Read Better, Remember More
Speed where it helps, depth where it matters, and notes that survive.
Free to watch. Starting adds a personal copy to My Learning with progress tracking and a curated-path certificate on completion.
About this path
Speed reading and deep reading are usually sold as rivals. They are not: one is for triage, the other for the few books that deserve it. This path takes the reading-efficiency techniques that survive scrutiny, the classical approach to reading a serious book properly, the note-taking that makes reading cumulative, and the study research on why rereading feels productive and is not.
What you'll learn
- Triage a reading list instead of reading everything at one speed
- Read a serious book with a method rather than hope
- Take notes while reading that you will actually reuse
- Retain more from a textbook without rereading it
- Judge what deserves depth and what deserves a skim
The path, module by module
Each step is lifted from a full course in our catalog, and where a course repeats itself we keep only the lessons that earn their place.
Module 1 · from Speed Reading & Reading Efficiency
Speed Reading Tips - Part 1
The reading-efficiency techniques that hold up: subvocalisation, fixation, and previewing. Useful for triage, honest about its limits.
8 lessons · 42m
How To Read Shakespeare Faster · Speed Reading: Optimal Eye Movements · What is the Average Reading Speed?
Module 2 · from The Art of Reading
Reading Better, Not More
How to read a serious book properly. The opposite discipline to the module above, and you need both.
8 lessons · 1h 37m
How to Read Better · Don't Worry about Reading More Books. Focus on Reading Better. · Commonplace Books
Module 3 · from How to Learn From Books
The Four Levels of Reading
Turning a book into knowledge you can use, rather than a finished-books count.
8 lessons · 54m
How to learn from a book (maybe) | note-taking, visualizations, spacing | history example · The Simple Idea That Unlocks Hard Books · There Are THREE Kinds of Reading.
Module 4 · from Speed Reading & Reading Efficiency
Note-Taking for Faster Reading
Note-taking built for reading speed. The bridge between the two disciplines in this path.
9 lessons · 1h 57m
When Should I Take Notes? Note-Taking Tips · Note Taking Tips: Split-Page Strategy · Rapid Note-Taking Tips: Morse Code Method
Module 5 · from Evidence-Based Study Tips That Actually Work
Textbooks, Videos, Lectures
Three lessons on reading textbooks, learning from video, and learning from lectures. The research on why rereading feels productive and is not.
3 lessons · 34m · hand-picked from 8
3 simple tricks to read textbooks more effectively · You can learn WAY more from Youtube videos · The Skill of Learning from Lectures
Module 6 · from The Art of Reading
The Serious Reader's Toolkit
The serious reader's toolkit, as a reference you keep.
2 lessons · 4m
The Four Levels of Reading · Annotation and the Commonplace Habit