So, here's my model of learning. I hope to make this concept map interactive and clickable soon, but for now it will just have to be in the form of an image.
The two main things to point out here are that learning first requires Motivation and then Good Learning Technique. To get a good overview of motivation see the article here, and for an introduction to learning technique, see this article.
Feel free to think yourself through the concept map above then explore the related articles via the links below. If one of the nodes that you like the look of (eg: The Pokemon Card Method) isn't displayed as a link below, just trace back through the arrows till you find a node that is (in this case, Understand) and that article will contain the concept that you're interested in.
Motivation, S.A.(U).L.T, Survey, Acquire, Take Good Notes, Understand, Link, Anchoring, Meaning, Mnemonics, Train, Critical Thinking, Spacing your Repetition