It does. I vastly prefer writing notes by hand than typing em. But my handwriting sucks when I have to write quickly, and I also don’t like lugging around giant stacks of paper. And so I settled on a digital writing pad, and just do the work to type my notes later. Acts as revision too.
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stiephelando@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
I did that in uni, too. Everyone brought their laptops to the lectures while I took notes on paper. Writing by hand makes your brain absorb the information better I think
Subscript5676@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
0x0@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
so I settled on a digital writing pad
Which hardware/OS?
Subscript5676@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Back in university, it was an iPad mini 5, using Notability. Notability has enshittified badly though.
These days (I’m no longer in university so I do write a lot less), I write on a Kobo.
0x0@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I thought kobo only had readers, TIL.
Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
Same for me. Also I sat in front, becouse in the back I would be disturbed by all the not-lecture related stuff people had open on their laptops.
Mistic@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It does, but in my experience, it’s way worse for recollection.
Electronic devices are superior when it comes to storing and organizing data, which makes it a better tool if you prefer to use active recall as a memorisation method.
I had literal books worth of notes until switching to a tablet (a stylus keeps the benefits of writing, btw). And going over them when preparing for exams was an absolute nightmare.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Me too, but that’s because my parents bought me a laptop with like a 19 inch screen thinking it would be helpful. That fucker was heavy.
LongDickJonsson@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Not just what you think. Hand writing is scientifically better for memory retention and more pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11943480/