As someone who had taken the course and let some time pass, I thought the same. A stringing together of common sense ideas to learn better. Yet, to provide better context for another comment, I searched online for the course notes and came up with two excellent links. I realized there was more to the course than what I had remembered. Linking them here hoping it will help.

https://github.com/Espores/Learning-how-to-learn-Coursera-No...

https://www.reddit.com/r/GetMotivated/comments/5950tm/text_i...