Digital Note-Making for Creative Thinking with Obsidian
Learn digital note-making as a thinking tool, using Obsidian to capture, connect, and organize ideas into a long-term "knowledge garden" that supports creativity, critical thinking, and effective knowledge management for work and study.
What you'll learn
- Explore digital note-making as a tool for thinking and long-term knowledge management
- Create and maintain a digital knowledge garden to support creative work
- Use Obsidian to capture, organize, and connect notes for better recall and insight
- Apply modern strategies and frameworks to uncover patterns and enhance critical thinking
Skills you'll gain
- Apply short-form note-making strategies for clarity and recall
- Connect notes to uncover patterns and develop insights
- Build and maintain a digital knowledge garden for creative work
- Use Obsidian to capture, organize, and link ideas over time
- Design workflows to capture fleeting ideas and prevent information loss
- Organize notes using containers, tags, and frameworks like PARA and LATCH
- Generate insights using patterns, mind maps, and reframing techniques
- Turn private notes into structured, shareable, reader-focused outputs
- Maintain and evolve a sustainable note-making system over time
- Collaborate with AI tools responsibly for capture, ideation, and editing
Prerequisites
- • No prior experience with digital note-making required
- • Interest in improving personal knowledge management and information organization
Who this course is for
- → Knowledge workers
- → Students
- → Educators
- → Digital creators
- → Learners new to digital note-making
- → People wishing to refine their personal knowledge management skills
Provider
Coursera
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