How to Turn PASSIVE Learning Into ACTIVE Learning (and Reduce Drowsiness)

Learn about a simple technique to trigger "active learning."

Every week, I distil what really works for improving results, memory, depth of understanding, and knowledge application from over a decade of coaching into bite-sized emails.

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=== Timestamps ===

0:00 My new weird obligation
0:24 Studying about AI
0:42 What is passive learning?
1:36 Signs of passive learning
2:44 What is active learning?
3:18 What passive learning feels like?
4:15 How to tap into higher order learning? (technique 1)
6:08 Technique 2 - Key word collection
8:08 Building relevance (relational thinking)

=== About Dr Justin Sung ===

Dr. Justin Sung is a world-renowned expert in self-regulated learning, certified teacher, research author, and former medical doctor. He has guest lectured on learning skills at Monash University for Master’s and PhD students in Education and Medicine. Over the past decade, he has empowered tens of thousands of learners worldwide to dramatically improve their academic performance, learning efficiency, and motivation.

[JustinSung]

Every week, I distil what really works for improving results, memory, depth of understanding, and knowledge application from over a decade of coaching into bite-sized emails.

[AryanSharma-hvqu]

I don't normally comment but man commend you for not holding back any learning. Usually, guys paywall their real content and use their channel solely as a marketing tool but you've provided almost everything that is there to learn about learning on your channel. It is a big thing for guys like belonging to small towns and struggling financially not being able to buy various courses. Really appreciate what you are doing. I can see big differences in my learning capacity already and it has only been a month or so.

[Darknight]

1. Skip through until something interests you or spikes your curiosity/intuition.
2. Write down the keywords, think about what you already know about it, and how you think it'll be explained.
You want to have relational-level thinking, which is creating a web of connections to your prior knowledge. This allows you to engage in more active learning than passive.

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Summary:
There are 2 techniques to make learning more fun and exciting.
1. Inductive reasoning
2. collecting keywords, connecting the dots and building your "own reasoning" behind a topic. Errors can be rectified and your understanding will deepen tenfold.

[Dank_Lulu]

Thanks for another great explanation! These more specific, shorter videos make it easier to apply the previous stuff you've taught and it's a treat!

[laura_martin]

I'm studying to pass a very difficult exam to get a job as a museum curator and you don't know how much you are helping me! The other day I was falling asleep while reading haha. If I had met you earlier, maybe I would have finished medicine when I was studying it.

[aryakhadye]

I recently stumbled upon this channel the best thing that has happened to me because you keep talking about everything I do wrong is saw your videos about encoding but when I actually sat down to read I was feeling drowsy and ended up sleeping so now this video once again will be of help to me.Really really thanks to you these videos are so much helpful

[emeraldbeauty]

I'm a passive learner and didn't even realize it. Thank you so much for the great tips!

[MagnaAnima]

Great tips, I sometimes look at Blooms Taxonomy (i.e. using higher order learning) but don’t quite know how to implement it in active study.

[doubletap]

Thank you so much for this video! I have this condition a lot and make myself feel bad by thinking it‘s the result of being lazy and not that smart! And the first method of skimming is really true. I‘ve had to create a presentation within 24 hour and could read a whole book about the topic while creating that presentation bc I was looking for the key words and needed the the other parts to put in context. In the three weeks before that I‘ve always fallen asleep trying to read it

[johannes]

Very good video! Suggestion: add some sort of indicator, maybe in the title or thumbnail or both, to show that this video is a video where you are showing how to study practically or whatever you wanna call it, like you said, you want to show how to study when you do it. I like all of your videos of course, but find these videos, with the common theme of showing it particularly useful. The 2 hour study with me stream for instance. Probably not the best articulation of this, but hopefully the point gets across.

[Clover_]

I've been doing this for an upcoming test. It's less boring. Find something that's interesting for you and make connections. The use of keywords is also a good tip!

[pismobiics]

"This random little video" is more valuable than hours of study related videos.

[carlarsens]

Great !! Thank you for this advice.
I am Reading a Book on Algorithms and data structures, do not to feel overwhelmed, i choose what i think that is interesting to know first, and i go back and read what is around

[IamKudos]

Loved this video Justin. You're a hard earned genius. Btw if you want to do longer length videos where you dive deep into showing parts of the text of a book to show what steps you would take from studying that part, you could get an overhead cam setup or something, that would show more of the text on the book easily. Love the video!

[evenight]

regarding boring content, my experience is that the language also plays a big role in it. If it is written in a way I cannot logically comprehend, that would hinder my understanding.

[jeffchims]

I am among the first subscribers to this channel. This channel has really transformed my approach to learning in general. His videos just energize my brain👍👍

[ReflectionOcean]

- Recognize passive learning cues [0:39]

- Interject when feeling disengaged to prevent inefficiency [3:52]

- Skip to interesting sections to spark curiosity [4:22]

- Use prior knowledge to connect new information [8:42]

- Write down key concepts and hypothesize their connections [6:13]

- Combine techniques for relational thinking and knowledge scaffolding [10:31]

[Rosannasfriend]

Sometimes you watch these videos and things are confirmed. I used to do that first technique all the time! It didn’t always work for me, but there was a time that it works most of the time for me. It’s nice to know that there are other techniques that I can use alongside it instead of relying only on that. We all need many tools in our toolbelt just in case one of those tools doesn’t work. Thank you very much.

[Dargotsauce]

Literally changed the whole way I approach studying. I hope I get a chance to sign up for your course.