• Question: Is our interaction with technology making our thought process more lethargic?

    Asked by anon-183862 to sarahhodge, Owen on 14 Nov 2018.
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      Sarah Hodge answered on 14 Nov 2018:

      I don’t think technology makes our thought process more lethargic instead I think we think about different things and we interact in different ways such as through using emojis.

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    Tom commented on :

    Really great question. I’m answering this typing from my phone so don’t judge. There is some nice research from learning literature that shows if we type lecture notes or record them on an audio device these can be a poorer record of the event and therefore our learning is worse. The best tool to learn content is suggested to be good old paper and pen. Other students can also get distracted from lecture content just by having someone else using a laptop nearby.

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    Abbie commented on :

    Just following up from Tom’s comments, this is something we are experiencing at our uni too. We are trying encourage people to use paper/pen to take notes or even to type notes. We are noticing that students are wanting to increasingly have access to our slides (which we do provide) but that evidence suggests that this can actually be counterproductive as less note taking happens. There is a big focus to record lectures to students can watch them back which sounds appealing but reesearch wise seems to be less effective than note recording assuming students attend and take notes.