Taping Lectures

[studentNY]

Does anyone tape lectures? Do you find it helpful? If so, what tape recorder do you have and does the recorder have to be in the front row?

A classmate last semester said all she did was listen to lectures, she says she didn't study for tests any other way?

[QuilterLPN]

I started taping lectures last quarter, with permission from my teachers. My recorder is not a digital one - I was so torn! But it is a compact little Panasonic recorder for audio tapes, and can record in slow speed so I can record three or four lectures on one tape. I never recorded lectures last year, but this year is harder and I have to say that I'm the only one who recorded every darn lecture last quarter and I'm the only one in the class who got an A.

I'm a convert! I can re-listen to lectures while I'm doing the dishes or cooking or folding laundry, or driving to clinical! It's great!

[manna, BSN, RN]

I actually bought a tape recorder for my courses, but I've not used it. I find that I absorb a lot of what I learn by listening (plus I have 120-mile/day commute), so it'd probably be helpful... :chuckle