Your Brainpower – Harnessing the Power and Potential of Brain and Behaviour for Enhanced Learning, Wellbeing, and Student Success

Creator(s)

Eithne Hunt, Samantha Dockray, Yvonne Nolan

Organisation(s)

Discipline(s)

Administration and Law, Agriculture, Arts and Humanities, Business, Education, Engineering, Fisheries and Veterinary, Forestry, Generic programmes and qualifications, Health and Welfare, Information and Communication Technologies, journalism and information, Manufacturing and Construction, Mathematics and Statistics, Natural Sciences, Services, , Teaching & Learning

Topic(s)

Student Success

License

CC BY-NC-ND

Media Format

Other

Keywords

adolescence brain development mindset neuroplasticity resilience stress student success student wellbeing

Submitted by

National Forum

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Description

Your Brainpower is a free, online, self-paced course, focusing on harnessing the power and potential of adolescent [age 10 – 24 years] brain and behaviour for enhanced learning, wellbeing, and student success in higher education.

Benefit of this resource and how to make the best use of it

If you take Your Brainpower, you will be supported to:
1. Describe the developmental stage of adolescence
2. Identify how your stage of development may impact your experiences in higher education, from a biological, psychological, social, and occupational perspective.
3. Devise personal strategies for enhanced wellbeing, learning, and success.

Although targeted mainly at first and second-year university students, Your Brainpower is likely to be of interest to many secondary school and university students. It is publicly available to all under Creative Commons License.

UCC registered first and second-year students can choose to take Your Brainpower as a digital badge micro-credential by completing the required assessments as evidence of learning.