| That's interesting. I'll never find the source, so this is based on long-term recall, but I do recall that when I was a German professor (or, rather, a professor of German; I was never German) and taught the language there was a study sent around my then department of student retention of language learning and computer use. Using pen/pencil and paper was more effective than using a computer and typing.
Chris
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This reminded me of a report on CBC radio a few weeks back on note taking and multi-tasking. They were reporting on a recent study at McMaster. I haven't had a chance to look at the published study, but the CBC summary can be found at http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/08/14/technology-laptop-grades.html)The results showed that students taking notes on laptops vs. pen-and-paper did 11% worse on a test they were given after the lecture they were asked to take motes on. Most remarkable was that students who were seated near a student who was multi-tasking on their laptop did 17% worse than students not distracted. And those students did not even realize that they were being distracted ( they did not report feeling distracted on the exit survey). This seems like strong evidence in favour of banning laptops from lectures (or at the very least making them sit at the back where no one else can see).
Evan
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Dear all,
This term, coming back to full teaching load after 2 yrs in an administrative role, I have been struck by how many of my students -- I would say 90% -- have gone back to pen-and-paper notetaking in class, as opposed to laptop or tablet. I mentioned this in a seminar today and was rewarded with fervent nodding and murmuring. Are students receiving encouragement to go back to the future in this way? Or has it just happened? And are there implications for online learning, etc.? JD Fleming -- James Dougal Fleming Associate Professor Department of English Simon Fraser University 778-782-4713
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