Learn Faster and More Effectively in Four Weeks

Have you been wondering if, perhaps, learning can be easier? Are you unsure what you should be doing or frustrated with your progress?

We can all become better learners. But most teachers and employers don’t teach effective learning skills. And the internet is full of misinformation and partial information about effective learning practices.

That’s why I created the Keep Learning Community — so that you can access high-quality, research-based help to learn everything in your life more effectively and more enjoyably. These are learning skills that you can apply to your job and your classes and your hobbies — really anything you want to learn.

This isn’t about instantly memorizing random facts or magically becoming an expert. It’s about knowing what to do when you’re confused or when you get stuck. It’s about testing your own knowledge and analyzing your mistakes. It’s about structuring your study and practice sessions in a way that drives long-term learning forward.

You can learn anything. But simply being told that is not good enough. I want you to feel it in your bones. I want you to know that you can learn anything because you have proven to yourself over and over again that you can learn anything.

Effective learning is hard work. But it is fulfilling work. It is fun and fascinating and life-altering work. So if you want to be a more effective learner, join us.

Learn How To...

• Study more efficiently. Many students spend hours “studying” content, feeling frustrated, bored, or confused. They don’t know what to pay attention to, they don’t know how to navigate learning resources, and they focus on low-quality studying approaches. There are simply better ways to study and you will learn about them and get practice at them here.
• Practice more efficiently. Our default approach to practicing skills is often wrong; many aspects of effective practice are counter-intuitive. And lots of standard advice gets things completely backwards. Structuring your skill-building practice is absolutely necessary to reach high levels of skill in the long-run and you will learn how to do this.
• Become a better reader. It’s becoming more and more common for students to be weak readers. This isn’t just about reading words; it’s about reading writ large — how you process information of all sorts, from lectures to podcasts to books. Even if your reading skills are weak now, you can become a strong reader and it will pay learning dividends throughout your life.
• Become a better problem-solver. Even when students do okay on tests or pass job training courses, they haven’t necessarily learned the material in a way that is applicable to real-life situations. It’s not flexible and adaptive knowledge; it’s inert, routine, and rote knowledge. There are lots of different learning scenarios, but I emphasize knowledge and skills that are relevant for future problem-solving. You will be a better, stronger thinker — not just a more effective student.
• Make wiser learning decisions. Many of the decisions that affect learning go beyond reading skills or study techniques. Sometimes we’ll persist in using a bad learning resource. Or we procrastinate. Or our motivation will suffer. When you make learning decisions, you want to have good reasons for those decisions. With the background knowledge that the courses provide, you will be able to navigate through the learning space effectively. You won’t feel lost.

"Benjamin Keep’s learning community has completely transformed how I learn and teach. His courses helped me refine my methods, and I’ve seen the impact firsthand—my students’ MCAT scores improve much faster than before. The community itself is outstanding, far more thoughtful and informed than other online spaces. Most importantly, I can now learn complex material faster than ever. It truly feels like a superpower."

"The discussions are fantastic and there isn't a community quite like this, people here are pragmatic, detailed, and focused. Benjamin's explanations are sharp."

What Happens When I Join?

After you join, you’ll have access to two courses on learning, a community forum, and a variety of other resources.

• One course, The Practice of Learning, is a practical guide to improving your learning practices. I talk about how to structure practice sessions, how to process and remember information, how to take notes effectively, how to review material, how to choose learning resources, how to monitor your learning progress, and several other topics.
• The other course, The Fundamentals of Learning, helps you understand how learning works so that you can make wiser learning decisions. This is material that’s going to be helpful in the long-run as you continue to learn throughout your life. This course covers major findings coming out of the research literature related to memory, expertise, motivation, feedback, and many other topics.
• The heart of the community, however, is the forums. This is where students ask questions about learning and we collaborate on confronting learning challenges. I also hold regular office hours, where I answer questions from the community.
• Finally, I have other resources to help support your learning progress. I have a survey to help you diagnose your learning skills. There are interviews with experts in various fields (e.g., physics, computer science, medicine, mathematics). I have read-along videos, where you can follow my thought process as I read chapters from textbooks. There’s a guide to diagnosing learning problems. And I’m always working on more resources to help students like you.

Hear What People Have to Say

"It’s been difficult to find high-quality practical information on the science of learning, but your work has helped me immensely. I’ve been recommending your content to every student and lifelong learner I know." 

"Whenever I have a new idea, question, or problem about teaching or learning, I come here. In a sea of mediocre and unscientific information, it's very useful to have a community dedicated to evidence and self-skepticism, but also hope and positivity. I am very glad I've joined."

"One of the strengths of this community is in its diversity of backgrounds and specific use cases for learning how to learn. I learn so much from the dialogue, both from the 'students' and the 'teachers'."

What You'll Find Inside

Here's a clip from the Fundamentals of Learning course:

And here's some samples of the kinds of discussions we have:

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