovator", you will need to be able to direct your learning, reflect critically, and course correct when needed so that you can effectively deepen your expertise in the subject matter of focus.

Optimizing Your Learning aims to give you the tools to do this successfully. You will learn why self-directed learning and learning how to learn can drive long-term success. You will also learn about how to understand and harness your identities, beliefs, and interests to develop learning habits grounded in ownership, motivation, and persistence. Finally, you will be introduced to a variety of learning strategies and approaches that will help shape the development of powerful and effective learning mindsets and skills.

We hope that all these will allow you to gain a mastery of, and confidence in, your ability to achieve your goals at Kibo and beyond. As a result, we hope that you will see challenges that you encounter in a new light: as hurdles that can be overcome. While also seeing yourself in a new light: as an individual who can uncover what it takes to solve even the most complex problems.

Since the goal of this course is to help you improve your learning skills, there will be lots of opportunities to test out some of the techniques shared in the lessons in our weekly live classes, weekly assignments, and the practice activities and discussions that are embedded throughout the lessons.

📺 Watch the following video from the founding students to learn why optimizing your learning is a valuable course at Kibo

Course Learning Outcomes

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

  • Explain how learning happens in the brain, and apply this knowledge to improve your learning process.
  • Implement a structured self-directed learning process.
  • Understand and improve your self-awareness, self-regulation, and motivation.
  • Identify the internal and external factors that influence your learning and develop strategies to leverage them to increase the effectiveness of your learning.
  • Develop a reflective practice to support deep learning.

Course and Instructor Information

The instructor for this course is: Tolu Agunbiade.

The teaching assistant for this course is: Keno Omu.

The course will run from July 10 to August 13, 2023. Note that this is a 5-week course.

Live classes will be held on Tuesdays 5:30 - 7:00 pm GMT. The live classes are mandatory.

Office hours will be held on Thursdays 3:00 - 4:00 pm GMT. This is an optional chance to get additional support from your instructor.

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