I've always loved learning and have been able to learn new things very fast using the following method, I'm sure there are better ways to learn admittedly but this has worked well for me so I hope something of it is helpful
When I go to learn a new thing - anything - I first completely swamp myself in knowledge about that thing by reading books, joining forums, talking to people about it, etc. At first most of it will make no sense at all and it feels like I'm just cluttering up my brain with information, but I keep doing this until I have a vague understanding of what I'm learning.
Then I go back and approach the subject like I'm a complete beginner to it, doing very basic tutorials / lessons and asking lots of beginner questions. What I find is that by approaching the subject in this way I'm not overwhelmed by all the new terminology and ways of doing things because I've already subjected my brain to that and it's solidified into useable knowledge. I can then take that knowledge and apply it to the mechanics of the subject to learn it, and I have a much better understanding this way of what I'm learning.
Hope that helps