If I wanted to learn something... I was avoiding courses...
I was coming up with some idea, for instance: "I want to create a program, which cam move files around in Batch". So I was opening web browser, and I started to type "batch how to move files". I believe, if you want to learn something, you have to start doing it (at least, it works for me)!
One day I was trying to learn JavaScript with more "traditional" method - it wasn't working for me at all. So I've started to learn it with Athlon's Way™ and yeah... It works (for me)! That's how I also learned C#, HTML, CSS, but also Linux, GiMP, Adobe Premiere, Blender (in progress), Audacity and many more!