Throughout Module Five: Web Enhanced Listening and Viewing Strategies one concept remains consistent, The importance of taking quality notes. In order to take good notes and retain the information given to the student within a lecture the student must take adequate notes. In order to take adequate notes the student must be actively listening to the instructor throughout the entirety of the lecture. In a video pithing the module we discovered that generally there are five different note taking systems which are found to work best. These five options consist of the mind map, outline, cornell, flow, and write on the slides methods. Each of these methods have their strengths and weaknesses however I find that one in particular stood out to me while reviewing the module. Because I am taking all of my notes on my computer I have a tendency to gravitate towards the outline method. To use this method the note taker will separate their notes into categories and subcategories. There will be larger more important subjects (indicated by a roman numeral, hyphen, or a capital letter on the margin) which are followed by details pertaining to the major subject (Indicated via indentation followed by some character which indicates it is a minor subject). I have found throughout my semester here at OSU that this method allows me to quickly jot down notes and then come back at the end of the lecture to fill in any missing information and format the notes into something much more organised. One piece of advice I have for my very few readers is to experiment with the various methods of note taking in order to find what works best for you if you haven’t already.
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