Since a great deal of information and knowledge can be acquired from the Internet nowadays, effective listening and viewing are crucial to college students. In order to get the most out of the lectures and online audio and video, students need to master note-taking approaches and strategies of learning from podcast and video.
There are five options for note taking. If your instructor provides slides before the lecture, you can print them out and then take notes directly on the hard copy of slides. Also, you can just bring your laptop to the lecture and then take notes in the file. But what if you do not have the PPT that your instructor will use in the class, then remember to bring your notebooks and write down what your lecturer says rather than copying the slides. Moreover, when you take notes from videos or podcasts, a useful approach is to outline key points, create documents for each lecture, and copy and paste the hyperlink to the video. As there are many different templates for notes, you can choose your favorite one and take better lecture notes.
Podcast and online video are able to fill the gaps if you miss a lecture or the class content is too difficult. Podcast that is located in iTunes U or other search engines, can help students learn new things, study with engaging in other activities, and obtain another perspectives. As for the online video, the advantages are to bring in new concepts and interesting topics, to be accessed flexibly, and to appeal to students who prefer auditory, visual, or kinesthetic learning. At present, a lot of websites provide different types of academic videos, such as academicearth.org, youtubersity.com, and khanacademy.org.
Thank you for sharing the various ways one can take notes during a lecture supplemented with PowerPoint. I agree that podcasts and online videos are great resources to fill the gaps, should there be any. Thank you for sharing those websites where students can find interesting and engaging videos.
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