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

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Eithne Hunt, Samantha Dockray, Yvonne Nolan

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University College Cork

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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

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Student Success

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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.

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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.

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Hunt, E., Dockray, S., & Nolan, Y. (2022). Your brainpower – harnessing the power and potential of brain and behaviour for enhanced learning, wellbeing, and student success. National Resource Hub (Ireland). Retrieved from: https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/resource/your-brainpower-harnessing-the-power-and-potential-of-brain-and-behaviour-for-enhanced-learning-wellbeing-and-student-success/ License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND).

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