Against Laptops & Phones in Class by Andrew Mills.
A great collection of studies on the negative impact on memory and student performance from having laptops and/or phones in class.
I certainly have my phone and main computer screens available while I watch conference videos.
Without a controlled scientific study, I venture those distractions have a negative impact on my learning from video presentations.
Mills advocates manual note taking and lists resources on same (two of which are working today):
- Notetaking (Dartmouth)
- Your Ultimate Guide to Better Note-taking by Andrea Leyden.
It’s certainly possible to create transcriptions of videos but I suspect notes give a better view of video content. (Well, except for where your pen scrawls off the page because you went to sleep. Been there, done that.)
No promises but thinking of applying the lessons Mills advocates for the classroom in a home learning environment.
If you try this, ping me with your experiences.
Enjoy!