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Take note! Getting the most out of your lectures Amanda Whitehead (Academic Skills)

Take note! Getting the most out of your lectures Amanda Whitehead (Academic Skills) & Anne-Marie Greenhill (Digital Literacies) 14/12/16. Goals for this session. To briefly highlight the purpose of lectures: the student’s role; To discuss different types of note-taking;

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Take note! Getting the most out of your lectures Amanda Whitehead (Academic Skills)

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  1. Take note! Getting the most out of your lectures Amanda Whitehead (Academic Skills) & Anne-Marie Greenhill (Digital Literacies) 14/12/16 CASTLE. University of Dundee, 2016

  2. Goals for this session • To briefly highlight the purposeof lectures: the student’s role; • To discuss different types of note-taking; • To practice note-taking techniques in a live lecture setting; • To consider how to store, manage and protect your notes. CASTLE. University of Dundee, 2016

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  5. What are the purposes of lectures? • Offer an overview of a subject or topic? • Deliver detailed information on a subject or topic? • A invaluable resource! CASTLE. University of Dundee, 2016

  6. Before a lecture… What can you do to maximise what you get out of a lecture? • preparatory reading • think about what you already know about the topic • think about what you hope to get from the lecture • consider the who?/where?/when? • (need to adjust note-taking style accordingly?) CASTLE. University of Dundee, 2016

  7. During the lecture… • What should you do during a lecture? • Take notes? • Listen? • Think? • Ask questions? • What shouldn’t you do during a lecture? CASTLE. University of Dundee, 2016

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  10. After the lecture… What will you do with your notes after the lecture? • Fill in the blanks? • Re-write your notes? • Memorise your notes and the PowerPoints? • Adapt/rework them according to your preferred way of learning? • File them away and forget about them until exam time? CASTLE. University of Dundee, 2016

  11. Why take notes? CASTLE. University of Dundee, 2016

  12. Keyword notes CASTLE. University of Dundee, 2016

  13. Mind-map notes CASTLE. University of Dundee, 2016

  14. ‘Charting’ notes CASTLE. University of Dundee, 2016

  15. Cornell notes CASTLE. University of Dundee, 2016

  16. Your task… • We are about to hear a lecture: ‘What is the purpose of history?’ by Dr Matt Graham. • This lecture will last approximately 30 minutes. • Your job is to choose a note-taking style and take effective notes. • You should aim to record as much factual information as you can. • You should try to note down your own thoughts about what you are hearing too! • We will see how effective your notes were at the end! CASTLE. University of Dundee, 2016

  17. Part 2 • How effective were your notes…. REALLY! CASTLE. University of Dundee, 2016

  18. How effective are your notes…really! • What was the basic definition of history shown on slide 3? • Who was the author of the more complex definition, shown on slide 4? • Who said “History will be kind to me, because I intend to write it.” • Who said ““Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” CASTLE. University of Dundee, 2016

  19. In pairs: • Work together to write a brief summary of the lecture (100 word max.) • MAIN THEMES • KEY CONCEPTS • YOUR FURTHER LINES OF ENQUIRY • Turn to a pair behind you (or in front) and share your summaries. • How similar or different are your summaries? CASTLE. University of Dundee, 2016

  20. Notes, notes and more notes! CASTLE. University of Dundee, 2016

  21. E-notes • Evernote Tutorial • https://youtu.be/4wXfiAmTV10 Basic tasks in OneNote https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Basic-tasks-in-Microsoft-OneNote-2013-DA73C095-E082-4276-ACF9-8728CA8B08AB How to organize your files on a PC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPyNGVwZ1o0 CASTLE. University of Dundee, 2016

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  26. Digital literacies http://libguides.dundee.ac.uk/digital-literacy https://dundee.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/digital-literacies-reflective-survey CASTLE. University of Dundee, 2016

  27. Thank you, work hard and good luck… …with your future studies! CASTLE. University of Dundee, 2016

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