After completing a free Linkedin Learning, I was motivated to try out other online learning websites which offer free trials so that I can decide upon which to invest on while learning stuff in the future.
Seeing many YouTubers like Nathaniel Drew , Matt D'Avella and other people I've subscribed promoting a Free trial of Skillshare premium free for two months, I was very much tempted to try it to learn creative stuff from there.
But Udemy was in a corner of my mind as I've recently recieved a coupon code for a particular course to be availed for free.So I did what everyone does.Googled Skillshare vs Udemy and came across the review by another YouTuber who claims Skillshare isn't worth the hype due to the zombie effect which he claims to have experienced.
Zombie Effect ?
Yep.you heard that right.No,You won't starve for human brains!Can you recollect that moment where the teacher is almost done taking a unit and you understood almost nothing? That's the zombie effect.
This happens in almost every experience you feel you haven't understood a thing despite earning a certificate of completion or that free webinar certificate you acquired through attending an online meeting from which you did not bring out any value.
The Psychology of it.
When you decide to learn from someone instead of self learning,you rely on them for your understanding of the subject that is being taught.
And it does not stop there,it gets more trickier when you take paid courses or take courses from a very well recognized or valued learning platform like skill share or udemy.
You think just because the person on the screen is a well experienced one in the field or just because you are learning from a costly website,you are learning and makes you build a false confidence on yourself which is dangerous.
This happens a lot when you learn complex stuff like coding and mathematics.
This is probably the reason why teachers gave us homework I'd say.
Of course, I do agree that there are unit tests and assignments in course based platforms but not many force you to complete it in order to proceed.(This may be done intentionally because they might end up losing the customer as a student if he/she gets frustrated and decided to quit.
How to overcome this.
The first step towards arriving at a solution to every problem is to identify it.After every module or a small milestone in learning something,check it out by imagining you explaining the concepts one by one to some random friend.
You'll start to see yourself blinking in front of him/her in your imagination when you do so.Don't worry,the embarrassment isn't real for now but you've identified your problem.aka the stuff you weren't able to explain because you did not learn it actually.
Now you can revisit the topics or google the stuff you didn't understand.And if you find yourself googling instead of revisiting,consider changing your course author/platform.